Slavery in Africa:
A) resulted from the arrival of Europeans.
B) included no form of rights for the slaves.
C) was the only kind of labor on that continent.
D) involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.
E) accelerated with the arrival of the French in the 1520s.
Ans: D) involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.
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A) buffalo were disruptive to cattle ranchers B) they could sell buffalo hide at very high prices C) buffalo were seen as obstructions to railway traffic D) the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo
Almost all of the supporters of Manifest Destiny agreed that
A) Americans had a God-given right to expand their superior civilization into new territory B) the "empire of liberty" should extend into Canada and Mexico C) the United States could use force to achieve this expansion D) expansion should serve the economic interests of Americans
The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except
a. money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt. b. the land should be surveyed before its sale. c. the territory should be divided into townships six miles square. d. the sixteenth section should be sold to support education. e. slavery should be prohibited in the Old Northwest.
In the United States, __________ than in any other industrial nation in the world.
a. industrial accidents were more common b. child labor was more common c. employee benefits were higher d. factory workers’ pay was lower