Question 1
Field Order No. 15 gave each free family provisional title to ___________________ acres of land.
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
E) 50
Question 2
According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance in Italy represented
A) the greatest period of economic recovery in the history of civilization.
B) a period of moral decline.
C) an era of tremendous graft and corruption in Italian government.
D) a continuation of the culture of the High Middle Ages.
E) a distinct break from the Middle Ages and the true birth of the modern world.
Question 3
By the end of the war, nearly ___________________ of the farmland in areas under Union occupation was being worked by independent black families.
A) one-tenth
B) one-fifth
C) one-fourth
D) one-third
E) one-half
Question 4
The wealth of the northern Italian cities that funded the Renaissance was gained mostly from
A) colonization.
B) the slave trade.
C) agriculture.
D) military conquest.
E) trade.
Question 5
The official announcement of emancipation in Texas came on ___________________, 1865.
A) June 15
B) June 16
C) June 17
D) June 18
E) June 19