Why did plantation owners in Virginia and Maryland prefer West African slaves?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Yam cultivation in West Africa was similar to tobacco cultivation.
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Italian women coming to the United States differed from other immigrant women in that they
A) preferred not to work. B) were largely literate. C) rarely worked outside the home. D) married very late.
How did South Carolina authorities respond to Christian Priber's call for the founding of a multiracial "Paradise"?
A) They ignored him. B) They had him arrested and jailed. C) They forced him into exile. D) They had him shipped back to Europe.
Left-wing Sandinista rebels overthrew the pro-American government of Antonio Somoza in __________
A) El Salvador B) Guatemala C) Nicaragua D) Grenada
Why did Samuel Adams and radical artisans form the "solemn league and covenant"?
a. To boycott British goods in all colonies, not just Massachusetts b. To employ a divide-and-conquer strategy c. To begin a letter of protest campaign d. To launch a slave rebellion