Discuss the extent of opportunities available for northern free blacks in antebellum America
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Although opposed to slavery, many northerners did not welcome competition by free blacks for jobs and housing. Nowhere did free blacks enjoy equal political and civil rights or economic and educational opportunities. Those states with greater black populations generally imposed greater restrictions. The fastest-growing western states were committed to white supremacy and black exclusion.
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Why did the working class largely abandon the Democratic Party in 1972?
A. The party's emphasis on civil rights issues alienated Northern and Southern Democratic bases. B. Liberal Democratic politicians did not address day-to-day economic issues. C. The Democratic foreign policy platform was viewed as too hawkish. D. Women's groups had moved closer to the Republican Party since 1968.
In 1848, the Liberty Party demonstrated that:
A) third parties can't win elections but can decide the outcome. B) Americans have no interest in third parties. C) most white Americans rejected the party's racism. D) parties that take decisive stands on the issues win elections.
What is true about Japan today?
a. Japanese worker loyalty toward employers is as strong as ever. b. Japan's gross national product is larger than that of the United States. c. Japan is the leading importing nation in the world. d. the Japanese overall per capita standard of living equals or exceeds those of most Western nations. e. Japan's gross national product has fallen behind that of Taiwan and of Korea.
In light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder by
a. allowing a ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. b. demanding a strong fugitive slave law. c. not insisting on federal protection of slavery in the territories. d. allowing the admission of California as a free state. e. allowing popular sovereignty in Nebraska territory.