The abolitionist movement that arose in the 1830s was based upon the conviction that slavery was a form of labor exploitation implicitly legitimized by Northern bankers, merchants, and textile manufacturers.

a. true
b. false


Ans: a. true

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Spike Lee’s success was notable not only because he was a black artist but because he worked __________

A) with white actors B) outside the studio system C) exclusively with black actors D) on films shot in Africa and the Caribbean

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This statement expresses the main idea in which of the following documents?: “. . . all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

A) Gettysburg Address B) Emancipation Proclamation C) the “Cornerstone Speech” D) the Declaration of Independence

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The "Declaration of Sentiments" at Seneca Falls was modeled on the

What will be an ideal response?

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An analysis of various states' "grandfather clauses" shows that

A) they were not aimed at freed blacks. B) they were mainly aimed at recent immigrants. C) the Reconstruction period had ended and equality now existed. D) legal efforts were instituted to keep blacks from voting.

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