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- The 18th century marked the beginning of an intense period of revolution and rebellion against existing governments, leading to the establishment of new nation-states around the world.
- The term ____________ referred to the belief, first articulated by abolitionists and then embraced by a growing number of northerners in the 1850s, that southern slaveholders were attempting to control the federal government and would stop at nothing, including violating the rights of whites, to protect and extend slavery in the territories, and dictate the future economic, political, and social direction of the nation.
- The __________________ was the term used to refer to land obtained from Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican War. The Cession included the California and New Mexico. Not part of the Cession was Texas because it had been annexed to the United States in 1845, prior to war with Mexico. A dispute with Mexico over the southern boundary of Texas led to the Mexican-American War. Territorie
- In 1852, a northern abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in reaction to the Fugitive slave law. It was an instant success in the North, selling 300,000 copies during its first year of publication. It was also soon made into a play. Both the novel and play depicted slavery as an ---- institution and the slaves as possessing an essential, and at times, noble humanity. (Uncle Tom, the hero of the novel, is a Christ-like figure who gives up his life (whipped to death on a whipping post that was shaped like this-🡪 T. Publication of the novel in 1852 greatly aided the emergence of anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
- After 1846 and the Wilmot Proviso -- an amendment to a bill that would have prohibited slavery in any territory obtained from Mexico [the so-called "Mexican Cession"]-- the term _____________________ meant someone who opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories, but who pledged not to interfere with slavery where it already existed. Many antislavery people were also racist and desired to keep blacks out of the territories and preserve those territories for free white labor.
- Outlawed the ____________ , but not slavery itself, in the District of Columbia.
- Which Canadian leader feared that the provincial government would misuse designated funds on other programs beyond unemployment relief, and swore not to give a "five cent piece" of relief to any province controlled by the Conservative Party?
- During The Great Depression, President Vargas of Brazil embraced the economic policy of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) that was implemented by many Latin American nations following the First World War. The intent of ISI was to address the imbalance of trade by increasing tariffs on goods imported from other nations and regulating the amount of goods that were allowed through customs.However, in Brazil, ISI resulted in _____________ which hurt the standard of living of the working class.
- Three weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Continental Congress sent George sent George III...
- The United States implemented new interpretations of the Monroe Doctrine in regards to Latin America at the turn of the 20th Century. The constantly shifting foreign policies in the region led to political instability in the region and economic dependency on other nations. Match the correct U.S. leader with their version of diplomacy.Taft:Wilson:Roosevelt:
- Latin American nations especially were weakened by the United States' adoption of increasing trade duties, peaking with the 1930 Hawley-Smoot Tariff, that caused _____________ worldwide and expanded the Great Depression globally.
- Some nations were initially able to avoid the market downturns of Cuba and Brazil because of a wide variety of goods, or because of their affiliation with _________. Mexico remained a strong trading partner with the United States because of their proximity.
- One of the initial responses by the Canadian government was to increase protective tariffs in imported goods. What was the problem with this response to The Great Depression?A. it caused an increase in the price of consumer goods in most provincesC. Both A and BD. The choo choo train's cargo was too heavy with beep beep cars to make it up the mountains of Canada.B. this limited their ability to use their trade to help stabilize markets by prompting retaliatory import tariffs by trading partners.
- In the Election of 1930, the Prime Minister King was not reelected and the Liberal Party lost their majority in the Parliament. The consensus belief forKing's loss in the election was an adherence to tariff policies that were similar to those of _____________ in ___________ and no clear path forward.
- The Virgina Statute of Religious Freedom was written by...
- After the stock market crash in 1929, businesses in Latin America that were severely weakened were the ones that were dependent on what?
- In August 1776, General Washington had 28,000 men under his command. By December, he had...
- The treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War...
- Whereas a(n) ________ would have meant that citizens voted on all major decisions affecting them, the new United States after the Revolutionary War was technically a ________, in which property-holding white men elected representatives, or legislators, to make key decisions on their behalf.
- Hoover attempted to address farming issues upon his inauguration by creating the ______________ to help cooperatives get the best prices for their agricultural products.