Race was a major factor in the system of slavery in
a. Han China.
b. Ancient Greece and Rome.
c. the Americas after European colonization.
d. all of the above.
Ans: c. the Americas after European colonization.
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A) the decline of feudalism B) the demand for the breakup of the Catholic Church C) the decline in scholasticism D) an emphasis on Oriental intellectual philosophies. E) an emphasis on individualism
_______, which had become an independent kingdom under its Hashemite ruler, was flooded by the arrival of one million urban Palestinians.
A. Jordan B. Iraq C. Syria D. Saudi Arabia E. Lebanon
During the 1820s through the 1840s, the Democrats
a. trusted the government to do what was best for the country. b. favored limitations on government power. c. called for immigration restrictions in order to protect the jobs of native-born workers. d. believed the government should legislate to encourage "correct" religious behavior. e. called for religious training in public schools.
Southern defenders of slavery responded to abolitionist critiques by __________
a) defending slavery as humane and attacking the northern industrial wage system b) acknowledging the brutality of slavery and moving towards a free labor economy c) arguing that the plantation system represented a more efficient means of production than northern wage labor d) claiming that southerners were forced to maintain the slave system as there was no alternative for economic success