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Many of the most ardent abolitionists who advocated an end to slavery still saw a distinction between economic rights, to which they felt African Americans were entitled, and political rights. How did they justify such a distinction in their minds?
 
  a. Political rights, including suffrage, were somehow not viewed as natural entitlements.
  b. Economic factors made money for the abolitionists while political factors did not.
  c. Many abolitionists believed that economic freedom would come first, and then political freedom would follow.
  d. The abolitionists believed that slaves should be free to determine basic destinies, such as where they live and work, but they believed that African Americans would never win a political office and should be denied the right to vote.
  e. The abolitionists really only wanted partial freedoms for the slaves.

Question 2

An interesting characteristic of many white abolitionists in the late eighteenth century was that
 
  a. they did not have the political clout to complete the task.
  b. these abolitionists were martyred for their beliefs.
  c. because they were white, many slaves did not trust them and would not cooperate.
  d. even these abolitionists, though opposed to slavery, did not believe that freed slaves should vote or serve on juries.
  e. their work sparked outrage and ignited lynching and other criminal acts.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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