Many African American sharecroppers became trapped in a vicious cycle of debt after the Civil War mainly because
a. southern banks charged blacks much higher interest rates than they charged whites.
b. they could not pay the high prices and interest that whites charged as the price of cotton declined in the 1870s.
c. state laws required blacks to pay for purchases by establishing credit lines that they could pay off only once annually.
d. federal banking laws included "usury" regulations that in fact allowed southern banks to cheat freedmen.
b. they could not pay the high prices and interest that whites charged as the price of cotton declined in the 1870s.
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A) ?? Wilson decided to go to the conference personally. B) ?? The Democrats lost control of Congress in the November elections. C) ?? Wilson failed to appoint any prominent Republicans to the peace commission. D) ?? The President decided to lead the American delegation. E) ?? The Germans had already rejected the Fourteen Points as a basis of negotiations.
The Underground Railroad
A) ?helped slaves escape to the North. B) ?helped return escaped slaves to their owners. C) ?helped recruit anti-slavery voters for territorial elections. D) ?was a political party. E) ?None of these are correct.
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a. camps in which materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept. b. holding areas for items seized by customs agents for failure to pay tariffs. c. training grounds for the youthful musicians who played to raise the morale of the troops. d. camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered Union lines. e. places near battlefields where the Union army temporarily kept Confederate prisoners.
In 1929, the base price of a Ford Model T was
A. $290. B. $950. C. $630. D. $470. E. $1120.