After taking command of the southern campaign for the Americans, Nathanael Greene
a. instructed his troops to follow a scorched-earth policy.
b. systematically seized the property of loyalists throughout the South.
c. adopted a conciliatory policy toward loyalists and neutrals throughout the South.
d. destabilized civilian governments throughout the area.
c
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Which of the following is true concerning voting in the Chesapeake in the eighteenth century?
A. Each eligible voter was required to make a statement to an election official about the issues in the election before being allowed to cast a ballot. B. Single women and widows were allowed to vote, but they had to own twice as much property as male voters. C. Each eligible voter was called forward by an election official to publicly declare his choice from among the candidates. D. All eligible voters in the Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland had to travel to the capital of their respective colonies to cast their written ballots.
Whose oratorical skills helped him overcome the handicap of undistinguished ancestry, earn a consulship, and serve as one of the Senate's leaders during the First and Second Triumvirates?
A) Cicero B) Cato the Elder C) Lucretius D) Virgil E) Marcus Aurelius
The life of Anthony Johnson, an African slave who first arrived in Virginia in 1621, illustrated that
A) from the beginning, black immigrants faced a life of degradation and bondage. B) living conditions for colonial blacks steadily improved through the seventeenth century. C) racial boundaries were not firmly marked in the early seventeenth century. D) colonial blacks could gain their freedom by working industriously on the land.
Which of the following caused a significant increase in the demand for western timber?
a. The housing boom in the Old Northwest b. The decision by Congress to double the number of ships in the United States Navy c. The California Gold Rush d. The expansion of the South's slave society into the Old Southwest