What do Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast's 1865 cartoon And Not This Man? and his 1874 cartoon Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State reveal about his attitudes toward Reconstruction during the span of its existence?
A) Nast's images changed from portraying blacks as racist caricatures to noble individuals
during the Reconstruction era.
B) Nast's initial racist attitudes toward blacks were altered as he saw them become agents of
their own liberty during Reconstruction.
C) Nast's impression of this time period transformed from a progressive view to a reactionary
one as he grew disillusioned with Reconstruction's failures.
D) Nast was a strong supporter of black suffrage and believed that African Americans in the
South had earned the right to govern themselves after the end of Reconstruction.
C
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A) They owned ships and profited from the cost of passage to the New World. B) They were able to amass the large sums of money needed to establish colonies overseas. C) They discouraged investors from establishing colonies overseas. D) They were funded by the crown and enabled the establishment of royal colonies. E) They exported products to be sold to colonists in the New World and imported colonial goods back to England.
The Council of the Indies was established, in 1524, to oversee commerce in Spain’s colonial possessions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following, built around 1300, contained more than 2,000 rooms and had a water and sewage-removal system?
A. Cahokia B. Teotihuacán C. Paquime D. Pueblo Bonito
In the Americas, a system for administering Spanish and Portuguese territories was put in place ________
A) prior to the voyages of discovery B) about a century after conquest began C) at the same time the conquests began D) at the time the voyages of discovery were getting underway