Which of the following is not true about Chinese laborers who worked for the Central Pacific Railroad?
A) ?They lived in old box cars.
B) ?They made up 90 percent of the labor force.
C) ?The made the same as white laborers.
D) ?They had to pay for their own meals.
E) ?They led an unsuccessful strike to protest wages and work conditions.
C
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How did the European missionary presence differ in the Americas from that in East Asia before 1800?
a. Missionaries to the East Asia failed to learn anything about the people they sought to convert. b. Missionaries to the Americas were more successful at impressing their audiences with examples of European cartography. c. Missionaries to East Asia were more willing to accept the blending of multiple religious traditions. d. Missionaries to the Americas were backed up by colonial officials and military power.
This map, which depicts McClellan's 1862 Peninsular Campaign in Virginia, shows that his unachieved goal during this campaign was to __________
A) capture the Confederate capital of Richmond B) keep Chesapeake Bay from falling into Confederate control C) defend the Union capital at Washington, D.C. D) cut off eastern Virginia from the rest of the Confederacy
The American Colonization Society
a. was rooted in economic pragmatism. b. was rooted in a commitment to racial equality. c. advocated civil rights for African Americans. d. proposed the annexation of Mexico for the settlement of freed American slaves.
In eighteenth-century North America, by far the greatest number of enslaved workers lived in Virginia or __________
A) Maryland B) New York C) Georgia D) Pennsylvania