By the term "constructing virtue" the authors refer to the efforts of slave women to
A) create monuments to their virtue.
B) to confess their guilt.
C) redefine virtue while publicizing the abuse they suffered.
D) preserve their virtue.
C
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President Cleveland's hostility to silver and silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that
a. the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury would force the United States off the gold standard. b. the unlimited supplies of silver within the United States would cause an extended depression. c. supporting free silver would be politically beneficial to Democrats such as William Jennings Bryan. d. soon gold and silver would both be replaced by strictly paper currency. e. the U.S. Treasury did not have sufficient capacity to store silver bullion at Fort Knox.
Why was the Nubian offer to aid Palestine a mistake?
a. Palestine lost. b. Nubia had nothing to offer militarily. c. The Palestinians misconstrued the offer and attacked the Nubians. d. The Assyrians invaded Egypt as retaliation, driving the Nubians southward. e. Egypt, angered by Nubia's siding against its ally, Assyria, invaded Nubia.
In Goya's painting, The Third of May, 1808, what is the significance of the Spanish man standing with his arms raised in the air?
a. He portrays France's resistance to Spanish occupation. b. He represents Spain's desire for peace with France. c. He illustrates the Spanish people's inability to put up a successful defense of their country. d. He represents the supposed innocence of the Spanish people under harsh French rule.
One element of prison reform involved a tendency to __________.
A. isolate prisoners B. use greater physical punishment C. integrate male, female, and young prisoners D. reduce the duration of sentences