A major contradiction of Thomas Jefferson was fathering children with a slave woman and his firm belief that blacks were
a. intellectually equal to white men, but not women.
b. eligible for freedom only if they survived their labors until his death.
c. equal in private but unequal in public.
d. inferior to whites in both body and mind.
d. inferior to whites in both body and mind.
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James Madison opposed the Funding Act of 1790 because he believed it favored:
a. the North at the expense of the South b. agriculture at the expense of commerce c. debtors, but it ignored creditors d. rural areas
Victims of the purges in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s were
A) members of the Communist party Central Committee and Politburo. B) from all classes of Soviet society. C) from the ranks of the army. D) old Bolsheviks and comrades of Lenin. E) all of the above.
When a Polynesian named Omai was brought to England in 1774, he was treated
a. like a freak and an animal. b. as a wild man and kept in a cage. c. with praise as naturally graceful, and he was depicted as dignified. d. contempt by the elite of society.
States were given permission to pass "right-to-work" laws by the ________ Act of 1947.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).