In the decades following Reconstruction, the majority of black people who migrated left for __________
a) other locations within the South
b) Liberia or other African colonies
c) the Caribbean islands
d) South America
Answer: a
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A. The use of electric looms B. An abundance of water to power the drive shafts for machines C. Cheap immigrant labor D. The use of profit sharing to encourage worker productivity
The Southern demand that slavery be allowed to expand into the territories seems to have been motivated by the
A. expectation that slavery would be even more profitable in the West than in the South. B. fear that free territories would tip the balance of power in the Senate against the South and slaveholding states. C. belief that expansion was necessary to allow the profitable sale of surplus Southern slaves. D. assumption of Southern politicians that they should put forward extreme positions as a tactic in political bargaining with the North.
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A) the profanity, violence, and lewdness of the British army. B) British refusal to confront the Indian problem. C) the inability of many Americans to understand British English. D) British leaders' pro-French policies.
When working class American audiences found theater productions too sophisticated for their tastes,
a. they walked out of the theater. b. they began producing their own plays. c. they resorted to mob violence. d. they refused to attend the productions. e. the theatres were closed.