In addition to establishing families and communities following the American Revolution, free blacks in the North
What will be an ideal response?
tried to free enslaved relatives.
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How did the federal government raise most of the money for the war effort during the First World War?
A. By raising tariff rates B. By raising income taxes C. By imposing a national sales tax D. By borrowing
How did homophile activists challenge the scorn and prejudice with which most Americans regarded gay men and lesbians in the 1950s?
What will be an ideal response?
The first state to secede from the Union, in 1860, was
A. Georgia. B. South Carolina. C. Mississippi. D. Alabama. E. Virginia.
Which statement best describes punishments in the slave South?
a. Southern slave codes protected slaves from excessive beatings. b. Slaveholders rarely beat their slaves, not out of kindness, but because it would interfere with production. c. Masters regularly beat their slaves, sometimes even when it meant a serious financial loss. d. Masters on large plantations were brutal; on the smaller farms, where there were fewer slaves, slaveholders treated their slaves much better.