Slaves regarded the least prosperous, nonslaveholding whites as
a. potential, yet undesirable, masters.
b. their equals in doing the least desirable work.
c. violent, rabble-rousers who often picked on slaves.
d. hillbillies and "poor white trash"—too lazy and shiftless to work productively.
e. potential allies in slave revolts against planter aristocrats.
d
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A) women B) landless men C) Indians D) slaves
Which of the following reflects the link between the Spanish goal to convert the indigenous people in the Americas to Christianity and the wars of conquest?
A) Columbian question B) Columbian Exchange C) encomienda D) requerimiento
The South's financial war strategy was most like the North's in that
A. both had a National Bank. B. both remained on the gold standard for the duration of the war. C. both issued fiat money (money not backed by any hard currency). D. both were devised by Salmon P. Chase. E. None of the above
Which of the following is an important consequence of the Dar al-Islam?
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