Match the Term with the Definition

question 75

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Interracial sex. Proslavery spokesmen played on the fears of whites when they suggested that giving blacks equal rights would lead to interracial sex. In reality, slavery led to considerable sexual abuse of black women by their white masters.

• A)chivalry
• B)cotton kingdom
• C)free black
• D)Mason-Dixon line
• E)miscegenation
• F)paternalism
• G)plantation
• H)plantation belt
• I)planter
• J)slave codes
• K)upcountry
• L)yeomen

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Definitions:

Common Stock

A type of equity security that represents ownership in a corporation, with rights to vote on corporate matters and receive dividends.

Cash Dividends

Payments made by a company out of its profits to its shareholders, distributed as a fixed amount per share.

Stockholders' Equity

The residual interest in the assets of a corporation after deducting liabilities, representing ownership equity in the company.