Which of the following is true of members of the Liberty Party?
a. They believed that the federal government should establish a reservation for African Americans in thewestern territories
b. They advocated a federal resettlement program to aid newly freed slaves.
c. They believed that southern slaveowners should be compensated for their loss of property when they freedtheir slaves.
d. They believed that it was up to the states to abolish slavery.
d
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A) murder B) rape C) treason D) theft
The Big Four legislative achievements that crowned LBJ's Great Society included all of these measures EXCEPT
a. aid to education. b. medical care for the elderly and indigent. c. immigration reform. d. a balanced budget amendment. e. a new voting rights bill.
Which identifies an important effect of the violent slave rebellion of 1831?
A) White Southerners became more committed to quashing antislavery ideas. B) Many slaves were freed because their masters were afraid to remain part of the system. C) Organized, violent rebellions began happening with more frequency. D) White Southerners began to question the legitimacy of slavery. E) Many slaves were sold to the West Indies to decrease the population in the South.
All of the following contributed to the rift that developed between President Johnson and Congressional Republicans EXCEPT _______
A) the appointment of provisional southern governors B) the passage of the Black Codes C) the veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill D) the veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 E) the refusal to seat the recently elected southern delegation