How were the “stateless societies” of the Tiv and Gikuyu organized?
What will be an ideal response?
What kinds of local democracy and kinship relationships existed that organized these states? Describe the family, tribal, and village relationships that existed within each of the two societies and also discuss the gender divisions in these cultures. How was ownership of land was organized?
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Examine the response of northerners in general and Republican Party leaders in particular to the Dred Scott decision. How did Republican leaders use the decision to strengthen their coalition in the North?
What will be an ideal response?
The "Second Great Awakening" refers to
A. an intellectual movement similar to the Enlightenment. B. the Renaissance in America. C. a new technology that made the Industrial Revolution possible. D. a revivalist religious movement at the beginning of the 1800s.
A major turning point in the strategies of the civil rights movement occurred over the ____________.
a) The conversion of Malcolm X b) The drifting apart of the SNCC and CORE organizations from the SCLC c) The assassination of Martin Luther KIng, Jr. d) The assassination of Robert Kennedy
In his writings during the late 1800s, the popular author Hamlin Garland
A. romanticized agrarian life in the West. B. criticized western farmers for failing to develop a stable industry. C. argued the Plains should be abandoned by Americans. D. suggested the trials of rural life refined and enlarged the human spirit. E. reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers.