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Question 1

What does this image of African American abolitionists killing a Maryland slaveholder searching for his runaway slave in Christiana, Pennsylvania, and the case of Shadrach Minkins, a runaway who was physically removed from his court hearing in
 
  Boston by abolitionists, reveal about abolitionists' attitudes toward the Fugitive Slave Act? A) Abolitionists were willing to cooperate with slaveholders and return their property.
  B) Abolitionists turned to religion to convince the public to resist this law.
  C) Abolitionists were willing to break laws to resist the Fugitive Slave Act.
  D) Abolitionists adhered to personal liberty laws that prohibited Northern state and local
  courts from trying cases of runaway slaves.

Question 2

Who was the first sitting president to appear on television?
 
  A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  B) Harry Truman
  C) Dwight Eisenhower
  D) John F. Kennedy

Question 3

This portrait of Benjamin Franklin with a lightning storm in the background depicts him as a champion of the Enlightenment because of his role as a __________.
 
  A) scientist
  B) diplomat
  C) printer
  D) reformer



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