As a substitute for the wage-incentive system, slaveowners most often used
a. the lure that slaves might eventually purchase their freedom.
b. the protection of slave families.
c. the threat of sale or family disruption.
d. whipping and flogging.
e. incentive of free time for holidays.
d
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What led to the calling of the Annapolis Conference?
A. The inability of the Confederation Congress to establish and implement a national trade policy B. Problems with the Northwest Native Americans C. Conflicting land claims among the states D. The need to suppress popular uprisings in several states
In the late eighteenth century, the importance of debt servitude and the rigor of its enforcement depended on the
A) bargaining power of unions. B) availability of labor. C) labor policies of the crown. D) attitude of the Catholic Church.
What can one conclude from Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis?
A) Jackson was a strong supporter of states’ rights. B) Jackson believed that states were not truly sovereign. C) Jackson supported the unlimited use of federal power. D) Jackson supported higher tariffs especially on manufactured goods coming from Europe. E) Jackson supported lower tariffs especially on manufactured goods going from the South to the North.
Under the terms of the __________, an orderly process for laying out lands and towns in the western territory was established
A) Land Ordinance of 1785 B) Northwest Ordinance of 1787 C) Proclamation of 1763 D) Cumberland Agreement E) Ordinance of 1784