Identify the statement that is false
a. Most of the early African immigrants gained their freedom.
b. The legal difference between a slave and a servant was unclear early on in colonial history.
c. Slavery in American began for economic reasons.
d. Slavery was harshest in the deep South.
e. Some slaves became slave owners once they were freed.
a
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In recent times, the Christian churches in Europe have raised critical questions regarding all of the following EXCEPT:
A. colonialism. B. human rights. C. nuclear weapons. D. the environment. E. papal infallibility.
Soon after the U.S. assumed neutrality in World War I, Woodrow Wilson dropped the ban on loans to belligerents because
a. he resented Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan's moral grandstanding on the issue. b. he hoped for a quick German victory. c. the freeze endangered the stability of the American economy. d. he stood to gain personally from wartime loans and investments.
Which characterizes Jefferson’s stance on slavery?
A) He supported the slave trade, yet he didn’t own any slaves himself. B) He was a faithful Republican and abolitionist, yet most Republicans were not abolitionists. C) He wanted the slave trade outlawed, yet he owned slaves. D) He publically stated he wanted the slave trade outlawed, but he secretly supported it. E) He preached life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but he didn’t want to outlaw the slave trade.
In the spring of 1970, more than 350 colleges and universities experienced student strikes, and troops occupied twenty-one campuses in protest over the Vietnam War.
a. true b. false