In general, historically the women of Southeast Asia
a. had fewer restrictions and enjoyed a higher status than elsewhere in Asia.
b. were subject to Confucian requirements of foot-binding.
c. experienced wide-spread physical mutilation.
d. were subjected to seclusion from any public society.
e. were equal to men in all matters except in politics.
a
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During the 1850s about ________ of the 8 million white people living in the South owned slaves
A) 25 percent B) 10 percent C) 50 percent D) 63 percent
Thomas Jefferson's comparison of slavery to holding "the wolf by the ears" reflected his
A) disgust with Southern slaveholders. B) fear of slaves. C) belief in the righteousness of enslaving African Americans. D) desire that the institution be abolished immediately. E) ambivalence toward the institution.
One of the Spanish thinkers who supported slavery of the American Indians was
A) de las Casas B) Montesinos C) Sepúlveda D) King Charles E) None of the above.
Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A) The acts excluded poor farmers from their voting and civil rights. B) The acts suppressed the states' power to govern themselves. C) Jefferson and Madison opposed all of Hamilton's acts on principle. D) The acts did not support a strong central government. E) The acts rewrote the Constitution without due process.