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The American Colonization Society responded to the belief that A) bla

The American Colonization Society responded to the belief that A) blacks and whites could not live together in a racially integrated America. B) African Americans were better off as slaves than as free blacks in America. C) emancipation of slaves could best be handled by the state governments. D) most African Americans, if freed, preferred […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

In his “Atlanta Compromise” speech, Booker T. Washington encouraged so

In his “Atlanta Compromise” speech, Booker T. Washington encouraged southern blacks to A) move to the North to seek greater economic opportunity. B) agitate for full political and economic rights. C) make themselves economically indispensable to southern whites. D) use civil disobedience as a weapon against southern racial discrimination.   ANSWER C

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Date: September 9th, 2020

The post-Civil War South’s economy remained “backward” because of all

The post-Civil War South’s economy remained “backward” because of all of the following EXCEPT A) it continued to espouse the ideology of white supremacy. B) it failed to establish a regional textile industry. C) it continued to rely on single-crop agriculture. D) it suffered a chronic shortage of investment capital.   ANSWER B

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Date: September 9th, 2020

What was usually the most important factor in determining the economic

What was usually the most important factor in determining the economic well-being of a working-class family in late nineteenth-century America? A) how many members of the family worked for wages B) the region of America in which the family lived C) the national origin of the family D) whether the head of the family belonged […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

The text authors observe that “Japan negotiated with the United States

The text authors observe that “Japan negotiated with the United States throughout 1941. Instead of compromising, however, the United States asked Japan to withdraw immediately from Indochina and China”. Why was the United States unwilling to compromise with Japan to avoid war?   ANSWER Japan was demanding that the United States abandon Chiang Kai-shek, the […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020