In formal contraband camps, black women:
A) seldom received the promised wages for farming, cooking, and laundry services.
B) were often paid more than men performing the same labor.
C) often taught reading to black men and children.
D) had reputations for being fierce warriors.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
The colonies of veterans established by Augustus throughout the empire
A) were used exclusively to maintain domestic order within the provinces. B) drained the imperial treasury of its funds and caused financial crisis. C) drew extra criticism to the emperor. D) often rebelled against imperial authority. E) proved especially valuable in Romanizing the provinces.
The law permitting a man to pass on his entire estate to his eldest son was known as __________
A) access B) primogeniture C) federalism D) land tenure E) the law of entail
The case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) ruled that
a. women must be paid at the same rate as men if they perform the same work. b. if a business went bankrupt, workers would be paid before other creditors. c. a state law limiting work to ten hours per day was unconstitutional. d. workers have a right to organize unions and to go on strike.
Daniel Webster refuted Calhoun's theory of American government by arguing that
A. the Constitution was created by "the people" and not as a compact among the separate states. B. the Homestead Act was indeed unconstitutional. C. southerners should support western expansion due to New England's growing political power. D. Jackson's economic policies were at fault.