Phillis Wheatley was
a. the first black college student in American history.
b. one of the victims of the Boston Massacre.
c. a poet and slave.
d. a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans.
e. a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
c
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A) development of clear standards. B) maintaining a graduation rate of 75 percent. C) testing of all students from third to eighth grades. D) using test results to determine a closing of the "achievement gap."
The context for the Ottoman rise to power was the ________
A) end of the Mongol Empire B) emergence of Sufism C) division between Shi'a and Sunni Islam D) end of the Byzantine Empire
What is the best description of the United States of America under the Articles of Confederation?
A. a political system functioning like a corporate conglomerate with 13 wholly-owned subsidiary companies B. 13 independent nations affiliated in a defensive alliance, like today's NATO C. 13 independent state republics loosely joined together under a virtually powerless representative body D. an integrated republic with a decentralized structure of national government
Progressive historian Charles Beard advanced the idea that the American Constitution a. was never intended to serve a special-interest group, but was written for all Americans regardless of race,sex, or creed
b. was written by ordinary farmers to protect them from the greed and selfishness of the wealthy and thepowerful. c. is a sacred document that must be interpreted and applied in accordance with the original intent of thefounders. d. is a flexible document, subject to growth and change.