What did the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson conclude about John Brown's raid?
A) That leading northern abolitionists were actually behind it.
B) Brown's execution would make him a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
C) That it would have succeeded if he had had more time.
D) That it would lead to the torture of thousands of slaves across the South.
E) That it would further divide the North and the South.
Question 2
The decline of the Whig party in the 1850s largely happened because
A) the party introduced a policy of low tariffs at a time when most Americans favored a high protective tariff.
B) of an internal, north-south split over the slavery issue.
C) the party supported unlimited immigration and lost popularity among urban workers.
D) the party became too closely identified with the nation's radical abolitionist faction.
E) the party did not have a large enough free soil wing to attract Americans who wanted to move west.
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