In an ironic twist, many blackface performers who mocked African Americans in minstrel shows were:

A) free blacks.
B) Irish.
C) Germans.
D) Southern whites.


Answer: B

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According to the Past and Present video in section 15.6, the phrase “forty acres and a mule” refers to freedmen’s expectations of __________ equality during Reconstruction

A) political B) economic C) social D) cultural

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Which of the following cultures had a painting style that presented the frail beauty of nature through the use of a smaller scale?

A) Malay B) Chinese C) Korean D) Vietnamese E) Japanese

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Japanese intellectuals in the nineteenth century saw the creation of empire as necessary because they believed Japan

a. needed natural resources and cheap labor to industrialize and become strong. b. could drive Europe out of Eastern Asia and become its savior. c. should mimic the West and follow Western patterns of behavior. d. had a mission to make other East Asians into Japanese citizens.

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