Which of the following was not a factor that made African slavery appealing to English planters in the New World?
A) Since slaves' terms of service never expired, unlike those of indentured servants, Africans could create a permanent labor force.
B) Europeans believed that Africans were more accustomed to hard agricultural labor than were Native Americans, and thus would be better workers.
C) Africans had long since developed a resistance to European diseases, making epidemics less likely than among Native American laborers.
D) Africans could not claim the protection of English common law.
E) A long English legal tradition of discriminating against dark-skinned peoples eased the legalization of slavery.
Ans: E) A long English legal tradition of discriminating against dark-skinned peoples eased the legalization of slavery.
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A) forced slavery to be barred in all territories. B) repealed the Missouri Compromise. C) rejected the idea of "popular sovereignty." D) broke the balance of power in the Senate between slave and free states.
The 1877 Desert Land Act allowed western ranchers to
A) divert water from rivers for irrigation. B) use raise both sheep and cattle. C) claim 160 acres free if they lived on the land for five years. D) acquire 640 acres for $1.25 cents an acre. E) seize land by force if necessary.
From the Revolutionary period to the First World War, British and United States policy toward Latin American countries included all the following EXCEPT
a. encouragement to win their initial independence from Spain. b. guarantees and aid to prevent the reestablishment of Spanish rule after the defeat of Napoleon. c. the fostering of democracy and just treatment of the native populations. d. the limitation of business initiatives in Latin America by other nations. e. "dollar diplomacy" and more direct military intervention by the United States in the Caribbean and Central America.
Which of the following would NOT be typical of labor migration patterns in the age of empire?
A) Chinese migrants to plantations in Cuba B) German migrants to plantations in the Congo C) Indian migrants to plantations in the Caribbean D) Irish migrants to factories and railroads in the United States E) Japanese migrants to plantations in Hawai`i