The northern vision of the Reconstruction-era southern economy included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. emancipated African-Americans would labor more intensively than ever because they had the same opportunities for advancement that northern whites had long enjoyed.
b. northern capital and migrants would energize the southern economy.
c. the Freedmen's Bureau would establish a workable labor system.
d. the labor system would be as close to slavery as possible, thereby assuring high productivity.
e. the South would eventually resemble the North.
Answer: d. the labor system would be as close to slavery as possible, thereby assuring high productivity.
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A) the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. B) a stronger position for the AWSA. C) the collapse of the entire women's rights movement. D) a stronger position for the NWSA.
How did the concept of free labor influence northern attitudes toward the expansion of slavery?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Which of America's founding documents defined the new United States as a place on the map?
A. the Articles of Confederation B. the Treaty of Paris C. the Declaration of Independence D. the Constitution
Which of the following contributed the most to the high mortality rates among slaves making the crossing to the Americas?
A) unsanitary conditions B) deliberate cruelty C) mass suicides D) inherent dangers in sea travel