Many Southerners moved into the Old Northwest after the War of 1812 because
a. the railroads opened the area to settlement.
b. they wanted to gain wealth through trade with the Indians.
c. they had earned land grants in exchange for their military service.
d. they desired their own democratic communities, free of wealthy plantation owners and African Americans alike.
e. they wanted to expand the territory where slavery was legal.
d
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) Reign of Terror B) the Great Fear C) October Days D) Peninsular War
Why did slavery remain important to the economy of the Upper South in the 1830s and 1840s?
a. Tobacco prices remained steady and high for the entire period. b. The internal slave trade was an important source of income for the region. c. Most whites in the region owned at least one slave. d. Cotton cultivation spread north from the Lower South.
Booker T. Washington secretly __________
A) corresponded with W. E. B. Du Bois B) informed on black political activists C) formed an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan D) tried to improve conditions on trains for African Americans