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vHAUNG6011 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The most famous of the Underground Railroad conductors was

A) Harriet Tubman.
B) Stephen Douglass.
C) Dred Scott.
D) William Lloyd Garrison.
E) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Question 2

By the twelfth century, divorce among nobles was

A) not possible except through official recognition that a marriage had never been valid.
B) increasingly common.
C) accepted and approved by the church.
D) not possible, even by annulment, as marriage was now a church sacrament.
E) possible only through a dispensation granted exclusively by kings.

Question 3

The North Star promoted

A) slavery.
B) abolitionism.
C) missionary efforts abroad.
D) imperialism.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 4

Marriages among the aristocracy of the High Middle Ages

A) were frequently motivated by the love brides and grooms felt for one another.
B) still included violent blood rituals of betrothal dating back to pagan times.
C) usually occurred when both bride and groom were in their teens.
D) were expected to establish political alliances between families and increase their wealth.
E) required to be always performed by archbishops and popes.

Question 5

In 1855, William Walker, through the use of military force, declared himself the president of

A) Mexico.
B) Panama.
C) Nicaragua.
D) Baja California.
E) Colombia.