Question 1
Joseph Smith was murdered in part because he urged his followers to adopt the controversial practice of:
A) polygamy.
B) celibacy.
C) immediate abolition.
D) moving the wilderness to await the Second Coming of Christ.
Question 2
In 1837, the Boston American expressed the sentiments of many Americans when it advised that:
A) foreign immigrants abandon their national habits and assimilate as soon as possible.
B) no business hire immigrant workers.
C) women reformers return to their homes and be quiet.
D) upper class Americans take responsibility for urban poverty.
Question 3
Between 1820 to 1850, the economic status of free northern blacks:
A) generally improved.
B) experienced little change.
C) generally deteriorated.
D) surpassed that of Germans and Irish.