Why did Chesapeake and Lower South colonists shift from indentured servants to slaves as their labor force?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Most students will note the obvious economic advantages that slave labor provided over indentured servitude: slaves did not get paid and they were never freed. Students need to be reminded that these advantages were just as true in 1650 as they were in 1750, but in 1650 Virginians didn't use slaves extensively, and in 1750 they did. Stronger essays will point to the improved health that enabled survival rates to improve. They will point to the drying up of the pool of indentured servants in England at the same time as the reduction in prices for African slaves. The best students will draw a link between internal conflict (as seen in Bacon's Rebellion, discussed in the previous chapter) and the stability coming from slavery.
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a. it demanded equal rights for all Americans. b. its Title VII added the word "sex" to the legislation barring employment discrimination. c. it prohibited companies from discriminating against gay workers. d. it was enacted as a result of women's movement activism. e. All of these choices.
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A. Native Americans. B. African slaves. C. Chinese miners. D. Russian fur traders.
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a. American companies. b. British companies. c. Dutch banks. d. Spanish companies.
Mexico gained independence from Spain in
A) ?1800. B) ?1815. C) ?1821. D) ?1825. E) ?1831.