The slave codes of the American South
A. banned blacks from attending church.
B. were rigidly enforced.
C. defined anyone with a trace of African ancestry as black.
D. legalized slave marriages.
E. considered it a crime for an owner to kill a slave.
C
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In the 1930s, black voters abandoned the Republicans for the Democratic Party. What does this shift in allegiance reveal about the FDR's Democratic Party?
A) It was firm and open in its commitment to civil rights. B) It was believed to be a champion of those who had less power in society. C) Its policies addressed all the needs of African Americans. D) It had finally apologized for the legacy of African-American enslavement.
When Lord De La Warr took control of Jamestown in 1610, he
a. halted the rapid population decline. b. re-established better relations with the Indians. c. brought many Irish immigrants with him. d. died within a few months of his arrival. e. imposed a harsh military regime on the colony.
After the arrival of Europeans, in areas of Mesoamerica and the Andes, Native American populations typically fell by
a. 25 percent. b. 50 percent. c. 70 percent. d. 90 percent.
Which of the following diseases was a consequence of social, economic, and environmental change and moved from the tropics to attack people in some of the fast-growing, densely populated, heavily polluted cities in the West?
a. bubonic plague b. tuberculosis c. cholera and yellow fever d. smallpox