All of the following are true of Southern planters EXCEPT that

A) women were intimately involved in the management of the plantation.
B) they were outnumbered by whites who did not own slaves.
C) they emulated the English landed gentry.
D) most maintained a lifestyle of grand luxury.
E) fewer than one percent owned a hundred or more slaves.


Answer: D) most maintained a lifestyle of grand luxury.

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In Great Britain, the government brought the country out of the worst of the Great Depression by 1936 using the new and radical economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes, who advocated public works and deficit spending as the solution for unemployment and economic depression

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Defend the following statement: "The conduct of American foreign policy between 1877 and 1914 demonstrated tension between two American ideals: (1) the right of people to self-government and (2) America's responsibility to be an 'uplifting' and 'civilizing' influence in the world, sometimes called the mission-of-America idea."

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following best supports the interpretation of Reconstruction as an “unfinished revolution”?

a)  The Reconstruction Amendments did not become a reality for over a century after their passage. b)  Republican leaders believed that all citizens must have the same basic rights and opportunities. c)  Congress proposed legislation to establish the Freedmen’s Bureau and nullify the Black Codes. d)  Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill to counter Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction.

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