Explain the pragmatic as well as the psychological reasons that led white American colonists of the seventeenth century to transform the black servant from a human being to a piece of chattel property

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Answer: The key step in the dehumanization of African slaves was instituting hereditary lifetime service. Slavery became not only a system of forced labor, but also a pattern of human relationships authorized by law. Further, definition of slaves as less than human justified brutal behavior by whites in exercising that control.

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What was the main method Egypt used to modernize?

A) modern Western-style schools and public health system B) the adoption of fundamentalist Islam C) foreign investment particularly from European countries D) training the military using the English model E) territorial expansion

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What DID NOT bring unity to the Islamic world?

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Describe episodes of violence and discrimination, and attempts to fight back against racism, in the postwar period. Explain how some felt that the United States was being hypocritical, and how President Truman tried to deal with this issue.

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Examples of regional accents in the United States include:

A) Northern and Southern B) Australian and Canadian C) English and German D) Coptic and Nordic E) All of these are correct

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