Question 1

What were the main issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?

Accepted Answer

A)  the discovery of gold in California 
B)  slavery and race 
C)  secession of the South 
D)  the expansion of the powers of the federal government 
A)  the discovery of gold in California 
B)  slavery and race 
C)  secession of the South 
D)  the expansion of the powers of the federal government

Question 2

How did African-American antislavery advocates respond to the new Fugitive Slave Law?

Accepted Answer

A)  With outrage, they demanded that supporters disobey the law or resort to violence. 
B)  They realized they had to accept the law or face additional violence. 
C)  They immediately began a mass migration to Canada. 
D)  None of these answers are correct. 
A)  With outrage, they demanded that supporters disobey the law or resort to violence. 
B)  They realized they had to accept the law or face additional violence. 
C)  They immediately began a mass migration to Canada. 
D)  None of these answers are correct.

Question 3

What effect did the new fugitive slave laws have on many whites in the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whites were overjoyed to have the blacks removed from their territory. 
B)  Whites generally paid little attention to any issue involving blacks. 
C)  They were horrified, as they personally witnessed scenes of slaves being recaptured. 
D)  Whites in the North renounced racism and began to immediately work for black voting rights. 
A)  Whites were overjoyed to have the blacks removed from their territory. 
B)  Whites generally paid little attention to any issue involving blacks. 
C)  They were horrified, as they personally witnessed scenes of slaves being recaptured. 
D)  Whites in the North renounced racism and began to immediately work for black voting rights.

Question 4

Why did most northern whites oppose the expansion of slavery into the territories?

Accepted Answer

A)  They felt that it would hurt them economically, since the slaveholders would have an unfair advantage by not having to pay for labor. 
B)  They thought that all blacks should be socially equal to whites. 
C)  They all objected to slavery as a moral evil. 
D)  They felt that it was important for America to spread ideals of equality for all. 
A)  They felt that it would hurt them economically, since the slaveholders would have an unfair advantage by not having to pay for labor. 
B)  They thought that all blacks should be socially equal to whites. 
C)  They all objected to slavery as a moral evil. 
D)  They felt that it was important for America to spread ideals of equality for all.

What were the main issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?

How did African-American antislavery advocates respond to the new Fugitive Slave Law?

What effect did the new fugitive slave laws have on many whites in the North?

Why did most northern whites oppose the expansion of slavery into the territories?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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Exam 10: And Black People Were at the Heart of It

What were the main issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858?

How did African-American antislavery advocates respond to the new Fugitive Slave Law?

What effect did the new fugitive slave laws have on many whites in the North?

Why did most northern whites oppose the expansion of slavery into the territories?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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