Harriet Beecher Stowe was
A) well known in literary circles prior to the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
B) a strident abolitionist.
C) a fugitive slave who wrote about the horrors of the Fugitive Slave Act.
D) not a professional writer but had been roused by the Fugitive Slave Act.
D
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Roman law under the Twelve Tables represented
a. the interests of the patricians above all others. b. a startling change in structuring Roman society. c. the collective will of the people. d. the subjugation of noncitizens in a rigid social hierarchy. e. appeasement of the gods by any means necessary.
How did the Jackson administration react when Texas became an independent republic in 1836?
A) It tried to convince Texans to return to Mexican rule. B) It declared war on Mexico to defend Texas's revolt. C) It immediately annexed Texas. D) It formally recognized Texas as a sovereign republic. E) It refused to recognize Texas as a republic.
What contributed to the tightening of slave codes in British North America?
a) dramatic increase in the black population b) end of the international slave trade c) creation of the Royal African Company d) colonial opposition to the Navigation Acts