After the Civil War, most African-American farmers eventually worked:
A. As sharecroppers, paying a portion of their farm proceeds as rent
B. As domestic servants in the North
C. As hired field hands under a contract for wages from their former masters
D. As independent landowners
Answer: A
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What was the overall message conveyed in Leviathan?
A) Humanity would find its way to a better future. B) Humanity could make more progress once religion was abolished. C) Humanity was irredeemably stained by original sin. D) Humanity by nature would do good if taught to do so. E) Humanity recognized its need for a strong government to maintain control of society.
One American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was
a. James Russell Lowell. b. Henry David Thoreau. c. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. d. Edgar Allan Poe. e. Walt Whitman.
Because writing required schooling and memorization of hundreds of symbol, most scribes came from what social class?
a. upper class
b. slaves
c. farmers
d. merchants
e. foreigners brought in from neighboring cities
Samuel Crompton successfully attached steam engines to power his
A. air pumps. B. rail carriages. C. coal conveyers. D. looms.