Veneration of the Virgin Mary was extremely popular among blacks because
a. she was seen as resistant to magic.
b. she was often depicted as a black woman.
c. she was close in spirit to a traditional fertility goddess.
d. she was a protector of children.
c
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a. Treasury notes issued as currency by the federal government b. a form of Confederate currency c. soldiers who switched sides in the middle of a battle d. teenagers who served in the armed forces
Which of the following is NOT consistent with Ottoman power?
A) They falsified genealogy linking them to the Prophet Muhammad B) They regained Muslim dominance over Spain C) The Ottomans became the most powerful of the new Muslim empires D) Ottoman power centered in Anatolia E) The Ottomans conquered Hungary
Andrew Jackson's chief political strategist during his run for the presidency in 1828 was
A) Henry Clay. B) Davy Crockett. C) John Calhoun. D) Martin Van Buren. E) William Crawford.
Like Santa Anna, Porfirio Díaz was a __________
A) reformer B) caudillo C) Zapotec Indian D) dictator