What were the activities undertaken by the Free Produce Association in the early 1830s?
A) It bought produce produced by African American slaves to benefit free blacks.
B) It pressured slaveholders by lobbying against buying produce grown by slaves.
C) It lobbied Congress to expand slavery into the American Southwest.
D) It worked with the American Colonization Society to colonize free blacks in Africa.
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Most new textile workers in the South were
A. young, single, African American males. B. poor and white. C. middle-class whites. D. young women.
What was the effect of King George III's rejection of the "Olive Branch" petition sent by the First Continental Congress?
A) George III effectively repudiated the British Constitution. B) The Continental Congress declared war on the British government. C) British troops were given the authority to arrest any Patriots and seize their property. D) Those who supported independence no longer believed reconciliation was possible. E) Great numbers of Loyalists decided to take up the cause of the Patriots instead.
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A) tenant farmers B) artisan, craftsman, and skilled workers C) yeoman farmers D) slave-owning planters