Pretend that you were a participant in the discussion between John Brown and Frederick Douglass on August 19, 1859. The discussion centered on whether violence could be legitimately used to free the nation's slaves
What would be your view? What would be the thrust of your argument in support of your view?
The argument would likely turn on one's moral view of slavery and whether or not all measures short of violence had been tried.
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Who were the two major presidential candidates in the 1896 election?
a. William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan b. Thomas Reed and Grover Cleveland c. William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley d. Marcus Hanna and Thomas Watson e. Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan
Which of the following statements is UNTRUE of the ideology and practice of the Brothers of the Common Life?
A. They embraced a lay religious life of prayer and study without surrendering the world. B. All members were expected to take special religious vows and to wear a special religious dress. C. They were centered at Zwolle and Deventer in the Netherlands. D. They stressed individual piety and practical religion. E. They fostered religious life outside of formal churches.
"Islamic fundamentalism is the defining movement in the present Middle East and will remain so into the foreseeable future." Discuss and evaluate the persuasiveness of this thesis.
What will be an ideal response?
The Mississippi planter who modeled his labor system on the ideas of the Scottish industrialist and social innovator Robert Owen was:
A) Joseph Davis. B) Jefferson Davis. C) Benjamin Montgomery. D) Edward Coles.