Explain what is meant by President Clinton's effort to make the federal government "look like America." Identify specific achievements made by women and minorities in both the Clinton and Bush administrations.
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A. African slaves B. early Christian texts from North Africa C. Native American slaves D. African gemstones
Did the headright system benefit the wealthy gentry in Virginia? Why?
A. Yes, because it allowed them to sell all of their farm goods above market price. B. Yes, because it allowed them to amass more land and obtain laborers to work that land. C. No, because large farms were subdivided as the number of adult males increased. D. No, because it made them politically powerless.
Tensions between authoritarian virtue and libertarian freedom within the conservative movement could be reconciled by common enemies—the liberal state and Russian communism.
a. true b. false
Which statement provides the best interpretation of this sentence from text page 53? “The diversity of early English colonization must be emphasized precisely because it is so easy to overlook.”
A) Most historians did not realize how similar the English colonies were when they were initially settled. B) The reasons that people settled the English colonies were so complex that they have only begun to be understood recently. C) Settlers of the English colonies tended to overlook the hardships that they would face because they were so eager for religious freedom. D) The experiences of the early English colonists cannot be separated from their experiences back in England. E) Because most of the colonists were English, and eventually formed a single nation, many assume that they were originally more alike than different.