What factors fueled the Stono Rebellion?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The largest slave uprising in colonial North America broke out in 1739 near the Stono River, twenty miles southwest of Charleston. Several factors led to the rebellion.
2. By 1739, blacks exceeded whites nearly two to one among South Carolina's 56,000 people.
3. Working conditions had worsened steadily as rice production expanded.
4. For several decades the Spanish in Florida had been luring slaves from South Carolina.
5. The wide commercial rivalries of Spain and Britain led to open warfare in 1739.
6. An epidemic in Charleston had disrupted public activities, and a new Security Act requiring all white men to carry arms to church was to take effect before the end of September.
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French liberal theorist Benjamin Constant warned against the danger of
a. absolute monarchy. b. constitutional monarchy. c. unlimited popular sovereignty. d. the political power of the Catholic Church. e. the state's application of Enlightenment reason.
Which of the following was instrumental in helping to create a more homogenous mass culture during the 1930s?
a. Compulsory school-attendance laws b. Television c. Political conventions d. The radio
Roosevelt's economic policies at the beginning of his second term revealed his desire to
a. expand relief programs for the homeless. b. balance the budget. c. end economic discrimination against racial minorities. d. experiment with Keynesian economic principles.