What do these plans for a slave ship reveal about colonial attitudes toward enslaved Africans?
A) Slaves were cared for just well enough to ensure survival.
B) Slaves were regarded as extremely valuable.
C) Slaves were treated more like objects than people.
D) Slaves were believed to be much hardier than the typical European.
E) Slaves were thought to prefer living in close quarters with each other.
C
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Which of the following is true about the Jamestown colony?
A) ?Most of the settlers were well-prepared for the challenges of colonization. B) ?The main motivation behind the founding of the colony was to convert the natives to Christianity. C) ?The local natives were, from the start, friendly, welcoming and helpful. D) ?Meager rations, Indian attacks and a humid summer caused tensions to rise. E) ?Spaniards destroyed the settlement within weeks of its founding.
Known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” what was the most acclaimed black regiment of the First World War?
a. the 369th United States Infantry b. the 10th United States Cavalry c. the 26th United States Infantry d. the 423rd United States Cavalry
How did the Allies decide to split up the reparations in postwar Germany?
A) The Soviet Union would take all the war reparations from Germany. B) The United States would take all the war reparations from Germany. C) Each country would take reparations from its own occupation zone. D) Each country would take reparations from every section of Germany. E) No country would take war reparations from Germany.
The Tidewater planter ________, while the planter of the Deep South ________.
A. dealt brutally with his slaves; tended to treat slaves more humanely B. defended slavery as a positive good; was often troubled by the immorality of the slave system C. raised primarily rice; raised primarily cotton D. aspired to the ideal of the English country gentleman; was an entrepreneur bound on making a fortune