Southerners felt betrayed after the Kansas-Nebraska Act because
a. the new Lecompton Constitution of 1857 called for universal manumission in Kansas.
b. northern settlers were threatening to make both Kansas and Nebraska into free-soil states.
c. northern settlers were stealing slaves from southern settlers in Kansas.
d. northern "border ruffians" engaged in widespread voter fraud and set up a puppet government at Shawnee Mission.
e. northerners toting "Beecher´s bibles" destroyed the slaveholding stronghold of Lawrence in 1856.
b
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A. march on Washington in a display of solidarity. B. lobby Congress for legislative action. C. focus on registering black voters. D. join the freedom riders in what he believed to be a more effective form of protest.
Who was the American president when the Iranian hostage crisis began?
A) Richard Nixon B) Gerald Ford C) Jimmy Carter D) Ronald Reagan
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A) Du Bois was born in the South, but he moved North and did not sympathize with southern blacks. B) Du Bois was born free in the North, felt little racism during his early years, and became fascinated by the role of race in America. C) Du Bois immigrated from Africa, married a white woman, and avoided black issues during his lifetime. D) Du Bois was born in the South; he came from a slave family with a history of provoking uprisings and advocated the use of violence.
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A) had a unified mission and goals B) were mostly from the upper classes C) all agreed on the need to abolish private property D) took a wide variety of approaches to the problem