What was the destiny of an increasing number of indentured servants over the course of the seventeenth century?
a. Most eventually became landowners.
b. Many were forced into slavery.
c. Many managed to run away from their masters toward the frontier.
d. Many fell into landlessness and poverty.
e. Most saw their wages increase.
d
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The expansion of slavery in the first half of the nineteenth century can largely be attributed to __________.
a. the spread of cotton cultivation b. falling prices for slaves c. a tobacco boom d. the importation of slaves from Africa
What was one of the major geopolitical moves by the Japanese after they defeated the Chinese?
A) The Japanese became isolated from the world stage and were labeled the Hermit kingdom. B) The Japanese annexed Korea, a move meant to show the Japanese were more powerful than the Chinese. C) The Japanese tried to annex Hawaii in order to expand their territorial holdings in the Pacific region. D) The Japanese tried to help the Chinese stabilize the Qing Dynasty with foreign aid. E) The Japanese began several decades of industrialization and peaceful relations with its neighbors.
Research indicates that when a woman is speaking, ______ speech seems to work best when the audience is male and ______ speech seems to work best when the audience is female.
A. tentative; assertive B. assertive; tentative C. institutional; utilitarian D. utilitarian; institutional
The main goal of the Gracchi, for which they were murdered, was to
A) redistribute land on behalf of the poor. B) seize power and replace the Republic with a monarchy. C) replace traditional religion with Greek philosophy. D) maintain laws prohibiting conspicuous consumption. E) set themselves up as super-patrons.