Question 1
Proslavery southerners justified slavery through
A) arguments of paternalism.
B) arguing that they were maintaining the true bonds of caring dependence which had been disrupted elsewhere by industrial growth.
C) arguing that they had committed themselves to supporting enslaved people throughout their lives.
D) accusing northern industrialists of exploiting their laborers.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 2
During the Age of Pericles
A) government expenditures were reduced, canceling all public building projects.
B) the power of the aristocrats was enhanced.
C) Athenians became deeply attached to their democratic system.
D) imperialism was abandoned.
E) participation in government was encouraged of women.
Question 3
Proslavery doctrine drew on __________________ to justify slavery.
A) law
B) religion
C) history
D) racist science
E) All of these are correct.
Question 4
The Delian League
A) was dominated from the beginning by the Spartans.
B) became an instrument of Athenian imperialism.
C) had a fluctuating membership, as states were free to join and leave the alliance as they wished.
D) failed to keep the Greek states in the Aegean free from Persian control.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 5
The Tredegar Iron Works had a __________________ percent enslaved workforce made up mainly of rented slaves.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
E) 60
Question 6
The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites under the leadership of Spartan king Leonidas held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for two days was
A) Boeotia.
B) Plataea.
C) Marathon.
D) Salamis.
E) Thermopylae.