The white reformer Prudence Crandall ran a black school in Canterbury, Connecticut, that was __________
A) connected to a system of escape routes running through the coastal states
B) successful in attracting multiracial support from the local upper class
C) torched by a mob
D) staffed by black teachers
Answer: C
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The reason that the Canadian government offered citizenship and the right to vote to black immigrants after three years residency was:
A) the disgust it felt concerning the institution of slavery. B) the hope that they could enslave unwitting blacks who entered their country. C) the hope that new black communities would provide a buffer between white Canadians and rebellious Indians. D) the revenue to be raised from taxation.
Which statement about the Peloponnesian War is FALSE?
a. The foundation of Athenian strategy, initially, was the exploitation of its naval power. b. The foundation of Spartan strategy was to draw its enemies into open, face-to-face military battles on land. c. A plague killed one-third of the population of Athens. d. The ultimate result of the war was a unified Greece headed by the city by Thebes. e. Athenians were defeated and their city walls torn down.
In Self Help, Samuel Smiles espoused the belief that a. the poor were able to be divided into "deserving" and "undeserving" poor based on their choices. b. the government had an obligation to provide the basic standards of living to all citizens
c. people succeeded through their own efforts and moral behavior. d. laissez-faire applied to social constructs as well as economic, and the government shouldn't intervene. e. none of these.
By the mid-1960s, 25 million Americans owned shares of stock.
a. true b. false