Author Question: Examine Table 5-1. Why does Pennsylvania exhibit a much smaller slave population than either New ... (Read 51 times)

RYAN BANYAN · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

Examine Table 5-1. Why does Pennsylvania exhibit a much smaller slave population than either New York or New Jersey in 1790?

A) Slave insurrections were common in Pennsylvania.
B) The federal government forced the state to ban slavery by 1800.
C) Southern whites recaptured escaped slaves after the revolution.
D) Pennsylvania began to free slaves in the state in 1780 by state law.

Question 2

In 1933, Appalachian textile mills accounted for what percent of U.S. cotton and woolen textiles?

A) 50 B) 60 C) 40 D) 70