Which of the following is a true statement about slave society in the antebellum years?
A) Slave families were protected by the law.
B) Slaves were allowed to take their masters to court.
C) Slaveholders were forced by law to treat their slaves benevolently.
D) Slaves were treated humanely in the antebellum South.
E) Slave reproduction mattered to plantation owners.
E
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a) Payne–Aldrich Act b) Mann–Elkins Act c) Adamson Act d) Federal Reserve Act
The disastrous Great Peloponnesian War was ignited in 435 b.c.e., ten years after the Thirty Years' Peace of 445 b.c.e., because of a dispute between ________
A. Mycale and Corcyra B. Corcyra and Corinth C. Corinth and Sparta D. Sparta and Plataea E. Plataea and Mycale
By 1871
a. German unification finally permitted European fears and tensions to subside. b. Metternich's concerns for the stability of the European state system had proven unfounded. c. a new, united Germany had emerged, with an educated, disciplined, and confident population. d. German power was only matched by that of Austria. e. Germany's industries and commerce were yet to experience the Industrial Revolution.
The patriarch of Constantinople
A) served the emperor. B) chose the emperor. C) was the counterpart to the pope in Rome. D) had no political influence. E) had no religious influence.