Portuguese exploration in the late fifteenth century concentrated on finding a route to the Orient by sailing around Africa.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The view of the South portrayed in the illustration "Southern Violence" was common to
A) tenant farmers. B) Southerners themselves. C) the urban elite. D) immigrants from Europe. E) Northern abolitionists.
The Anschluss referred to the
a. union of Germany and Austria. b. invasion of the Sudetenland. c. invasion of the Rhineland. d. invasion of Poland.
How did the rise of the Atlantic slave trade impact the development of race as a human social concept?
a) Powerful European states came to associate skin color and geographic origin, rather than social class or culture with what Europeans regarded as inherent racial categories. b) Race became a much more fluid concept than it had been in the past due to the complexity of the New World. c) European religious leaders quickly asserted the common humanity of all peoples. d) The association between race and skin color was made in the Americas but not exported to the rest of the Atlantic.
Following John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, many southerners were convinced that
A. his execution would put a stop to northern agitation over slavery once and for all. B. northern politicians would use the raid as an excuse to further restrict slavery. C. the raid was the isolated act of an antislavery fanatic. D. the abolitionist movement would shortly fall into disgrace. E. Brown had been given support by the Republican Party.