During Reconstruction, South Carolina witnessed
a. the election of a black man as governor of the state.
b. a majority of black representatives in the state’s legislature.
c. a majority of black senators in the state’s senate.
d. the fewest political gains for African Americans of any ex-Confederate state.
b. a majority of black representatives in the state’s legislature.
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The corporate attempt to improve worker well-being and morale in order to challenge the power and appeal of trade unions was known as:
A) the American plan. B) the associative state. C) welfare capitalism. D) oligopoly.
Which of the following statements best describes the spread of the Bantu peoples to southern and eastern Africa?
a. The Bantu were originally invited into small African states as mercenaries and guest workers, but eventually seized control of those states. b. The Bantu, thanks to their skill in metallurgy, were well-armed and quickly able to conquer their neighbors. c. The Bantu spread was a slow movement of peoples, often just a few families at a time. d. It was Bantu language and culture that spread, rather than Bantu people themselves, as neighbors emulated highly successful Bantu ways.
The first nationwide strike by workers was the ________ Strike of 1877. Workers went on strike in response to a wage cut, and in every major city where the strike took place, riots broke out.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Many of the English who emigrated to the northeastern seaboard of North America in the seventeenth century sought __________
A) material wealth B) legal equality C) religious freedom D) political rights