Why did many of the poorest whites, who in no way benefited from slavery, vigorously defend the "peculiar institution"?
a. They were grateful to the planter aristocracy for backing public education.
b. They embraced their presumed racial superiority to black slaves.
c. They were almost always economically better off than the slaves.
d. They admired the virtues and values of the plantation aristocracy.
e. They benefited from the economic growth of the region.
b
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While Hamilton promoted factories as the key to the nation's economic future, Jefferson emphasized farming because
A) America had so much land that it seemed to offer opportunities for social mobility to a wide segment of the population. B) Jefferson saw factories as celebrating subservience and stifling the virtue that farm life cultivated. C) Jefferson believed that farming would promote emigration and provide employment and food for the new nation. D) Jefferson believed most of the goods that factories produced could be imported; therefore, America didn't need to rely on its own industrialization. E) None of these choices
All of the following were exports of Egypt EXCEPT
A) linen. B) wheat. C) papyrus. D) copper. E) gold.
Which of the following was NOT an early policy failure in the Clinton presidency?
A) health care initiative B) allowing gays to serve openly in the military C) reforming corruption issues in the White House travel office D) Family Medical Leave Act
Voltaire and his novel Candide emphasized which the following?
a. becoming aware of all the superstitions, prejudices, and follies in society. b. reasoning makes all phenomena and situations intelligible. c. the ability to see oneself in a wider context is an important component of enlightened thinking. d. organized religion is a hindrance to free and rational inquiry. e. all of the answers are correct.