When John Winthrop told his followers that the Massachusetts colony must be "as a City upon a Hill," he meant that
A) ?they had a duty to build a model moral community.
B) ?they should avoid locating their cities in swampy areas.
C) ?the colony's development would depend on their ability to work hard and show other people what they could accomplish.
D) ?their law code should avoid harsh punishments so that others would want to join them.
E) ?they should all remain in one central location and farm surrounding areas.
A
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What does the story of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?
A) Some blacks were financially ruined through their attempts to help their community and other blacks. B) Some black businesses were able to succeed even with the difficulties of the Great Depression. C) Some blacks would turn on each other during the crisis for their own economic gain. D) Black-owned businesses could be very corrupt.
Southern slaves often
A) preferred home remedies to treatment by white physicians. B) concealed the fact that they were ill. C) feigned illness. D) All of the above.
One of the few advantages a colonial governor had in conflicts with his colonial subjects was his
A) permanent tenure of office. B) complete freedom to maneuver without restrictions imposed on him by the king. C) financial independence from the colonial legislatures. D) power to summon and dismiss the colonial assembly.
Which of the following prompted Spain to negotiate the sale of Florida to the United States?
A. the Missouri Compromise B. civil war in Spain C. the Mexican war for independence against Spain D. the Panic of 1819 E. the Seminole Wars