To what extent was the New World economy based on slave labor?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The plantation was the basis of the New World economy.
b. Plantation crops such as sugar and tobacco were labor-intensive to cultivate.
c. Indigenous and African slave labor supported the plantation economy.
d. Plantation crops along with slaves formed the “Triangular Trade” that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln won election as president with _________________.
A. a majority of both popular and electoral votes B. a majority of popular votes and less than a majority of electoral votes C. less than a majority of both popular and electoral votes D. less than a majority of popular votes and a majority of electoral votes
During Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential run, Louis Farrakhan gained national notoriety for:
A) predicting an assassination attempt on Jackson's life. B) calling for direct action to draw attention to social injustice. C) making anti-Jewish statements. D) his bid to be Jackson's vice-president.
The late nineteenth century has been called the Gilded Age because
a. the government was firmly committed to the gold standard. b. the era was characterized by an obsession with riches. c. the average American's standard of living rapidly improved. d. people from the countryside were lured to the rapidly growing cities.
In his books, Horatio Alger
A. offered true accounts of poor Americans who had become wealthy. B. inspired readers with stories of Americans rising from "rags-to-riches." C. took critical issue with the ideas of Social Darwinism. D. criticized child labor in American industry. E. argued that wealth and privilege were ultimately hollow achievements.