What was the difference between other ethnic groups and African immigrants in the U.S. during the years of slavery?
A) Neither other ethnic groups nor African immigrants could re-create in miniature the society they left behind.
B) The South made educating black slaves and other ethnic groups a criminal offense.
C) Through hard work and perseverance, African immigrants were able to overcome nativist fears and prejudices.
D) 200 years of master-slave relations shaped values and attitudes about whites and blacks that still linger today.
Question 2
The principle of separate but equal was __________.
A) upheld by the Supreme Court in 1896
B) struck down by the Supreme Court in 1896
C) recommended by President Lincoln
D) created by Congress in 1896 with passage of the Plessy-Ferguson Act