In the early years of Reconstruction, the majority of teachers who educated Southern freedmen were
A) the ex-slaves themselves.
B) newly graduated African American educators.
C) missionaries from the North and South alike.
D) Republican bureaucrats.
E) white women from the North.
E
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Why did most Americans decline to file income tax returns prior to World War II?
A. The income tax previously applied only to high-income families and corporations. B. The income tax did not exist prior to the onset of World War II. C. The income tax was previously optional and paid at an individual's discretion. D. The income tax was relatively unknown prior to the 1960s.
What was the condition of most South and Central American pure-blooded Amerindians in the early 1800s?
A) The Amerindians were integrated into government and society after the revolutions. B) They retreated to the most remote regions in order to maintain their own culture. C) They helped the Europeans adopt their culture and methods of farming and hunting. D) The Amerindians moved to reservations and were well cared for by the caudillos. E) The Amerindians tended to have neither experience nor interest in government beyond their village.
In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the United States, in part because
A. the American leadership in Texas delayed in applying for statehood. B. President Andrew Jackson thought it would add to sectional tensions. C. Congress feared that giving statehood to Texas might lead to war with Mexico. D. settlers in Texas overwhelmingly objected to becoming part of the United States. E. England had forged its own political ties to Texas.
The urban political machine was run like a
A. business corporation. B. criminal syndicate. C. fraternal organization. D. welfare agency.