These photographs taken in the 1930s of Henry McAlpin's "big house" and slave quarters on Hermitage Plantation in Georgia reveal that this estate was atypical of most plantations because __________
A) it was located in an area of the South not conducive to commercial farming
B) the buildings were generally smaller and less grandiose than most buildings found on
plantations
C) the slave quarters were located on a different plantation altogether
D) these structures were constructed from brick instead of more commonly-used lumber
D
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The Abbasid Caliphate moved the capital of the Islamic world from Damascus to
a. Mecca
b. Medina
c. Istanbul
d. Damascus
e. Baghdad
New models of urban development laid out city plans modeled after:
a. Chicago b. London. c. Paris. d. Buenos Aires e. St. Petersburg
In 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered the same day
A. a federal court ruled James Meredith could attend the University of Mississippi. B. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech. C. a black church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama. D. Governor George Wallace tried to prevent black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama. E. Attorney General Robert Kennedy mandated the integration of bus and train stations.
All of the following is true of the lord's rights and power over his serfs except:
A. a lord could take the tongues and other choice parts of all animals slaughtered on his lands. B. a lord could take the serf's surplus crops and market it for himself. C. a lord collected a serf's best animal as an inheritance tax. D. without a lord's permission, serfs could neither travel nor marry outside the manor in which they served. E. a lord could force serfs to breed their cows with his bull and charge the serfs for the privilege.