Ellen Betts, who grew up as a slave on a sugar plantation in Louisiana, recalled that they worked “hour in, hour out, them sugarcane fields sure stretch from one end of the earth to the other.” Ceceil George remembered that she “come up in hard times—slavery times. Every body worked, young, an ole’, if yo’ could carry two or three sugarcane yo’ worked. Sunday, Monday, it all de same . . . it like a heathen part o’ de country.” She meant that in other states slaves got Sunday off to worship God. Not in Louisiana. There, sugar was god, and work was the only religion. –from Sugar Changed the World, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Which statement best summarizes the main idea of the passage objectively? Louisiana was the worst and most difficult place in the South to be a slave. Louisiana was a heathen place and only work and sugar were worshiped. Enslaved people on sugar plantations often worked long hours every day of the week. Enslaved people in Louisiana were not allowed to worship or be religious.

Use this excerpt from the corpus luris civilis (justinian's law code) to answer the following question: with the aid of god governing our empire, which was delivered to us by his celestial majesty, we carry on war successfully. we ador peace and maintain the constitution of the state, and have such confidence in the protection of almighty god that we do not depend upon our arms, or upon our soldiers, or upon those who conduct our wars, or upon our own genlus, but we solely place our reliance upon the providence of the holy trinity, from which are derived the elements of the entire world and their disposition throughout the globe. --public domain from this excerpt of the prologue of the corpus luris civilis, what departure from older roman traditions is clear? the laws show that the empire has developed a bureaucracy that makes normal soldering unnecessary. the law now honors christianity as a central part of the empire's existence. the law explains that the roman empire is using war to spread roman ideas. the law has replaced old social class divisions with an egalitarian church,

Igor stravinksy’s ballet, the rite of spring, featured clashing music, harsh sounds and deliberately ugly dancing. upon its premier, theater goers literally rioted in the seats of the venue. historians argue this moment is a “breaking point” where europe proves it is destined to be plunged into world war i. why would historians make such a claim? a people were genuinely angry that someone so bad at composing could make a ballet b the ballet represents colonialism. it showed the consequences of centuries of exploitation of non-european people. c the ballet represents the changing ideologies of modernity. the youth of europe breaking all the old rules and the old guard clinging on to the last bits of power d the ballet represents war itself. it drudged up old rivalries between the french and german peoples, inciting the lust for combat.

Which controversial political issue of the 1920 is reflected in the cartoon