Solomon Northup was _______

A) born free in New York
B) born a slave in Louisiana
C) a white abolitionist
D) an aspiring minister


Answer: A

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Initially, missionaries used European medical knowledge to __________.

A. emphasize the strength of Christianity B. protect Europeans from tropical diseases C. call for large infrastructure projects to improve quality of life D. encourage European migration to the colonies

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Civil service examinations

a. were administered in every provincial town under the Tang and Song dynasties b. heavily favored aristocrats during the Tang dynasty c. were phased out during the Song dynasty d. did not become a practice in China until the 16thcentury e. None of the above.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Bass’s study focuses on dual career young adult couples that became parents within the previous year to examine how becoming parents influenced their decisions in the workplace. 2. Machung found that women’s career-related aspirations are curbed early on by a concern for balancing work and family and by privileging men’s careers over their own. 3. Today, college-age women are more likely to believe they will be in positions of power in the paid labor force as their careers unfold. 4. Survey data consistently show that while the majority of contemporary couples maintain egalitarian labor arrangements before having children, many tend to shift to more traditional arrangements upon the birth of their first child.

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The “middle ground” was an area ________

A) where most of the fighting between whites and Indians occurred B) where whites and Indians interacted on an approximately equal basis C) inhabited by renegades, half-breeds, and runaway slaves D) of metaphorical stasis, symbolic of a culture that was part European and part Indian E) designated by treaty as a demilitarized zone

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