How did blacks react to the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) They were suspicious about Lincoln's motives.
B) They saw it as a beacon promising future improvement.
C) There was no universal black reaction.
D) They were largely indifferent to it because it had no immediate impact.
B
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A) Chinese attacks on Japanese territory B) an earthquake C) the liberation of Korea D) refusal of the United States to trade with Japan E) a coup by the military
With respect to women, Jewish law and practice required all the following EXCEPT
a. equal treatment of men and women since both were made in the image of God. b. a woman should consider her husband to be her master. c. a husband should respect and support his wife. d. women could not be witnesses in court, but they could be prophetesses. e. a woman could never divorce her husband, and she could inherit property only if there was no male heir.
As a result of the American offensives in the west during 1777-1779, __________
A) the British and their Indian allies decisively defeated the Americans B) the Americans took control of all the British forts C) most Indians responded to the American call to fight the British D) American-Indian hostilities continued unabated for decades after the war
The National League for the Protection of Colored Women, founded in Philadelphia, supported
A) young southern women. B) sharecroppers. C) northern working women. D) domestic servants.