Olaudah Equiano says that the conditions on the ship during the Middle Passage (the voyage across the Atlantic) were so abysmal that he wished he could throw himself overboard and die.

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

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On which of the following points would Theodore Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst agree?

A) The United States should pursue an isolationist foreign policy. B) The United States should help Cubans in their struggle against Spain. C) Government military spending should be drastically reduced. D) Government regulation of the newspaper industry benefits society.

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