Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was:
a. based on her years of experience of living in the South.
b. denounced by the free black community for its negative portrayal of slaves.
c. rarely read outside of abolitionist circles.
d. one of the most popular novels and plays of the era.
ANSWER: d
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a. launching the Cultural Revolution. b. intervening in Korea. c. developing new doctrines within Marxism. d. reforming its political system to make it more democratic.
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