What influential black poet was considered a major influence on African American literary figures?
A) Madam C. J. Walker
B) Paul Lawrence Dunbar
C) Scott Joplin
D) W. E. B. DuBois
Answer: B
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To what does the growing power of the merchant class in the New England and mid-Atlantic colonies attest?
A) the increasing importance of commerce to these regions B) the increasing influence of the British crown on these regions C) the decreasing importance of religious concerns in these regions D) the decreasing demand for slave labor in these regions E) the decreasing availability of farmland in these regions
During the Eisenhower presidency, disarmament was set back for years after __________
A) the Soviet Union installed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba B) Eisenhower committed 500,000 American troops to Vietnam C) the United States refused to apologize for the use of U-2 spy planes D) the Soviet Union was left out of the Warsaw Pact agreement
Why were the effects of the plague so widely felt in the fourteenth century?
a. There had been several centuries of population growth and prosperity. b. There was almost no resistance to the plague. c. The standards of hygiene in Europe were terrible. d. Urbanization saw an increase in population density. e. All of these were reasons the effects of the plague were widely felt.
The first country to sponsor exploration by sea to the Orient was ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).