Before 1750, nearly all slaves were __________
A) female
B) house servants
C) artisans
D) field hands
Answer: D
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The master potters of the American Southwest were the ________ people.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Union's manpower advantage over the Confederacy:
a. was short-lived once the Confederacy began using slaves as soldiers. b. proved essential for the success of Grant's attrition strategy. c. was rather slight. d. although substantial, did not matter in determining the war's outcome. e. existed only because the Union had lower draft requirements than the Confederacy.
Scholars have theorized that all of the following may have contributed to the surge in activity of pastoral nomadic populations in Inner Eurasia from the third to sixth century C.E., EXCEPT
A. population growth that placed increased pressure on grazing lands. B. the unification of several disparate pastoral nomadic tribes into a single military force. C. the weakening of larger states in the area. D. climatic cooling that may have affected food output.