Question 1
Which statement on the creation of African American culture is accurate?
a. The oppressive nature of slavery made it impossible for African Americans to have any meaningful cultural lives.
b. Since Africans spoke the same languages, it was a relatively simple process to transplant African culture in America.
c. Africans wove together African and European traditions to create a distinctive culture.
d. Africans created a culture by imitating the whites around them.
Question 2
After the Second World War, why did American planners seek a world economy based on free trade and the quick reconstruction of Germany, Japan, and other nations?
a. They believed these policies would allow the United States to aid the impoverished masses in the newlyemerging nation states.
b. They believed these policies would give the United States the military prowess it needed to overthrow theSoviet government.
c. They believed these policies would help enhance the prestige of the United States-backed United Nations.
d. They believed that both the economic well-being and the security of the United States depended on thesepolicies.