Indentured servitude became a problem in North America because:
A) landowners could not communicate effectively with the servants.
B) many servants simply ran away once they landed in the New World.
C) indentured servants were to remain servants for life.
D) landowners and servants often belonged to different cultures.
E) England's economy began to deteriorate and led to a decrease in the number of indentured servants coming to North American colonies.
B
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a. encouraged blacks to revolt against racial injustice b. worked behind the scenes to fight segregation, lynchings, and peonage c. advocated rejecting laws that discriminated against blacks seeking better jobs and promotions d. privately advocated violent insurrection if compromise failed
By 1750, the fastest-growing area of the British colonies was:
A) the Lower South. B) New England. C) the Chesapeake. D) the backcountry.
In the aftermath of World War I, birthrates in Europe
A) slowly increased as soldiers returned from war. B) skyrocketed, erasing the loss of the life caused by the war by 1930. C) declined noticeably as a result of the death and maiming of a generation of young men. D) remained constant, having been unaffected by the war. E) None of these are correct.
The Trent Affair
a. almost ended the Civil War before it began. b. was as close as the South came to winning the war. c. almost ruptured British-American relations. d. broke off relations between the South and Britain. e. prevented the South from shipping cotton to South America.