Minstrel shows forged a common "whiteness" out of working-class ethnic diversity and allowed Northern workers to express their ambivalence about the process of proletarianization to which they were being subjected.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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Which statement best describes the disparity in resources between the North and the South during the Civil War?
a. The North had more factories and industrial workers than the South. b. The value of industrial production was higher in the South. c. The South had more textiles and firearms factories. d. The South had more miles of railroad tracks than the North. e. The North was unable to access its immigrant population for manpower.
Existentialism stressed
A) the need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning. B) a return of God to the universe. C) the human need to find the sole and true meaning and purpose of the world. D) a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life. E) defeatist nihilism: there is no hope.
What is the “disturbing paradox” that free blacks faced as the eighteenth century came to a close?
a) As free blacks grew independent, resentment fueled more intense claims of white racial superiority. b) As free black communities grew, they became more reliant on white leaders. c) As free black communities grew, they became more impoverished. d) As more free blacks entered business, they became part of the other side of the slave economy.
Tycho Brahe
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