Which of the following statements about slave work is FALSE?
A. Skilled slaves were at times hired out to other planters.
B. Field hand was the predominant occupation of both male and female slaves.
C. Colonial slave codes forbade teaching slaves skilled trades and crafts.
D. A few slaves were able to buy their freedom.
E. Some slaves on larger plantations learned trades and crafts.
C
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A. fear of counterrevolution B. the bread riots C. the white terror D. fear of the Catholic Church
Other than rice, what was South Carolina's most significant export in the early eighteenth century?
A) tobacco B) indigo C) cotton D) corn E) slaves
The chapter introduction tells the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to make the point that
A. economic depression was not the only harsh reality faced by anxious Americans at the turn of the century. B. the time known as the Progressive Era was when modern city services such as police and fire departments spread across America. C. industrial society increasingly had to face the negative consequences of decades of wrenching economic change. D. reformers of the day sought to use government to curb abusive corporations and establish a good society.
John Brown's Raid was attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia in
What will be an ideal response?