According to the introductory video in section 15.2, the Black Codes passed by Southern states after the Civil War __________
A) prohibited African Americans from suing and giving testimony in court
B) compensated African Americans for the years they had served in slavery
C) recognized the legal validity of marriages among African Americans
D) reaffirmed the legal status of African Americans as property
Answer: C
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The Industrial Revolution
a. led to the transformation of human existence in Western Europe. b. was complete by the end of the decade after 1800. c. happened at the same pace throughout Europe. d. resulted from careful planning by its organizers. e. all of the above
President Wilson's major enemy in the fight over the League of Nations was ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The domestic system of cottage industry did all the following EXCEPT
a. offer earnings opportunities for peasants who had been forced off the land. b. help industrial capitalism develop. c. help to convert the old master-apprentice relationship into an owner-worker relationship. d. maintain the quality standards, high pay for producers, and good working conditions of the guilds. e. tie local production to a larger market.
By the end of the 1850s the two-party system in the United States:
What will be an ideal response?