Who did most of the arduous work of planting, hoeing, and picking the cotton that was grown in the rich new territory known then as the Old Southwest?
A) African slaves
B) white settlers who purchased large parcels of land in this region
C) indentured servants and free black Americans hired by these white settlers
D) free white labor hired and contracted by these white settlers
Answer: A
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How did opponents of women's liberation achieve a notable victory?
A) by getting the Roe v. Wade decision reversed B) by defeating feminist congressional candidates in 1978 C) by defeating the Equal Rights Amendment D) by establishing Mother's Day as a federal holiday
Students for a Democratic Society considered American society to be:
a. dominated by liberal think-tanks. b. too concerned with world affairs. c. undisciplined and weak. d. materialistic and unequal.
Who were the "contras"?
A) They were a group formed by members of the Palestine Liberation Organization to overthrow the Israeli government. B) They were a group financed by the CIA to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. C) According to President Reagan, they were all American hostages around the world. D) They were bands of evangelical Christians who traveled the country inveighing against sexual permissiveness and secular humanism. E) They were the members of the underground movement in the Soviet Union that was working to bring democracy, capitalism, and Christianity to that communist land.