Slave clothing was generally __________
A) very beautiful, as slave women wove their own African-style cloth for their families to use
B) plentiful but often not very warm in colder regions of the South
C) sparse, as they generally received clothing from the master only twice a year
D) the same for all ages and genders of slaves
Answer: C
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A) separate religious traditions B) strong kinship networks C) relatively stable families D) adopting European names
Which statement best describes an ideal of family life in colonial Massachusetts?
a. Nothing should prevent children's essential innocence from expressing itself. b. Women are adornments to society with no practical use. c. The family's resources should belong equally to the husband and wife. d. Men, women, and children had a hierarcal, but dependent relationship with distinct roles and responsibilities.
In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led
A. President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs. B. to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there. C. the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability. D. the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan. E. President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan.