Denmark Vesey, a former slave, planned an unsuccessful slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Which of the following groups would be least likely to belong to the New Deal coalition?
a. Members of the urban working class b. Wealthy businesspeople c. African Americans in northern cities d. Members of organized labor
Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship between blacks and sharecropping in the years after Reconstruction?
a. As sharecroppers, blacks found themselves at the mercy of former masters who were now their landlords and creditors. b. Some merchants manipulated the system so that farmers remained perpetually in debt to them. c. Black sharecroppers often lived in conditions scarcely better than when they were slaves. d. White southerners did not work as sharecroppers. e. Sharecroppers barely scraped by economically.
Which two cash crops introduced in the lower South before 1750 led to a higher population of slaves in that region?
A) cotton and tobacco B) rice and indigo C) corn and flax D) sugar cane and wheat
The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because in its ruling, the Supreme Court
a. declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional. b. declared unconstitutional a law providing special protection for women workers. c. declared that prohibiting child labor would require a constitutional amendment. d. upheld the constitutionality of a law enabling business to fire labor organizers. e. None of these choices are correct.