The president who secured the annexation of Texas was ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
John Tyler
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How were the lives of Creole slaves different from other slaves?
A) Creoles were generally more familiar with European languages. B) Creoles never became accustomed to the diseases and new climate of North America. C) Creoles refused to help train new arrivals. D) Creoles were considered less valuable than other Africans.
Which of the following statements about sexual relationships between slaves and masters is LEAST accurate?
a. White men often justified the sexual exploitation of black women by attributing hypersexuality to them. b. White fathers sometimes exhibited great affection for the children they produced with enslaved women. c. Although interracial sexual relations were usually coercive, evidence suggests that some enslaved women sought their masters’ advances and some relationships between masters and slaves were based on genuine affection. d. Because of the patriarchal nature of authority in the South, the desire of masters who wished to free their interracial children upon their death was almost never successfully challenged by their white heirs.
What was John Dickinson's argument in Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?
A) Colonists were willing to accept trade taxes from Parliament, but not revenue taxes. B) Colonists were willing to accept external taxes from Parliament, but not internal taxes. C) Parliament did not know the difference between external taxes and internal taxes. D) Colonists were not willing to accept direct or indirect taxes from Parliament.
How did the Roman general Marius change the way in which armies were recruited?
A. He recruited the army largely from the ranks of small farmers. B. He recruited volunteers from the urban and rural poor who possessed no property. C. He recruited men and their wives to both fight in the army. D. He recruited only Roman citizens who would swear fealty to the senate. E. He recruited members of the patrician class instead of plebeians.