What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?
a. African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.
b. African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.
c. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
d. African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs.
Ans: c. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
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a. often spoke out against racial discrimination and helped to organize black laborers. b. dismissed racial discrimination as a sideshow to the true class-based struggle. c. parroted the racist ideas of mainstream parties despite its broad base of black support. d. temporarily laid aside its class-based struggle to launch a full-scale political assault against racial discrimination.
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A) gave all of Canada to England. B) opened Canada for English immigration. C) reconfirmed the position of the Catholic Church and perpetuated French law and custom. D) ended the war between England and France. E) established Quebec as the capital of Canada.
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