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Question 1

In order to broaden educational opportunities for white children in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson proposed A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge in 1778 in an attempt to __________.
 
  A) send large numbers of Virginia's male students to prominent New England colleges
  B) open secondary and college education to female students
  C) provide greater funding to private and parochial schools
  D) educate both boys and girls for three years at the primary level

Question 2

The White House reacted to President Wilson's stroke by __________.
 
  A) continuing with business as usual
  B) issuing a call for prayer meetings
  C) keeping it a secret
  D) having his wife serve as a shadow president

Question 3

What does this image of freedmen being forcibly returned to their plantations if they ran away or resisted working there reveal about the Louisiana test case of emancipation?
 
  A) Freedmen received no wages for their work on Louisiana plantations.
  B) Former slaves gained some autonomy through this test case of emancipation.
  C) This system of emancipation was much harsher than the Sea Islands and Davis Bend systems.
  D) Ex-slaves still favored this test case because it banned corporal punishment for doing labor.

Question 4

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. allude to when he asked in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, How would whites feel abouttelling their children that they could not go to the segregated amusement parks advertised on television, and
 
  living in constant fear of their lives? A) Racial discrimination dehumanized people.
  B) Businesses were economically motivated to adhere to racial discrimination.
  C) Discrimination and segregation were inherent values for most white Southerners in the 1960s.
  D) The only way to end segregation was through nonviolent demonstrations.

Question 5

This page from a book of children's verse shows that schools in the new republic were intended to teach such skills as reading, writing, and arithmetic in addition to __________.
 
  A) the development of artistic skills
  B) patriotism
  C) scientific observation
  D) Christian values



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Answer 1

D

Answer 2

C

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

A

Answer 5

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