One thing that free African Americans could do that expressed their hopes and values and slaves could not was:
A) name their children.
B) flee to Canada.
C) establish colonies in Africa or the Caribbean.
D) run for political office.
Answer: A
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When America entered its military alliance with France, it
a. served a long-held goal of cementing closer cultural ties with France. b. contradicted the colonial leaders´ professed desire to avoid entangling alliances with European powers. c. offended the Spanish and drove them into an alliance with Britain. d. shifted the balance of Indian support suddenly to the Americans. e. expected little to change about the war.
Why did many African Americans in the North take up arms to fight the British?
A) They believed that the king and the British Parliament were solely responsible for their lack of freedom. B) They felt that the British had unfairly taxed them without offering representation in Congress. C) They believed that the Americans were more likely to win the war. D) They felt that the army was the safest place for them to be at the time. E) They felt that the Americans were more likely to free them from slavery if they sided with them.
The main contribution of the Romans to architecture lay in:
A. the great size of structures they could build because of engineering advancements. B. their introductory use of marble in construction. C. their use of semicircular arches. D. their use of pointed arches. E. their introduction of the post-and-lintel technique.
According to the new postage reform law of 1845, letters would now be assessed primarily on the basis of
A. distance. B. the number of pages. C. weight. D. the purpose of the correspondence.