What group was vehemently opposed to ending slavery even though they sometimes traded with slaves and keenly resented planters?
A. overseers
B. drivers
C. yeoman farmers
D. poor whites
Answer: D
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How is Paul Robeson an example of the impact of the Cold War on black entertainers?
A) Robeson's career was not impacted by the Cold War. B) Robeson's singing career skyrocketed after he was declared a communist. C) Robeson sang for President Truman because of Robeson's Cold War efforts. D) Robeson's singing career was destroyed because he was a communist.
The growth of abolitionism in England was fueled by
a. England's Catholic heritage. b. fear of slave revolts. c. Enlightenment thinking and England's proud history of its Bill of Rights. d. the rising costs of owning and maintaining slaves. e. new legislation in Parliament banning slavery in the colonies.
Prior to August 1914, most Americans believed
a. that war in Europe was inevitable. b. that war had become obsolete. c. that Woodrow Wilson would have his hands full with all the foreign policy problems at the time. d. that war with Japan would come within ten years.
The Aryan racial state
A. was destined, in Nazi plans, to control Western Europe and Africa. B. needed only the passive tolerance of the German population in order to be established. C. required the active involvement of the entire German population to achieve its destiny. D. disliked mass demonstration unless the emotionalism was minimized. E. would make all women warrior-soldiers, thus doubling Aryan military strength.