Slave codes in the United States generally included all of the following provisions EXCEPT
a. slaves were not allowed to offer testimony in court against white people.
b. the rape of an enslaved woman was never a crime, regardless of who assaulted her.
c. white people could arrest any slaves found walking along a public highway without a pass from their masters.
d. slaves could not hire themselves out or buy and sell goods without permission from their masters.
b. the rape of an enslaved woman was never a crime, regardless of who assaulted her.
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All of the following contributed to the growth of population in the second half of the eighteenth century EXCEPT
A) a decline in the death rate. B) new crops from America such as corn and potatoes. C) the eradication of typhus and smallpox. D) the end of the bubonic plague. E) an increase in women who married during their child-bearing years.
Who was the Habsburg empress whose country was attacked in the War of the Austrian Succession?
a. Eleanor b. Elizabeth c. Marie Antoinette d. Maria Theresa e. Catherine
In 1821 the Greeks revolted against the Ottoman Turks
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
How did the Industrial Revolution change European (and eventually world) society for the better—and for the worse?
What will be an ideal response?