Which of the following best describes how one could be born into slavery under Spanish and Portuguese law?
A) If either of your parents was a slave, you were a slave.
B) If your mother was a slave and your father was not a slave, you were a slave.
C) If you father was a slave and your mother was not a slave, you were a slave.
D) Only if both of your parents were slaves were you a slave.
B
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From Quebec, the French embarked on an exploratory and fur-trading mission south into the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi valley and the Mississippi delta, claiming these lands as part of their Canada-Mississippi- _________ territory.
a. Louisiana b. Georgia c. Carolina d. Alabama
Who waged a lifelong war on immorality and saw him/herself as the defender of sexual purity?
a. Victoria Woodhull b. Henry George c. Jane Addams d. Anthony Comstock e. Edwin L. Godkin
The Panic of 1873 was the worst the country had faced to that point in its history.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In 1800, British iron production
A. was held back by the scarcity of iron ore. B. was in the middle of a radical transformation. C. lagged behind that of Germany. D. had changed little since the Middle Ages. E. was three times as great as it had been in 1780.