English writer Rudyard Kipling defined the "white man's burden" as the duty of European and Euro-American peoples to bring order and enlightenment to distant lands.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Islamic influence on Western culture during the Middle Ages included all of the following except
a. astronomy. c. law. b. mathematics. d. medicine.
Until the eve of the Civil War, most people in the North
a. believed that the Constitution sanctioned slavery to a degree. b. felt that they had little economic stake in slavery one way or the other. c. felt it was important for the U.S. to maintain slavery since the British had abandoned it. d. expected that slavery would be abolished through gradual emancipation. e. believed that Christianity and slavery were incompatible.
Charlemagne, according to Einhard his biographer, can be described as
A) a diligent and concerned king of moderate temperament and an avid eater. He was cultured and refined, yet a strong leader despite his illiteracy. B) impervious to faults. He embodied perfection. C) a spectacular example of taste and refinement, but he had little time for petty details of court. He detested foreigners and was incredibly fit as shown in his native costume. D) a skilled linguist and an avid reader of Augustine's City of God. He was fair in mind and judgment. E) a monster, cloaked in refinement and protected by the papacy.
By the 1830s, James Forten had come to support __________
a) an immediate end to slavery b) gradual emancipation c) colonization d) voluntary segregation