Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about Britain before the revolutions of 1830?
a. Britain was the freest state in Europe.
b. Britain was a democracy.
c. Its social and political systems were dominated by aristocratic interests.
d. Many towns were governed by corrupt groups.
e. The new industrial towns had virtually no representation in Parliament.
b
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What did the young children of plantation slaves do while their parents worked?
a. They often accompanied their parents and were cared for by older children. b. They often went to segregated schools before they were old enough to work. c. They were often cared for at home by their mothers. d. They were often sent to nurseries where other slaves cared for them. e. They often played with the young children of the plantation owners.
Which of the African white settler colonies were the last to hold free elections?
A) ?Eritrea B) ?Djibouti C) ?South Africa D) ?Angola E) ?Swaziland
Europeans justified African slavery using all of the following arguments except
a. Las Casas's Eurocentric belief in African inferiority. b. Aristotle's defense of what he called natural slaves. c. the existence of slavery in the Bible. d. allegations that Africans were descendants of Noah's son Ham, who was himself enslaved. e. demonstrations that slavery was a logical extension of the male hegemony of the household.
Perhaps the single strongest unifying factor of pre-Civil War southern whites was their
A. fear of federal authority. B. perception of white racial superiority. C. kinship relationships. D. intense national pride. E. contempt of northern capitalism.