Black codes Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

A gene that affects the expression of a second gene is an example of __________________. a) pleiotropy b) codominance c) epistasis d) polygenic inheritance e) incomplete dominance correct answer: c) epistasis __________ is an example of a character that is controlled by more than one gene (a quantitative character) and demonstrates a continuum of phenotypes. a) Pleiotropy b) Polygenic inheritance c) Epistasis d) Codominance e) Incomplete dominance correct answer: b) Polygenic inhe...

When was South Carolina's first slave legislation enacted? - 1696. It was strongly influenced by Barbadian slave codes Who made the production of rice, indigo, and cotton that contributed to Charles Town's enormous wealth? - the thousands of enslaved people taken from Africa. About 40% of the slaves brought to British North America in the eighteenth century came to Charles Town. In what year did the population of South Carolina become majority black? - 1708. By 1730 the colony's populat...

Seward's Folly : Popular term for Secretary of State William Seward's purchase of Alaska from Russia. The derisive term reflected the anti-expansionist sentiments of most Americans immediately after the Civil War. freedman's : created to aid newly emancipated slaves by providing food, clothing, medical care, education, and legal support. Its achievements were uneven and depended largely on the quality of local administrators force acts : Passed by Congress following a wave of Ku ...

Civil Rights (6) CORRECT ANSWER *provide freedom* from discriminatory treatment by the government or individuals Equal Protection Clause (6) CORRECT ANSWER declares that *all people get the equal protection of the law* Black Codes (6) CORRECT ANSWER *denied most legal rights to newly freed slaves* by prohibiting African-Americans from: - voting - sitting on juries - appearing in public places (vagrancy laws) Civil Rights Act of 1866 (6) CORRECT ANSWER declared that *people born in...

Hist 105 Bach Final Exam Full Test Questions & Correct Answers Slave Codes/Black Codes - ANSWER Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights. Designated African Americans as Property Free blacks in the South - ANSWER not allowed to vote or travel and made up the smallest segment in southern society. Black Women often worked as house servants and hairdressers. Average price of slaves ________ between 1800 and 1860 - ANSWER Quadrupled Why...

USABO Open Exam Questions And Revised Correct Answers Updated The production of the genetically engineered "golden rice" could be important to the people of developing nations, especially in South-East Asia, because: A. people are more likely to consume yellow grains than white B. golden rice is less expensive to grow and harvest than white rice C. golden rice is resistant to most commercially available herbicides D. golden rice contains higher concentrations of β-carotene th...

A food handler's duties regarding food safety include all of the following practices EXCEPT: Prevention of food contamination Dispose of food that poses a potential threat to human health Handle, transport, and store food safely Prevention of food contamination Dispose of food that poses a potential threat to human health Handle, transport, and store food safely Periodically test food for illness causing microorganisms - ANSWER-Periodically test food for illness causing microorganisms ...

In cats, white fur results from a gene that codes for tyrosinase, an enzyme that catalyzes the product'n of pigment. A mutat'n in this gene creates an allele coding for enzyme that cannot funct'n. Consequently, the cat fails to produce pigment and remains white. correct answer: False The F1 generat'n consisted of heterozygotes for the gene that codes for color. T/F correct answer: true None of the black cats in the F1 generat'n could have the mutant allele, b/c they lack white fur. ...

10 percent plan - Answer-Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan, which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union 13th Amendment - Answer-The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, sh...

Oluo, "The Conversation I've Been Dreading" - Talks about situated knowledge: theory of knowledge including sources (your experience), validity (understanding of what is true), limits (cannot live other lives but your own). "How we know what we know and who can know". Mixed woman talks about how her white mother believes she can empathize with black community but cannot. Awkward conversations are not bad or taboo convos, they enlighten a mind through its mistakes fair trade - An altern...