What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A) It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks.
B) It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family.
C) It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance.
D) It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior.
E) It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print.
C
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A) bring all land under government ownership. B) open up new territories. C) defend China against barbarian invaders. D) take land from the peasants. E) check the growth of large estates and guarantee land to peasants.
The map "European Voyages of Discovery," depicts the 1497–1499 journey around Africa by which of the following?
A) da Gama B) Cabot C) Cartier D) Magellan
Zoroaster is best known as the________
A) founder of a Persian religion B) ruler of Persia at its greatest extent C) first Greek philosopher D) strongest of the Persian satraps
The Great Awakening
a. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies. b. split colonial churches into several competing denominations. c. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges. d. was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people. e. focused much energy on the evils of slavery.