Author Question: Martha Washingtonians were important in A) bringing reformed drunkards into the temperance ... (Read 14 times)

wenmo · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

Martha Washingtonians were important in

A) bringing reformed drunkards into the temperance movement.
B) distancing women from the temperance movement.
C) supporting first ladies.
D) supporting Daughters of the American Revolution.

Question 2

Why did many antislavery societies focus on gradual emancipation rather than immediate emancipation?

A) Northern states had successfully passed plans for gradual emancipation.
B) Many thought that under immediate emancipation, whites would lose their place at the top of the racial hierarchy.
C) Some antislavery groups thought that immediate emancipation would ignore older slaves.
D) Antislavery societies actually focused on immediate emancipation from the very beginning.