Author Question: Poor whites stayed poor because they developed a culture that opposed the middle-class work ethic. ... (Read 135 times)

naturalchemist · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

As sugar production increased in Latin America, the average working life for slaves in the fields dropped from 15 to 7 years.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

Most free blacks lived in the Upper South.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 3

Between 1820 and 1860, the number of free blacks doubled in the United States.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 4

By the 1830s, southerners became increasingly defensive concerning the institution of slavery, no longer claiming it as a necessary evil, but defending it as a positive good.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 5

Poor whites stayed poor because they developed a culture that opposed the middle-class work ethic.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.