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ssal

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The Underground Railroad was
 
  a. a large international network of black and white people who smuggled slaves out of the South before the Civil War.
  b. the first subway in New York City which was built by an African American.
  c. the segregated, crowded and dingy railroad cars in which African Americans were required to sit.
  d. the name given to the Union troops by slaves in the South.

Question 2

Modern researchers using cultural artifacts such as written records, letters and diaries for historical research are concerned that such records
 
  a. over represent the poor because wealthier subjects were better able to protect their privacy through legal restrictions on access to the artifacts.
  b. over represent the more privileged who were literate and whose artifacts were saved.
  c. may not provide a reliable, accurate examination of real lives because writers often embellished the truth.
  d. do not allow generalizability because they are incomplete.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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