The popular minstrel show helped to shape public perceptions of blacks during the antebellum period because it
A) accustomed white Americans to seeing blacks in public roles.
B) helped to convince northerners that slavery should be abolished.
C) reinforced stereotypes of blacks as stupid and clumsy.
D) exposed middle class audiences to the beauties of African-American music.
E) presented free blacks as suave and sophisticated urbanites.
C
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Which of the following lists contains the names of explorers of California and their country of origin, in the correct chronological order?
a. Gaspar de Portolá (Portugal), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Spain), Francis Drake (England) b. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Spain), Francis Drake (Russia), Gaspar de Portolá (Portugal) c. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portugal), Francis Drake (England), Gaspar de Portolá (Spain) d. Francis Drake (England), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Spain), Gaspar de Portolá (Spain)
The highest-ranking peasants were called bailiffs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The _______ was a moderate statement of Protestant beliefs that had been spurned by Emperor Charles V in 1530
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which population in the U.S. was likely to support the Central Powers at the beginning of WWI?
What will be an ideal response?