Author Question: As shown in this 1896 opening day photograph of the Siegel-Cooper Department Store in New York City, ... (Read 30 times)

mmm · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What was one factor from the Sara Roberts case that resulted in the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision to justify segregated educational facilities in its state?

A) Racially segregated schools imposed inferiority and degradation on an entire race.
B) Schools for free blacks were roughly equal to schools for white children.
C) Attending white schools would mean that free blacks were taking on airs of superiority.
D) Free black children would have no opportunity to learn about their culture in white schools.

Question 2

The Black Death refers to ________.

a. the famine that occurred from 1315 to 1317
b. a virulent plague that struck fourteenth-century Europe
c. a disease transmitted through African slaves
d. the collapse of the European economy in the fourteenth century
e. a heretical sect of Gnostic Christians

Question 3

As shown in this 1896 opening day photograph of the Siegel-Cooper Department Store in New York City, why did retailers choose to decorate their stores with such lavish interiors?

A) to emphasize the importance of the advertising business in shopping
B) to keep out undesirable customers who could not afford to shop there
C) to impress customers with their accumulation of wealth
D) to attract customers by providing them with pleasurable shopping experiences