One of the most common violations of the southern paternalistic code of behavior was:
A) plantation mistress cruelty to house servants.
B) sexual abuse of female slaves by their masters.
C) economic fraud against slaves.
D) defiance of their husbands by plantation mistresses.
Answer: B
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President Nixon worked with military dictatorships that created Operation Condor to
A) save an endangered species of birds native to the Andean highlands. B) promote the development of democracy throughout the western hemisphere. C) destroy leftist, anti-dictatorial political movements throughout South America. D) smash powerful drug cartels that profited from cocaine sales and defied U.S. power.
What general conclusion can historians draw from the image of a Freedmen's School that appears on the opening page of Chapter 12?
A) Children of varying genders and ages attended the schools. B) Black women were the exclusive teachers of the schools. C) Adult men had no role to play in the schools. D) The schools were primarily in urban areas and made of brick.
In a cartel
A) a vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. B) independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. C) independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. D) private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. E) dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs.
In what way can Theodore Roosevelt be considered one of the country's first conservationist presidents?
a. He created 150 million new acres in new forest preserves. b. He loved animals and set aside many wilderness areas. c. He believed in sequestering public land, so it would not be used. d. He opposed the use of coal because it damaged the environment.