In Episode 6, Abigail Adams writes a letter to her sister in which she refers to the “inherited power” of British nobility and aristocracy saying, “There’s a servility of manners here, a distinction between ability and common citizens, which, happily, is foreign to Americans.” Do you agree with Abigail Adam’s statement? Explain your view.
What will be an ideal response?
No, because there was still massive inequality in African Americans and women.
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A. As an uncultured and backward people. B. As "noble savages" who lived honorably but simply. C. As religious heretics in need of spiritual reform. D. As simple peasants who could be exploited for tax purposes. E. As a formidable and cultured people who be respected as equals and trade partners
President Ford gave an executive order to the CIA in 1975 in which he __________
a. ordered the CIA to focus on domestic rather than international intelligence operations b. ordered the CIA to limit their surveillance to hostile nations c. ordered the CIA to do whatever was necessary to topple Castro d. outlawed assassinations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy e. outlawed covert surveillance as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the University of Paris in the 1200s?
A. Professors ran their classrooms in an informal setting. B. Educators and university administrators only cared about the image of the university, not educational content. C. Education reform in the sciences was of the utmost importance. D. It was a collection of scholars, not buildings.
The event that threatened to destroy the longstanding balance between the number of free and slave states in the United States Senate was the
a. passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. b. potential admission of Oregon as a free state. c. attempt to acquire Cuba as a slave state. d. proposed building of a southern transcontinental railroad. e. discovery of gold in California.