Slave families were generally
A) weak because slave men were usually absent from the family.
B) severely strained by the high instance of sale and family break-up in slavery.
C) weak because extended kinship ties rarely developed in slavery.
D) weak because slave codes provided no legal protection for slave marriages.
B
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A) pro-business and expansionist B) pro-labor and social welfare C) progressive and repressive D) isolationist and pro-trade
Why was the French alliance beneficial to the Americans?
A. The alliance widened the war, making it impossible for the British to concentrate solely on the American mainland. B. French military officers began the process of retraining soldiers in the Continental Army to fight military engagements in the European style. C. French influence was essential in negotiating Dutch loans for the United States. D. The alliance led Russia and Spain to negotiate treaties of alliance with the United States.
How did American merchants respond to the Molasses Act of 1733?
a. They gave up on trade with any nation other than Britain, as a show of obedience to the crown. b. They withheld their exports to Britain in protest, foreshadowing the rebellion to come. c. They took the opportunity it afforded them to sell more molasses to the French West Indies. d. They used bribery and smuggling to get around the law. e. They used the subsidies it provided to invest in sugar growing in the Deep South.
One reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor of the Gilded Age was
a. the parties' sharp differences over economic issues. b. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties. c. religious battles between Catholics and Lutherans. d. differences over the issue of the civil service. e. sectional tensions between the Northeast and Midwest.