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Question 1

The most important argument that southern defenders of slavery used against northern abolitionists was
 
  A) Africans willingly accepted slavery.
  B) the North was poor because there was no slavery in that region.
  C) slave life was better than the lives of northern industrial workers.
  D) slavery was not that widespread in the South.

Question 2

The treatment of slaves improved after 1830 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
 
  A) a growing feeling of morality among southern whites.
  B) the growing economic value of slaves.
  C) the evidence that better-fed slaves worked harder.
  D) the desire for slaves to produce offspring.

Question 3

Southern whites defended slavery after 1830 by arguing all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A) it Christianized heathen Africans.
  B) it provided adequate food and shelter for slaves.
  C) it created an ordered society for slaves.
  D) it paid better than northern factories.

Question 4

Slavery would not have lasted as long as it did EXCEPT
 
  A) for the place it held in the southern economy.
  B) for the South's lack of moral sensitivity.
  C) for the willingness of slaves to submit to the system.
  D) for the North's lack of interest in the problem.

Question 5

The leading advocates of the women's movement agreed on all principles.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 6

The appalling conditions of slavery made it impossible for slaves to create lives for themselves or the psychological strength to withstand the horrors they faced.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.



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Juro

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Answer 1

Answer: C

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: D

Answer 4

Answer: A

Answer 5

Answer: FALSE

Answer 6

Answer: FALSE




maychende

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


Jossy

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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