What was the main implication behind Black Codes?
a. Southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality.
b. Southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servility.
c. Southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen.
d. The freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process.
e. The idea of "separate but equal" was already established.
B
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Why did the United States and Britain begin the Berlin airlift?
a. to prevent all of Germany from becoming Communist b. to prevent all of Berlin from becoming Communist c. to rescue Allied troops trapped in Berlin d. to implement the Marshall Plan
The proportion of white southern families in the southern population that owned slaves was:
a. 90 percent. b. 25 percent. c. 50 percent. d. 75 percent. e. none of these choices.
The ritual of singing songs such as Deutschland Über Alles ("Germany Over All") and Rule Britannia in schools suggests that the purpose of public education was to
A) encourage critical thinking B) provide vocational training C) foster an independent spirit D) cultivate loyalty to the nation
The _________, a primary target of English privateers, carried silver from Mexico to China annually and returned laden with Chinese silks, porcelain and lacquerware.
a. Santa Fe Trail b. Old Spanish Trail c. Acapulco-Manila treasure fleet d. Spanish Main