Author Question: This broadside from an antislavery almanac shows that the whip, perhaps the most commonly used ... (Read 52 times)

imanialler · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Jumping the broom was a slave ritual associated with __________.

A) funerals
B) marriage
C) arrival of newborn infants
D) baptism

Question 2

How did employers justify the disparity of paying female workers half or less than half of the wages earned by men?

A) Women spent more time at home completing finishing work than in the workplace.
B) Women were responsible for more accidents in the workplace than men.
C) Women lacked the education needed to perform many of the unskilled jobs that men did.
D) Women merely worked for extra money, while men worked to support their families.

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Hundred Years' War?

A. a French claim to the English throne
B. an English claim to the French throne
C. disputes over Flanders
D. English possession of French land
E. a long history of prejudice and hard feelings between the countries

Question 4

This 1880s image from Puck magazine portrays labor union officials, such as the man with the top hat, as __________.

A) dedicated educators who kept their workers regularly informed of their rights
B) wealthy businessmen who financially supported their workers while they were on strike
C) tyrants who hurt the interests of workers
D) benevolent leaders who protected their workers

Question 5

This broadside from an antislavery almanac shows that the whip, perhaps the most commonly used symbol of Southern slavery, was used as a tool to __________.

A) punish slaves for work slowdown and intentional destruction of their tools
B) castigate mischievous slave children
C) separate slave families so they could be sold apart from each other
D) force slaves to work in the fields