The sharecropping and tenant farming system that emerged in the post-Civil War South
a. forced ex-slaves to work in gangs in their former masters' fields under close supervisions, as in the days of slavery.
b. enabled many former slaves to work their way up the economic ladder.
c. applied the principle of "separate but equal" to the provisioning of farm families, land owning, and crop storage.
d. kept poor black and white farmers in perpetual debt through the crop-lien system.
e. was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1896.
d
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A) reluctantly agreed to his theories. B) turned him over to the Papal Curia to serve as a principal secretary. C) allowed Galileo six months to change his mind, during which he escaped to England to continue his work. D) forced Galileo to recant them in a trial before the Inquisition. E) turned him over to the authorities of the Holy Roman Emperor to be tortured.
All of the following reforms were passed by Congress during Kennedy's administration EXCEPT for an increase in
A. taxes. B. federally funded urban housing. C. Social Security benefits. D. the minimum wage.
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A) willingness by the Romans to accept new gods. B) displaying a tendency toward syncretism. C) polytheist by tradition. D) reverence for the cult of the emperor E) All of these
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A) Fair Deal B) New Frontier C) Great Society D) Great Future E) Morning in America