The central theme of Uncle Tom's Cabin is
a. the decadence of southern society.
b. the tragedy of the breakup of families by slavery.
c. the wanton cruelty of slave owners.
d. the complicity of northerners in the continuance of slavery.
e. the cruelty of the African slave trade.
b
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Wounded Knee was
A) ?a victory for Native Americans. B) ?an annual ritual of remembrance for Civil War soldiers. C) ?a tragic event where Sioux Indians were slaughtered by the Seventh Cavalry. D) ?a settlement on the U.S.-Canadian border. E) ?a frontier trading post.
All of the following were true of Macedonia EXCEPT:
a. The people of the Greek city-states considered them to be barbarians. b. They had not developed a strong urban culture. c. They did not have the sophistication to develop a strong military presence. d. They spoke a dialect of Greek that was difficult for other Greeks to understand.
The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Manifest Destiny was a popular national creed, but there was a long-term cost. The sectional crisis of the 1850s was precipitated not only by the rising abolitionist movement in the North, but also by a question raised by expansion to the West.
A. Will westerners tend to vote Democrat or Whig? B. What will be the status of slavery in the new territories? C. Will more southerners or northerners settle the West? D. Will the transcontinental railroad link the West to the North or to the South?