According to the text, how would an invasion and occupation by the North most likely affect class unity in the South?
A) Poor and middling whites would likely unify with free and enslaved African Americans against the wealthy.
B) Poor whites would likely resent wealthy planters even more for bringing on such devastation.
C) Poor whites would likely welcome Northerners as freeing them from the hegemony of the wealthy.
D) All classes of white Southerners would likely unify against the North.
E) Wealthy planters would likely turn against their fellow Southerners in a desperate attempt to maintain their privileges.
D
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A) There were four classes of people. B) Slaves were often skilled laborers with responsible positions. C) Noble landlords owned tracts of land that only allowed for farming one crop. D) The freemen made up the smallest class of people. E) All three classes of people had distinct political rights.
Which of the following statements was true of trade during the Early Middle Ages?
A) During the early centuries of the Middle Ages, trade drastically increased. B) During the sixth and seventh centuries, silk and perfumes were brought from China. C) By the ninth century, luxury goods were brought in from the Byzantine Empire. D) The Umayyads and the Byzantines eagerly sought manufactured goods produced in western Europe in the seventh and eighth centuries E) All of these are correct.
The Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president to:
a) have him instead of President William Henry Harrison actually run the executive branch b) win northern votes c) attract the vote of the states' rightists d) reward him for his strong support of the Whig party platform e) respond to the Democrats' expansionist appeal
The proposals of the First Continental Congress demonstrate...
A) the division that existed between radicals and moderates in leadership. B) the unanimous sentiment for division from Britain C) the growing sentiment to reconcile with Britain D) the importance of southerners to maintaining union with Britain