1)Textbooks give an adequate depictions of white violence on blacks in the late-
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1)Textbooks give an adequate depictions of white violence on blacks in the late-nineteen and early-twentieth centuries. True False
2)During Reconstruction, African Americans dominated Southern legislatures and due to their corruption, whiles removed them by 1877 and took control. True False
3)According to most textbooks, the abolitionist John Brown, who led an attack upon the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 with the hope of starting a massive slave revolt across the South, was insane. True False
4)Abraham Lincoln's ideas about slavery, racism and the Civil War are fully expressed in most textbooks. True False
5)Not all whites who traveled from the North to the South during Reconstruction wanted to make a financial profit and therefore do not deserve the derogatory label: "carpetbagger." True False
6)According to Loewen, American is truly the land of opportunity and social class mans very little in this country. True False
7)Although a controversial issue, most textbooks attempt to explain the upper, middle and lower class framework that exist in the United States. True False
8)Affluent children have an advantage on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) over poorer children since their background is similar to the test makers, so they are comfortable with the vocabulary and subtle subcultural assumptions of the test. True False
9)Textbook authors emphasize American humanitarian efforts like the Peace Corps and avoid telling students about American intervention in foreign countries to support or overthrow leaders. True False
10)The United States government has never tried to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. True False
Explanation / Answer
1. False. Textbooks do not give an adequate depictions of white violence on blacks in the late-nineteen and early-twentieth centuries.
2. False. During Reconstruction, African Americans did not dominate Southern legislatures and were not removed by Whites by 1877 due to their corruption.
3. True. According to most textbooks, the abolitionist John Brown, who led an attack upon the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 with the hope of starting a massive slave revolt across the South, was insane.
4. False. Abraham Lincoln's ideas about slavery, racism and the Civil War are not fully expressed in most textbooks.
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