Proslavery clergymen often used the Bible to justify slavery noting that the Chosen People of the Old Testament had been slave owners and that Jesus had lived in a slave society and never criticized it.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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Which of the following is true of the Underwood Tariff? a. By allowing an independent commission to determine tariff rates, it removed the tariff issue from politics. b. By raising tariff rates to record levels, it prevented American industry from being destroyed by inexpensiveforeign imports
c. By reducing or eliminating tariff rates, it encouraged imports of cheaper foreign materials and manufacturedgoods. d. By eliminating all tariffs, it indicated that America would join with the other industrialized nations in acceptingthe principle of free trade.
The Social Gospel movement was committed to
A) explaining the social status quo as "God's will." B) the view that social problems could not be legislated away. C) marshaling the Protestant churches to combat the rapid growth of Catholicism in America. D) using the tools of scientific inquiry to root out and solve human problems.
Who was the leading African-American known for his fiery oratory, insistence that blacks control the political and economic resources of their communities, and who was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam after he formed his own Organization of Afro-American Unity?
What will be an ideal response?
The Assyrian Empire
a. developed in the central desert region of the Arabian peninsula. b. expanded northward from its original homeland to the Baltic Sea by 700 B.C.E. c. was skilled at waging both conventional and guerrilla warfare. d. was the greatest trading center of the ancient world. e. briefly occupied southern Greece.