John Brown was noted for all of the following except
a. killing unarmed proslavery farmers in the civil war in "Bleeding Kansas."
b. attempting to incite a slave rebellion in Virginia.
c. coining the phrase "the irrepressible conflict" to explain the coming of the Civil War.
d. dying as a "martyr to freedom."
e. attacking Harpers Ferry.
c
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a. the conflict with Protestants. b. the complexity of administering such a large empire. c. constant warfare on the continent and in the Mediterranean. d. lack of domestic industry, the lack of entrepreneurship, and a weak commercial class. e. all of the above
The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
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A) The Republican Party was increasingly powerful and assertive. B) In most southern states, black people were not allowed to join the Democratic Party. C) Black men had achieved full voting rights in Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama. D) Black voters usually supported independent, third parties.