How does artist Winslow Homer capture the complexities and challenges associated with the attempt to remake Southern society after the end of the Civil War in his painting A Visit from the Old Mistress?
A) The painting captures the affinity that slaveholders and slaves shared before emancipation.
B) The painting shows that former slaves still were subservient to their former owners.
C) The painting illustrates how former slaveholders attempted to reconcile with their former
slaves.
D) The painting depicts the suspicions and contempt that former slaves had for their former
owners.
D
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A) renounced the U.S. claim of the right to intervene in the internal affairs of Latin America. B) applied the principle of the Open Door Policy to Africa as well as Asia. C) announced a complete boycott of any aggressor nation. D) declared that it would never recognize the legality of seizures made in violation of U.S. treaty rights.
The Boers were predominantly of what ethnic background?
a. Zulu b. English c. Welsh d. Dutch e. Khoisan
By 1917, three-fourths of Americans lived in dry counties, thanks to the grassroots activism of the Anti-________ League.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
a limited business-government partnership.
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