超星 - history I

单选题

During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the draftingof the Constitution, the issue of Negro slavery was _____.

A. not raised
B. raised but voted down
C. bitterly debated
D. raised but because of strong southern opposition it was put asidefor greater objective

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Slave labor was widespread in the south because______.

A. the cold weather in the north was not suitable for Negro slaves
B. Negro slaves could not cope with machines in factories in the north
C. Negro Slaves were best suited for the kind of plantation economy inthe south
D. the north world not allow slavery to spread into their states

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One of the features of the early colonists which has strong influence onthe formation of American character is ___________.

A. religious intolerance
B. respect for personal success
C. stress on community harmony
D. None of the above

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What were the causes of War of Independence?

A. The development of colonial economy led to demand for more power todetermine their own business.
B. the cruel exploitation of the colonies by the British government.
C. The sale of in the colonies.
D. A and B.

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The clash at Concord and Lexington was ________.

A. the beginning of the War or independence?
B. the beginning of the second Continental Conference
C. a minor clash between the British and the colonists with nosignificance
D. None of the above

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The significance of the War of Independence is that _________.

A. it paved the way for the development of capitalism in North America
B. it initiated a period of bourgeois revolution against feudal rule orcolonial rule
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

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The following were the founding fathers of the American Republic except___

A. George Washingto
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Penn
D. Benjamin Franklin

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