All of the following were made possible for "mill girls" EXCEPT
A) the ability to return home. B) wage parity with men.
C) formal education. D) economic freedom.
B
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The Br'er Rabbit stories __________
a. showed how a fugitive slave could find safe haven in the underbrush b. were encoded messages used in the Underground Railroad c. were used to indoctrinate white children with the belief that slaves were no smarter than animals d. showed how a defenseless animal could overcome a stronger one through cunning and deceit, a metaphor for survival as a slave e. portrayed slaves as being happy and well-adjusted
For what reason did Theodore de Bry most likely include such details as tablecloths and a European-style walled city in this engraving of the 1622 assault on the English settlers of Virginia?
A) De Bry wanted to portray the English as more civilized than the Indians. B) De Bry was ignorant of the actual conditions of life in the colonies. C) De Bry hoped to lure more settlers to Virginia despite the violence. D) De Bry believed that the English were deserving of their fate. E) De Bry wanted to show that no fortifications could protect settlers from the Indians.
Women of the Republic were
A) always legally under a man's control but also had much more prestige and freedom than women in Classical Greece. B) able to acquire their own personal name. C) in control of society but only “behind the scenes.” D) treated essentially as slaves. E) able to choose their own husbands.
The backbone of the Pacific coast economy was
A. livestock. B. fish. C. rice. D. maize.