Perceptions of blacks as inferior and dim-witted were strongly reinforced during the nineteenth century as a result of _____________.

A. the gradual replacement of white minstrels with black American minstrels
B. the financial success of white minstrels who caricaturized blacks
C. Abraham Lincoln’s praise of the minstrel show performed at his inauguration
D. the viability of minstrelsy as a profession for white actors

A. the gradual replacement of white minstrels with black American minstrels

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American political beliefs have been classified in terms of varying subcultures that dominate or mix in different parts of the United States. In which area of the United States is the moralistic subculture most prominent?

a. the southern states b. the Midwest c. the northern states and the Pacific Northwest d. the middle tier of states and in California e. the northern East Coast

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