Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?
a. He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion.
b. Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work andfinancial insecurity
c. He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter.
d. He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land andslaves.
b
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In 1999, the breakdown of the 1995 peace agreement on the Balkan crisis led to which of the following?
A. President Clinton tried to persuade Congress to send arms to the Bosnian Muslims. B. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright publicly praised the abrogation of the agreement. C. U.S.-led NATO forces began an aerial bombardment on Serbia. D. Congress demanded the withdrawal of all American forces from the region.
The plane that dropped the first atomic bomb was the
a) Enola Gay. b) Albatross. c) Andrea Gale. d) Number 666. e) Roosevelt's Revenge.
The San Francisco general strike of 1934 was initiated by
A. dockworkers. B. steelworkers. C. auto workers. D. meat packers.
How long did the Berlin airlift last?
a. from May to June 1945 b. from June 1948 to May 1949 c. from June 1950 to October 1953 d. from August 1956 to October 1957