The belief that blacks were innately inferior to whites developed around the time that slavery became institutionalized. Research suggests that
a. These beliefs led to slavery becoming institutionalized
b. These beliefs developed as a result of the institutionalization of slavery for whites to rationalize what they were doing to blacks
c. These beliefs were also associated with many other immigrant groups who were entering the country at that time
d. Beliefs and the institutionalization of slavery developed independent of each other
ANS: b
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A. females of all races and ethnicities B. white males C. middle-class youth D. working-class youth
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