Slavery's greatest psychological horror, which served as the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, was
a. the forced separation of families in slave auctions.
b. slaveowners' frequent use of the whip.
c. the deliberate "breeding" of slave women.
d. the isolation of slaves on remote frontier plantations.
e. forcible sexual assault by slaveowners.
a
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What was one of the political consequences of the Korean War?
A. It increased the powers of the presidency and weakened the powers of Congress in the conduct of foreign affairs. B. It heightened public support for the Democratic Party in the 1952 election. C. It increased bipartisanship in the making of American foreign policy. D. It led the Republican Party to include a plank in its 1952 platform questioning the validity of the containment doctrine.
What happened in eastern Europe after the German retreat in 1943?
A) Nationalist groups fought amongst themselves. B) A multiethnic coalition government was established. C) The independent republic of Belarus was established. D) Ukraine and Poland united forces to fight the Allies.
Populism appealed to women, in large part because the movement
A) was anti-Republican. B) welcomed women's suffrage. C) was anti-Democrat. D) was led by women.
The intellectual leader of Mexico's Conservative Party in the early 19th century was
A) Augustín de Iturbide. B) José María Luis Mora. C) Guadalupe Victoria. D) Lucás Alamán.