What key message did Horatio Greenough's 1853 sculpture The Rescue and the 1874 dime novel cover for a Daniel Boone story, which used Greenough's sculpture as the basis for its artwork, send to the American public?
A) Both images showed that life on the frontier was unsuitable for women and children.
B) Both images depicted the Indian as a noble savage.
C) Both images proclaimed Indian savagery and justified white supremacy.
D) Both images illustrated how the warrior dominated the frontiersman.
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In the first decade of the twenty-first century,
A. there was little-to-no economic disparity between black and white professionals. B. half of all African Americans were members of the middle class. C. half of all African Americans lived in poverty as members of the "underclass." D. African Americans constituted three percent of the nation's college population. E. the percentage of black high school graduates going to college still lagged significantly behind that of white high school graduates.
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A. voting rights for blacks in the South. B. civil service merit standards and procedures for government jobs. C. a high protective tariff. D. the breakup of monopolistic business.