White southerners in the 1830s began portraying free blacks as savages because they were trying to __________
a. convince themselves that slavery was morally justifiable
b. drum up support for a race war
c. drum up funds for militias to defend against slave uprisings
d. put social pressure on free blacks to leave the South
e. put social pressure on all blacks, both slave and free, to leave the South
A
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A) whale oil was critical for burning lamps across the globe. B) whale products provided oil for the industrial revolution. C) the whaling industry employed a large diversity of people living along the New England coast and around the port of San Francisco. D) British whaling fleets were threatening to take a substantial percentage of the lucrative international whaling business from American whaling ships.
By the end of the 1920s, women filled over what percentage of office jobs?
A) 40 B) 50 C) 20 D) 30
During the Old Kingdom from 2700 to 2200 B.C.E., a pharaoh was king and was also considered a ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
One of the most significant reasons for the continued stagnation of the British economy after World War I was:
a. That nearly half of its budget in the interwar period went to paying off debt from the war. b. That workers demanded high wages in the aftermath of the war effort and businesses reacted too quickly to their demands by raising them. c. The General Strike of 1926 dragged on for 10 months, causing the rise of Oswald Mosley's “Blackshirt” movement. d. Full employment (i.e. a 4% unemployment rate) was reached in 1920, and businesses could not find an adequate work force to staff their businesses.