The Republican governments that controlled the southern states during Reconstruction were
A) supported by some white southerners.
B) usually more corrupt than state governments in the North.
C) generally accepted by most white southerners.
D) dominated by illiterate blacks.
Answer: A
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a. coffee. b. silk. c. pepper. d. cloves.
English model of conquest and slaughter did not begin in the Americas. The precedent was set in
A. the Cape region at the southern tip of Africa. B. Ireland. C. Iceland and Greenland. D. islands off the West African coast.
President Lincoln's veto of the Wade-Davis Bill
A. showed his support for the Radical Republican's agenda. B. caused southerners to feel he had abandoned his pledge of leniency. C. turned moderate Republicans against him. D. was overturned in Congress.
In which way did the richest plantation families resemble a traditional landed aristocracy?
A) Planters operated under the principles of noblesse oblige. B) Planters collected taxes from the peasants who worked their land. C) Planters' sons chose military or law careers rather than going into trade. D) Planters' daughters were often betrothed during their childhood years. E) Planter families often intermarried with the people who worked the land.