By 1980, the Carter administration
a. was widely popular for its economic policies in increasing the real income for almost all Americans.
b. succeeded in lowering gasoline prices after several years of massive increases.
c. faced economic deflation caused by reduced military outlays.
d. freed fifty-three hostages held in Iran.
e. was unpopular because of high inflation and declining real incomes.
e
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Why was Olaudah Equiano concerned about the case of the Zong?
a) A freed slave and ardent abolitionist, he believed that widespread knowledge of the event on board the Zong might help the antislavery movement in England. b) As quartermaster of the Zong, he stood to lose a fortune if the insurance was not paid. Consider This: Equiano wrote to abolitionist Granville Sharp about the event. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo. c) Equiano had family on the ship who had been kidnapped by the ship’s owners before it was captured. Consider This: Equiano wrote to abolitionist Granville Sharp about the event. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo. d) Equiano hoped to convince his friend J. M. W. Turner to do a painting of the event on board the Zong for public display. Consider This: Equiano wrote to abolitionist Granville Sharp about the event. See 4.8: Narrative: Jettisoned Cargo.
Which action reflects a Social Darwinist attitude?
A. Jane Addams' opening of Chicago's Hull House B. Coxey's Army's protest of inaction on unemployment. C. The formation of the American Federation of Labor. D. The consolidation of wealth in a small number of families.
Examine Map 6-4. Why did the Upper South contain many free blacks?
A) Slaves in the Upper South were freed often by their masters. B) Free blacks in the Upper South were recruited by whites to process the massive cotton harvest. C) Free blacks concentrated in the Upper South to be closer to southern whites. D) Free blacks wanted to assist in the capture of escaped slaves in the Upper South.
What did the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff conclude about Korea as early as 1947?
a. It had to be liberated at all cost. b. It had little strategic value to the United States. c. The South Korean regime was perfectly capable of protecting itself. d. The North Korean regime was suppressing a revolutionary uprising