Out of a slave population of 3.9 million in 1860, approximately how many were recorded as being mulattoes?
a. 1 million
b. 850,000
c. 400,000
d. 150,000
c. 400,000
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A) African Americans B) Puerto Ricans C) Native Americans D) Mexicans
During the Cuban revolution, the New York newspapers' "yellow journalism" concentrated on the
A) millions of dollars of American capital in the Cuban sugar industry. B) establishment of a Cuban fund-raising junta in New York City. C) guerilla tactics used by the Cuban revolutionaries. D) atrocities that accompanied Spain's reconcentration policy.
During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "cotton kingdom"
A. was already losing ground to other staples, such as rice and tobacco. B. still had not adopted the cotton gin, despite the time and resources that could be saved. C. saw wealthy planters outnumber small planters. D. did not rely on large numbers of slaves imported directly from Africa. E. was the dominant source of the income of the lower South.
By the 1850s the constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord. This quote suggest that
A. The southern states continued to import slaves B. Vast differences existed over the issue of states rights C. The federal government had become more interested in foreign affairs than domestic affairs D. The constitution has no provisions for governing new territories