Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Southerners did not think that they could sustain their plantations and pay for the labor needed to farm them after slavery was abolished.
B. After the Civil War, white Southerners wanted the South to return to the lifestyle and culture it had experienced before the war.
C. One purpose of the Black Codes was to keep African Americans segregated from white Americans.
D. One purpose of the Black Codes was to keep African Americans in a lower social position than white Americans.

Match the following: 1. empirical the belief that an idea should be evaluated based on how it works 2. fundamentalism knowledge based on observation and experiment rather than theory 3. obtrusive to intentionally force ideas or intrude on others 4. pragmatism not religious or spiritual in nature 5. secular a religious doctrine that emphasizes a return to rigid principles

From the soviet point of view, which reagan policy most threatened to create a new arms race? a. strategic defense initiative b. u.s. support for israel c. aid to the anti-soviet rebels in afghanistan d. iran-contra scandal

Interest groups representing businesses and investors are often among the most successful lobbying groups for all of the following reasons, except a. such groups have the financial resources to mount sustained campaigns on their own behalf b. these groups' members contribute heavily to many legislators' campaigns and in so doing gain greater access to legislators c. these groups have often been in existence for decades, allowing them to both master the legislative system and develop close ties with legislators d. the members of these groups make up the majority of voters in many districts