A person’s life as a slave began with __________.
a. arrival at Caribbean plantations
b. birth
c. capture by African traders
d. the Middle Passage
c. capture by African traders
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The rapid acceleration of the New Imperialism was demonstrated by all the following EXCEPT
a. French in Vietnam. b. Germans in Japan. c. British in Malaysia. d. Dutch in insular Southeast Asia. e. Americans in the Philippines.
"Maternalism" is a term applied by historians to a trend in
A) municipal reorganization. B) progressivism. C) industrial action of the 1910s. D) educational reform.
George W. Bush defeated John Kerry in the election of 2004 especially by claiming that
a. he enjoyed strong support in the international community, which would not back Kerry. b. he had a more effective plan for strengthening the economy and promoting foreign trade. c. he was a strong leader in the war on terrorism and it would be inadvisable to change presidents in the middle of the war in Iraq. d. Kerry was wrong in his promotion of campaign finance reform. e. he would do more for welfare and social reform, while Kerry would hold back progress.
Why were regional identities formed in the United States in the early nineteenth century?
A) Transportation and communication were so limited that each region was isolated from news and information about other regions. B) Most regions had aggressive devotion to radical democracy, making the other regions uneasy. C) In order to control immigrant migration, the federal government designated certain areas for immigrants from certain countries to live. D) As immigration increased dramatically in the early nineteenth century, immigrants tended to migrate to cities to live near people from their country of origin. E) People wanted to defend their shared economic interests and maintain their distinct regional subcultures.