2. The sidebar "Small Screens, Big Changes" says, "In 1977, the miniseries Roots helped America confront our country's history of slavery" (p. 21). The word confront helps readers understand that A) Americans had always found it easy to talk about slavery and racism.

B) Roots was a popular television show.

C) Slavery was a difficult issue that many Americans had avoided thinking or talking about.

D) Racism had disappeared in America by the 1970s.

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.