The Dred Scott decision held that __________
A) blacks, whether slave or free, were not citizens and could not sue in a court of law
B) slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law
C) only free blacks had legal rights
D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional
Answer: A) blacks, whether slave or free, were not citizens and could not sue in a court of law
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The peoples of the forest regions of West Africa are important in the study of African-American history because they __________
A) were the first region to trade with Egypt and other Mediterranean areas B) converted to Christianity in significant numbers C) played an important role in the slave trade as traders and victims D) were the first areas to receive colonists from the United States in the early 1800s
During the Reconquista, Iberian Christians sought to rid the peninsula of:
a. French rule b. Muslim rule c. Roman rule d. Carthaginian rule
Sumerians believed that the gods actually owned the cities
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What does this photograph, taken the morning after the Battle of Fort Sumter, indicate about the first armed conflict of the Civil War?
A) Both the Union and the Confederacy suffered huge losses in this first battle. B) The raised Confederate flag showed that the South was victorious. C) The Union held on to one of its last federal fortresses in the Confederacy. D) The Confederacy submitted to federal authority.