When Byrd approached Mary Smith's father with the fact that he owned 43,000 acres and 220 slaves in Virginia, the older man remarked that Byrd's possessions were
a) "more than enough to prove his fitness for his daughter's hand in marriage."
b) "impressive, but they paled in comparison to his daughter's worth."
c) "little better than an estate on the moon."
d) "not worth a bucket of warm spit."
e) "worth more than he could ever hope to acquire in England."
c
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In nineteenth- and early twentieth-century India, Muslims generally
a. accepted British ideas and education more readily than did Hindus. b. were more resistant to change than Hindus. c. were trusted by the British because of their role in the Sepoy Rebellion. d. were strong advocates of the National Congress.
The modern-day name for the capital city of the Tokugawa shogunate is
A. Edo. B. Tokyo. C. Osaka. D. Nagasaki. E. Sapporo.
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