Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship between blacks and sharecropping in the years after Reconstruction?
a. As sharecroppers, blacks found themselves at the mercy of former masters who were now their landlords and creditors.
b. Some merchants manipulated the system so that farmers remained perpetually in debt to them.
c. Black sharecroppers often lived in conditions scarcely better than when they were slaves.
d. White southerners did not work as sharecroppers.
e. Sharecroppers barely scraped by economically.
d
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a. the growth of a market economy of national scope b. the completion of the industrial revolution c. the shift to an economy in which a majority of workers were involved in factory production d. the elimination of regional economic differences
In January 1968, how did typical Americans feel about continued United States involvement in the war in Vietnam?
A) that the war was immoral and that the United States should withdraw immediately. B) that the government should be conducting the war more vigorously and should commit more American ground troops. C) generally supportive or ambivalent, wanting to get out but not wanting to give up. D) in favor of the use of tactical nuclear weapons so that the U.S. could win without endangering American soldiers. E) unconcerned, because the economy was good and Vietnam was far away.
The Japanese and American economies prospered during World War I
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In January 1917, President Woodrow Wilson, in a speech before Congress,
A. suggested the creation of the League of Nations in the postwar period. B. argued that entering the war would be a tragic mistake under any circumstances. C. asked for a declaration of war against Germany. D. insisted that the nation's financial interests had to be protected from a German victory. E. said Britain and France could not win the war without the United States.