How did the status of European serfs differ from the status of European slaves?

A) Serfs had almost unlimited freedom of mobility.
B) Serfs did not have to pay taxes.
C) Serfs were protected from harsh or coercive treatment.
D) Serfs enjoyed certain legal rights.

Henry Ford's "Fordlandia"

A) was considered a success.
B) was a town created by Henry Ford in Mexico.
C) was respectful of locals' customs and habits.
D) was created to secure a supply of rubber for tires.
E) was created to sell cars in Brazil.

The crop-lien system

A) applied only to African-American farmers, as white farmers rarely grew cotton after the war.
B) grew more desirable and attracted more workers as farm prices increased in the 1870s.
C) enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the Civil War.
D) annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers.
E) kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.

In response to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg case, President Nixon _____________.

A) proposed that busing also be used to solve the de facto segregation of northern school systems
B) sent federal troops to ensure the peaceful integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools
C) urged the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system to defy the Court's ruling
D) said that busing as a remedy to end segregated schools was reckless and extreme

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

A) The Mormons officially sanctioned polygamy.
B) The Mormons prohibited all non-Mormons from entering their state of "Deseret."
C) The Mormons engaged in a rebellion against the government of the United States.
D) The Mormons publicized their belief that Jesus was not divine and not the Son of God.

A core belief of ______________ was that a person's salvation is predetermined by God.

A) Martin Luther
B) the Anglican Church
C) John Wesley
D) John Calvin

Which of the following is true of slavery in history?

A) The English word "slavery" derives from "Slav," reflecting the slave trade in Slavic peoples until the fifteenth century.
B) Christians never were enslaved and were the sole group to enslave others.
C) The Roman empire outlawed slavery, but it eventually revived, thanks to Columbus.
D) Slavery was nonexistent in Africa until the arrival of European slave traders.
E) In every culture in which slavery existed, it was based on the needs of large-scale agriculture.

During the feminist movement, women came to believe that "the personal is political," thus permanently changing Americans' definition of freedom.