Planters gained a further advantage from the slave system when __________
A) the crown began offering bounties for slaves
B) slaves were exempted from property taxes
C) a new law decreed that any investor buying slaves was entitled to a headright of land for each slave
D) the governor decreed only slave owners could vote in assembly elections
C
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All of the following were among the problems created by the rapid development of the West EXCEPT
A) spreading smog. B) shrinking water supplies. C) disposing of nuclear waste. D) declining tourism.
The transformation of Oklahoma after the Land Rush fulfilled the vision of:
A) John L. Sullivan's "manifest destiny." B) Thomas Jefferson's "agrarian republic." C) Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis." D) Joseph McCoy's "open range."
According to the How Do We Know? video in section 20.6, how did women contribute to the war effort?
A) by joining the Coast Guard B) by cooking for the armed forces C) by fighting in the trenches D) by voting for conscription
The defenders of the plebeians were known as the
a. consuls. b. praetors. c. senators. d. centuriates. e. tribunes.