John Burgoyne's advance through New York was slowed by
a. his refusal to move without confirmation that Howe's troops were moving toward him.
b. his insistence on traveling with his mistress and their possessions.
c. St. Leger's failure to clear the route in front of him.
d. fierce resistance from colonial troops at Fort Ticonderoga.
B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
According to Ferber, blaming the victim contributes to the reproduction of privilege and inequality.
The point raised by postmodernists was that
a. truth and knowledge were subjective and depended on context. b. modernity could be measured by progress. c. only through the evolution of ideas could political change occur. d. western civilization could not be the only civilization that mattered. e. existence was futile.
Latin American and Caribbean revolutionaries believed that prejudice and tradition would give way to rationality and reason which would produce
a. new economic systems that would favor the poor. b. a classless society based on skill. c. indigenous monarchies including one for Bolivar. d. new political and social systems that would guarantee liberty. e. a political system completely free of peninsular and native-born Spaniards.
Republican leaders saw what development as the key to southern economic reconstruction?
A. railroads
B. cotton plantations
C. schools
D. churches