Comments from former slaves reveal that the great majority of American slaves
a. had little self respect.
b. unquestioningly accepted their status.
c. retained their mental independence.
d. preferred subservience over the uncertainties of freedom.
c
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A) The United States introduced a new currency, the deutsche mark, into West Germany, thus financially separating East Germany from West Germany, to East Germany's detriment. B) Stalin attempted to get the Allies to leave West Berlin in 1948 by imposing a blockade that denied ground access to the city, and the Americans had to carry out a long-running airlift of supplies. C) The Soviet Union began in late 1945 to impose satellite governments throughout the countries of Eastern Europe. D) The Soviets accused, with reason, the Allies of refusing to honor wartime commitments to share West German resources with them, to serve as war reparations. E) The West chose to ignore earlier plans to hunt down Nazis and bring them to justice, choosing instead to build up German protections in hopes of keeping communism from spreading.
Waco and Oklahoma City were examples of __________
A) domestic terrorism B) the war on drugs C) foreign terrorism D) random acts of violence
Africans had a different conception of slavery than did Europeans before 1492.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
By 1840, which means of transportation had the greatest impact on the speed with which goods and people could move around the country?
A) the new network of roads and turnpikes B) the 3,300 miles of new canals C) the steam powered train D) the steamboat