Southern proslavery arguments included the belief that __________
a. slavery was wrong, but necessary for the Southern economy
b. the Bible sanctioned slavery
c. slavery was mandated by the U.S. Constitution
d. sending slaves back to Africa would be too expensive
e. the social class structure of the South would collapse without slavery
B
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In the early seventeenth century, the Roman Inquisition declared that the “opinion that the sun stands still at the center of the world and the earth moves” constituted __________.
A) witchcraft B) science C) theology D) heresy
More than anything else, the faith in which of the following concepts was the distinguishing innovation of the Enlightenment?
A) Divine Providence B) democracy C) the aristocracy D) perfectibility E) absolutism
After the Civil War, Southern plantation owners were in danger of losing all their black laborers. Many southern states passed _____ codes, which limited the ability of the former slaves to find work and to leave the plantations.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Much of the growth of the American economy between 1820 and 1850 was enabled by
A. artificial waterways. B. major rivers and lakes. C. railroads. D. new roads.