In general, the circumstances of white servants and black servants or slaves in the first decades of the Chesapeake colonies differed in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. courts often levied harsher punishments on blacks than on whites.
b. whereas white servitude was always temporary, black servitude was always permanent.
c. census records list surnames for white servants but not for black ones.
d. black servants’ indentures sometimes lasted over twice as long as was typical for white servants.
b. whereas white servitude was always temporary, black servitude was always permanent.
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A) against child labor. B) restrictions of woman suffrage. C) against the anti-abortion bill. D) the ill-treatment of African American women. E) the dominance of men in a work place.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding trade during the Song era?
A. Northern China became the center of Chinese trade as a result of its easy access to navigable waterways. B. Sea vessels could transport far more goods than any overland vehicle. C. Trade by sea was significantly cheaper than trade via overland routes such as the silk roads. D. Goods manufactured in the south of China had ready access to canals and seaports.
Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY associated with the industry he helped to found?
A) Andrew Carnegie: steel B) J. P. Morgan: finance C) Henry Bessemer: railroads D) John Rockefeller: oil E) William Kelly: steel
In his letter to Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson instructed Lewis to find a river route to the __________
A) Great Salt Lake B) Gulf of Mexico C) Atlantic Ocean D) Pacific Ocean