The basic unit of social life in colonial New England was the
a. church
b. farm
c. plantation
d. community
e. none of these
ANS: D
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following descriptions best depicts the Rococo style?
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In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted
A. approximately one-third of the national population. B. the largest reform movement in the nation. C. a small percentage of the national population. D. the majority of the population in the North. E. approximately one-quarter of the national population.
What prompted the passage of the Balfour-type declaration thirty years later?
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