Author Question: For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as a. the ... (Read 32 times)

itsmyluck · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as

a. the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast.
b. the easiest part of their journey to America.
c. the journey from American parts to their new homes.
d. the gruesome ocean voyage to America.
e. None of these

Question 2

Which of the following represents an accurate description of the response by Americans generally or a subsection of Americans to the Oregon settlement with Great Britain?

a. Unanimous approval of the arrangement with Britain at setting the northern border of the Oregon Country at 49 degrees.
b. Anger by nearly all Americans at Senate delays in approving the pact with Britain.
c. Northwestern states joined with antislavery forces in the North to condemn the pact.
d. Widespread fear by Americans that Great Britain would renege on the agreement and declare war to claim the rest of the territory.
e. Southern satisfaction that the legality of slavery in the Oregon Territory was now protected by the treaty.