Examine the detail of the painting by John Trumbull titled The Battle of Bunker Hill that appears on page 95 of the textbook. What does the man shown holding a gun indicate about blacks' involvement in the Revolutionary War?
A) Black women helped black men fight during the war.
B) White men attempted to stop black men from using guns in the war.
C) Black slaves accompanied their white masters into battle.
D) Blacks did not take part in battles until midway through the war.
Answer: C
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A) factory workers. B) peasants. C) children. D) political refugees.
Analyze the wartime experiences of three of the following groups: women, African Americans, Mexican Americans Japanese Americans, and Native Americans. Did these experiences help or hinder progress toward equality in America?
What will be an ideal response?
Proprietorship failed in Carolina because:
A) the proprietors failed to understand that the American context of abundant land would not accommodate the hierarchical society of England. B) the earliest settlers of Carolina came from the Caribbean and were not accustomed to the self-rule that the proprietors intended to emulate. C) Carolina was previously a Dutch colony and was diverse from the beginning. D) tobacco was the only crop that could be grown in this region. E) the proprietors looked at Carolina mainly as a haven for English debtors and persecuted English Protestants.
Which of the following helped to lay out Washington, DC, and was a mathematician and astronomer?
a. Benjamin Franklin b. Benjamin Banneker c. Joseph Henry d. Charles Wilson Peale e. Benjamin Rush