Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction?
(A) They obtained land from the Freedmen's Bureau.
(B) They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers.
(C) They established large cooperative farms.
(D) They migrated to Northern urban areas and worked as unskilled laborers.
(E) They were forced to migrate to marginally fertile lands in the western territories
Ans: (B) They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers.
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A) the United States was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear destruction if the Soviets moved outside their sphere of influence. B) the United States was already on the brink of nuclear destruction but the new policy helped to reduce tensions. C) communism was on the brink of becoming the world's most popular economic and political system. D) Eisenhower wanted the Soviet Union to believe he was on the brink of madness.
Which of the following was NOT a Protestant teaching or doctrine?
A. The clergy must be celibate. B. Good acts are not required for one to be saved. C. Divine truth can be sought through scripture alone. D. Marriage helps ministers avoid sexual sin.
In addition to providing food, what other benefits did the cultivation of crops provide?
a. allowed for more frequent migration of peoples b. prevented rivers and lakes from flooding c. brought social equality to men and women d. completely replaced hunting as a source of food e. provided fiber from clothing and herbs for medicine
Frederick II's aggressive action that began the War of the Austrian Succession also __________.
A. drew England into a war in North America B. shattered the provisions of the Pragmatic Sanction C. led to the defeat of the Spanish trade monopoly D. sparked the outbreak of the Seven Years' War