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abc · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

Which of the following statements is true of the condition of slaves as evident through the research conducted by W. E. B. Du Bois and many others?

a. Slave women were often identified as a slave man's possession.
b. Slave parents decided at what age children would begin working in the fields.
c. Slave couples could get their marriage registered in a court of law.
d. Slave men's only recognized family role was to sire offspring.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of occupations assumed by the Irish Americans by 1910?

a. The Irish Americans stayed away from positions in politics and labor unions.
b. The priesthood was the professional occupation of choice for second-generation men.
c. Irish women were unable to compete with their German and English immigrant counterparts to become schoolteachers.
d. The Irish Americans were only able to seek employment as laborers.