Author Question: The greatest exception to the pattern of European conquest in Africa was the a. defeat of ... (Read 52 times)

corkyiscool3328 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following is true of Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks?

a. Their treatise against slavery on economic grounds caused an increase in antislavery sentiment amongNortherners.
b. By supporting the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, they sought a peaceful and moderate solution to theKansas crisis.
c. They demonstrated that Northern and Southern moderates could still work together for the national interest.
d. They were symbolic of just how emotional the political issue of slavery had become by 1856.

Question 2

The greatest exception to the pattern of European conquest in Africa was the

a. defeat of British-led forces at Khartoum in the Sudan.
b. defeat of the Italians by the Ethiopians at the Battle of Adowa.
c. clash of the British and the French at Fashoda.
d. building of the Suez Canal.
e. battle of Omdurman.