Gradual emancipation laws adopted by some Northern states: a. ...

[cmoore54]

Gradual emancipation laws adopted by some Northern states:
 a. used tax revenues to compensate slave owners for the financial loss associated with freeing slaves.
  b. provided for all newborn children of slaves to be freed at birth.
  c. provided for the freedom of female slaves, but not male slaves.
  d. recognized that after age 10 the cost of a slave to the owner was less than the benefit of a slave to the owner.

Question 2

Key features of the American labor market in the postwar period include all of the following except:
 a. the growth of service sector employment.
  b. increased labor force participation rate of women with young children.
  c. steadily increasing union membership.
  d. the erosion of discriminatory barriers for women and minority members.

[atrochim]

Answer to Question 1

d. recognized that after age 10 the cost of a slave to the owner was less than the benefit of a slave to the owner.

Answer to Question 2

c. steadily increasing union membership.