In 1860 the top four states in both cotton production and individual holdings in excess of 20 slaves included all of the following states EXCEPT
a. Mississippi.
b. Georgia.
c. Alabama.
d. South Carolina.
d. South Carolina.
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All of the following were achievements of Thomas Jefferson's presidency except which one?
a. Jefferson guided the country through a transition from the rule of one party to another. b. He brought a new, more democratic tone to the nation's political culture. c. He persuaded Congress to recharter the Bank of the United States. d. The country's physical size doubled during his presidency.
Although church law directed lords to set peasants free to serve as priests, lords preferred a "serf priest" who ________
A. would serve priests B. would attend to serfs C. would lead the congregation as he was directed by the lord D. continued to serve his lord as a serf while taking on the duties of priesthood E. would pay half the weekly collection to the lord
In 2002, the Bush administration insisted Iraq was hiding ________
A) terrorists B) weapons of mass destruction C) stolen U.S. documents D) American diplomats E) religious leaders
According to the historian Edmund Morgan, what is the “American paradox”?
a. Property is the basis of freedom but slaves themselves are property. b. Men hold social dominance over women regardless of respective races. c. Equality for white men was built upon the enslavement of black men. d. American colonists fought against British slavery while owning slaves of their own.