What is the connection between slavery and the defeat of the Vesey conspiracy?
A) Slavery made whites think that it was unnecessary to create state militias, so local slaveholders put down the revolt.
B) Local slaves took up arms against Vesey, ending the revolt.
C) Local slaveholders had no role to play in ending the revolt.
D) A house servant informed local authorities of the impending revolt.
Answer: D
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A. the Amazon rainforest. B. the Subarctic. C. the canyons of the Southwest. D. the area now known as Mexico City.
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A. their nation-state. B. God and then their nation-state. C. a variety of different groups. D. their monarch or chief executive.