The most important goal for freed slaves was
a. to take surnames
b. to marry legally
c. to search for family members who had been sold away
d. to leave their plantations to prove they were free to travel
e. to acquire land, a house, and a means of making a living
Ans: e. to acquire land, a house, and a means of making a living
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Pope Gregory the Great is credited with introducing
A) Gregorian chant. B) miniscule writing. C) study of the quadrivium. D) the Gregorian Dictionary. E) Papal Supremacy.
The deliberate planting and cultivation of crops and the domestication of animals directly led to all of the following EXCEPT
a. a shift of population to larger, more permanent villages. b. an awareness of private property and the rise of a ruling elite that possessed wealth and wielded power. c. increasingly egalitarian and isolated communities. d. technological inventions such as pottery, copper and bronze implements, the wheel, and the sail. e. a new tempo of life including considerable toil, routine, and loss of personal freedom.
Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?
a. Women were best suited to instill virtues in young male children. b. Women had a stronger moral sense than men. c. Women were more intelligent than men. d. Women were not qualified to work in any other occupation. e. Women had better language and explication skills than men.
Which of the following defines the term absolutism?
A) The rights of man include life, liberty, and property. B) Some natural rights are given up voluntarily to form a government. C) The state and the monarchy derive power from the people not God. D) The state represented order, rule of law, and security for the citizenry. E) The giving of laws to people without their consent.