Who profited most from the union of slavery and cotton production?
A) inventors and entrepreneurs
B) small business owners
C) non-slaveholders
D) small slaveholders
E) large plantation owners
Answer: E
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A) had as their chief spokesman Socrates. B) questioned traditional Greek religion and, instead, worshiped the Egyptian goddess Isis. C) were professional teachers who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies. D) were expelled from Athens at the beginning of the fifth century B.C.E., never to return. E) were led by Plato and emphasized rote memory in education.
The first Saxon king in Germany to resume using the title Emperor of the Romans was
A. Frederick Barbarossa. B. Henry IV. C. Otto I. D. Luitprand the Wise. E. Lothar IV.
The Nez Percé Indians of Idaho were goaded into war when
a. the Sioux began to migrate onto their land. b. gold was discovered on their reservation. c. the federal government attempted to force them onto a reservation. d. the Canadian government attempted to force their return to the United States. e. the U.S. government reneged on a treaty agreement to permit the Nez Perce to keep their native lands.
Republicans insisted that federal judges be __________.
a. elected b. given lifetime appointments c. forced to step down after five years d. made more responsive to the will of the people