The first black person to publish a novel in the United States was:
A) Frank Webb.
B) Francis Ellen Watkins.
C) William C. Nell.
D) William Wells Brown.
Answer: D
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A) hospitals and schools. B) railroads, mining, and plantations. C) factories to provide local jobs. D) bribes to business and government officials.
Sarney's Plan Cruzado of 1986 called for
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The southern area of the Indian subcontinent, a region of hills and upland plateau, is called the
A. Ganges River Valley. B. Indus River Valley. C. Deccan Plateau. D. Kara Korum. E. Hindu Kush.
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A. refused to intervene B. ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety C. fired the strikers who refused to return to work and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers D. ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike