What was family life like for typical southern planters in the early nineteenth century?
A) Plantation wives were supposed to be "ladies" with few responsibilities.
B) Husbands and wives had rigidly defined separate spheres.
C) Slaveholding families were unlike northern families with similar status.
D) Children (black and white) were raised by white servants.
C
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Why did the National Recovery Administration (NRA) set low minimum salaries in laundry services and tobacco production?
A) Those industries were disappearing and there was no need to prop up a vanishing labor force's wages. B) Large numbers of African-Americans worked those industries, and racism worked against them from within the NRA. C) Women predominantly worked those industries, and sexism worked against them from within the NRA. D) Because the NRA administrators used arbitrary formulas that sometimes randomly worked against a given group of workers.
What was astronomer Aristarchus of Samos's contribution to science in the Hellenistic era?
a. He reinforced the Greek's geocentric view of the universe. b. He developed a heliocentric view of the universe. c. He named several stars after Hellenistic rulers. d. He provided the modern names for the planetary bodies. e. He used empirical research to come to conclusions about the planetary bodies.
The Punic Wars were fought against ________
A. Carthage B. Corsica C. Ischia D. Numidia E. Paestum
The Tariff of Abominations angered southerners because
a. it challenged the legitimacy of slavery. b. the South got few rewards from the high tariffs. c. it was passed by northern congressmen over Jackson's veto. d. Britain retaliated by taxing imported cotton.