Prior to the Civil War, what fraction of white families owned slaves?
A. one-tenth
B. one-third
C. two-fifths
D. two-thirds
Answer: B
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Historians would agree that Mussolini
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Lincoln's purpose in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was
a. to free slaves in Southern states immediately b. to free slaves in border states c. to pressure the Confederacy into surrendering before January 1, 1863. d. to encourage slaves to escape to the Union with the promise of freedom e. to free slaves in Southern states and those parts of states under Union control
The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific Northwest
A. did not have permanent settlements. B. developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Mayas and Aztecs. C. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies. D. fished salmon as their principal occupation. E. were known as the Inuit.