Although Hiram Powers's sculpture The Greek Slave stirred up Northern sympathies against slavery, this sculpture also appealed to Southerners because it __________
A) compared the plight of ancient Greek slaves to Southern slaves
B) shocked society with its nude depiction of the slave
C) raised sympathy with contemporary Greece, which was in a republican revolution against
their Turkish oppressors
D) praised Christian values that were symbolized by her crucifix
D
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DNA evidence suggests that Thomas Jefferson probably
A) had a psychological disorder. B) fathered at least one child with his slave, Sally Hemings. C) died from an early version of AIDS. D) had a father who was a slave. E) could not have fathered any of his children.
Muslim owners freed their slaves __________
A) less often than slave owners in the Americas B) more often than slave owners in the Americas C) at the same rate as slave owners in the Americas D) when they reached their twenty-first birthday
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
A. was amended for the benefit of women. B. led to the creation of the National Organization of Women. C. resulted in the creation of the President's Commission on the Status of Women. D. made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form. E. gave women equal pay for equal work.
The Democratic Party platform of 1948 was the most progressive in the party's history.
a. true b. false