In the aftermath of the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion, the Virginia legislature
a. approved a plan, subsequently vetoed by the governor, for the abolition of slavery.
b. approved a measure requiring all free blacks to leave the state or be enslaved.
c. began a debate on slavery that continued and grew more bitter as the years passed.
d. debated but then rejected a measure calling for the gradual abolition of slavery.
d
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All of the following problems plagued the effort to establish a permanent colony of Roanoke in the late 1580s by Walter Raleigh and his English colonists EXCEPT
A) colonists settled on land in and near areas that were claimed and populated by hostile Algonquian Indians. B) the failure of resupply ships to return to Roanoke in 1588 because of an impending threatened naval attack of Spain against England. C) a catastrophic drought between 1587 and 1589 creating food shortages and increased tensions with local Indians. D) despite ample land incentives for families to settle in Roanoke, it became nearly exclusively a colony of men.
Which of the following describes sex differences in physical aggression?
A. Men tend to be more physically aggressive in the real world but not in the laboratory. B. Differences vary greatly and are inconsistent across culture. C. Differences do not emerge until late in development. D. Effect sizes tend to fall in the medium to large range.
African American activism contributed to social progress for other ethnicities because other ethnic groups __________.
a. were inspired by African American activism and launched their own protests b. had little success in making social change, since the country was weary of protests for racial justice c. were unimpressed with the strategies of African American activists and tried to enact social change in other ways d. were resentful of African American successes because the social changes of the sixties affected only African Americans
Which of the following individuals was most noted for being an anarchist and supporting a woman's right to be sexual?
A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton B) Francis Wright C) Jane Addams D) Emma Goldman