Examine the broadside announcing an abolitionist meeting in New York that appears in Chapter 9. What message does the broadside proclaim to American readers?
A) Abolitionism is fine for America but not for Europe.
B) Abolitionism is southern policy but not northern policy.
C) Abolitionism is an outrage against American rights and values.
D) Abolitionism is God's law and should be embraced.
Answer: C
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In the spring of 1968, students seized five buildings at __________ for eight days before police regained control.
a. Columbia University b. the University of California at Berkeley c. Yale University d. New York University
The war promoted Prohibition for all of the following reasons except
a. many breweries were run by German Americans. b. moralistic progressives believed that young soldiers needed protection from vice. c. the grain normally used to produce liquor was required for food. d. alcohol normally used in beer, wine, and liquor was needed as fuel for tanks. e. it would be good for American morals.
How did free African Americans in the North respond to the outbreak of war?
A) They offered their service to the Union. B) They refused to serve in the military. C) They declared that the war was not their concern. D) They were uninterested in the conflict.
All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that
A. several thousand American veterans camped out in Washington, D.C. B. Hoover called some marchers' behavior evidence of uncontrolled violence and radicalism. C. the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans. D. many Americans viewed President Hoover as unsympathetic to the veterans. E. Congress refused to formally consider the demands of the "Army."