Do you believe slavery was the most important factor in shaping southern society? If so, explain why, especially since only one-third of southerners were African American and only one-quarter of southern whites owned slaves or were members of slave-owning families. If you do not believe slavery was the most important factor shaping southern society, what factor was (or factors were) more important?
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The authors suggest that the Muslim faith spread and endured in southern-seas trading regions mainly because
a. Muslim military might had supported forced conversions, and the indigenous population was afraid to abandon Islam. b. Muslim traders stayed aloof from the population, while continuing to practice their faith, which made Islam seem alluring. c. Muslim traders assimilated with the population, while maintaining their faith, which was attractive to the indigenous peoples. d. European Christians never gained any significant footholds there.
Cities contained only 5 percent of the colonial population
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Foreign Miner's Tax of 1850 charged non-U.S. citizens a ___________________ fine for mining in California
A) ?$10.00 B) ?$12.00 C) ?$15.00 D) ?$20.00 E) ?$25.00
After the Seven Years' War, King George III was eager to cooperate with Parliament in imposing higher taxes on the American colonists in order to
A. demonstrate his power over the colonies. B. help pay down British war debt. C. punish the colonies for not supporting British forces in the war. D. fund reparations payments to the displaced native American tribes.