Which of the following may help explain increases in the prevalence of single-parent black families in the Northeast during the antebellum period?
A) provisions in state laws governing marriage
B) the absence of strong black churches
C) high mortality rates among black women
D) high unemployment rates among black men
Answer: D
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What did the events surrounding the attacks by the Paxton Boys on local Delaware Indians in December 1763 suggest about the evolving conflict between rural whites and Indians on the frontier?
A) Indian tribes allied with the British were more likely to be protected in the future by the British Army from vigilante attacks by rural whites. B) Rural whites were increasingly likely to view killing all Indians as the best way to manage the intermittent conflict between the two parties, regardless of whether a particular Indian tribe was allied with the British or the French. C) The leading citizens of a colony and the British Army would be unwilling and unable to stop similar attacks by frontier whites in the future. D) The horror of the Paxton Boys attacks on American Indians would quickly lead to peace negotiations between Indian tribes and local colonies to resolve competing land claims.
What was the only European nation by the 1870s that did not make Jews and atheists fully equal with Christians in legal matters?
A) ?Germany B) ?Russia C) ?Italy D) ?France E) ?Poland
Which state legislature authorized an especially large paper issue in 1786 and declared it legal tender for all debts?
A. Massachusetts B. Virginia C. Rhode Island D. New Jersey
Which historical event motivated Thomas Hobbes to write Leviathan?
A) the execution of King Charles I by his Puritan opponents B) the execution of Giordano Bruno for his scientific writings C) the Glorious Revolution of 1688 D) the Protestant Reformation E) the Black Plague epidemic