Olaudah Equiano's account suggests that slavery in Africa was less brutal than the European slave trade.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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In late nineteenth-century America, the government usually sided with which group in labor disputes?
a) management b) skilled workers c) unskilled workers d) labor unions
The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766 primarily because of the
A) pressure from British merchants who had been hurt by the American boycott. B) recognition by Parliament that it had acted unconstitutionally. C) petition sent from the Stamp Act Congress. D) riots and disturbances in the colonies protesting the act.
What is one reason that cotton cultivation spread westward after 1820?
A) Cotton depleted the soil of nutrients, so growers needed fresh land. B) Cotton cultivation required much labor, and the western slave trade was thriving. C) An economic boom was taking place in western cities. D) Textile mills had sprung up in Texas, providing a new market for cotton. E) Canals had reached westward to the new plantations.
In post-World War II Europe, universal social insuranceappealed to
a. conservatives only. b. liberals and conservatives. c. liberals only. d. government bureaucrats only.