All of the following statements were true of Chinese silk EXCEPT
A) Silk was specifically associated with women.
B) Silk was prized for both its usefulness and beauty.
C) Silk was used for writing, painting, and currency.
D) The Chinese government held tight control over silk production until 221 B.C.E.
E) Taxes were paid in silk.
D
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a. guarantee that the southern ruling class would not return to power b. return the South to its prewar system, minus slavery c. treat the South as a conquered nation d. guarantee the political and civil rights of the freedmen e. go ahead as Lincoln had planned
The primary result of the 1906 Hepburn Act was to
A) prohibit child labor in goods sold in interstate commerce. B) make the Federal Food and Drug Administration more powerful and active. C) preserve millions of wilderness acres in the West. D) make the Interstate Commerce Commission more powerful and active.
What was the implied, if not explicit, aim of the U.S. and the UN regarding colonialism?
What will be an ideal response?
The slave culture was characterized by
a. the breakdown of black family life. b. frequent intermarriage between slaves who were close relatives. c. a hybrid religion of Christian and African elements. d. widespread illiteracy among slaves. e. subtle forms of resistance to slavery.