Which of the following do you feel was the overarching reason for southern secession from the Union?
a. opposition to policies of western expansion
b. preserve political leverage in the Senate
c. preserve their white racial superiority over the black race
d. safeguard their economic system based on slavery
Ans: b. preserve political leverage in the Senate
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A) to save their families from economic collapse. B) to escape unhappy marriages. C) to escape farm life and earn wages. D) to find husbands.
The royal dictatorships of Southeastern Europe claimed they were __________.
A. standing against German aggression B. carrying on the legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire C. removing Islamic influence from the Balkans D. countering antiparliamentary extremists and nationalists
Phillis Wheatley was influenced by the poetry of __________
A) Alexander Pope B) Dante C) Henry Longfellow D) Elizabeth Browning
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Ancient history has several examples of true matriarchal societies. 2. Patriarchal power is, by definition, dyadic. 3. According to sex ratio theory, when men outnumber women, women hold more dyadic power. 4. Cultural ideologies are a type of power, identified by Pratto and Walker (2004), that are relevant to sex and gender. 5. An individual who is Black will likely experience the same amount of discrimination as someone who is Black and Muslim.