The development and cultivation of corn:
a. Apparently took place in South America, in the vicinity of Brazil.
b. Seems to have been the result of cross-breeding more than one species of plant.
c. Took more than 12,000 years, according to carbon-dating techniques of teosinte and modern corn.
d. Has been proven, by plant geneticist Mary Eubanks, to have taken many generations of experimentation to create a nutritious grain.
b. Seems to have been the result of cross-breeding more than one species of plant.
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a. could be found in the writings of black authors such as Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. b. were only meaningful insofar as they were universal. c. were most fully expressed in the tradition of African-American music. d. integrated African traditions with European and white American ones.
When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina
a. waited to see how other southern states would act. b. were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union. c. vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas. d. rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession. e. accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln.
Examining the excerpt from Friedrich Engels in Learning From a Primary Source: Friedrich Engels Describes the Condition of the Working Class in England (page 643), what problems did he point to in industrialization that affected the workers? Why was he concerned?
What will be an ideal response?
In the 1872 presidential election, the still disorganized Democratic Party
a. demanded civil rights for African Americans. b. allied with the reform-minded Liberal Republicans. c. supported Samuel Tilden for president. d. exposed the Whiskey Ring scandals.