John Brown hoped that his raid on Harpers Ferry would __________
A) force Southern state governments to emancipate slaves
B) start a slave rebellion throughout the South
C) result in the resignation of President James Buchanan
D) induce the Southern states to secede
B
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How did slaves influence the choice of cash crop in Carolina?
A) West African slaves had experience with rice cultivation. B) Slaves arriving from Virginia knew a great deal of information about tobacco cultivation. C) West Africans had learned how to produce silk from trade with Arabs and the East. D) West African slaves enjoyed foods prepared with corn, and planted this in abundance.
The Legalists modeled their idea of a strong state on
a. traditions from long ago. b. a heavenly order of values. c. a system of incentives and punishments. d. the wisdom of philosophers.
The _____was aimed at outlawing the poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means by which states had attempted to limit their citizens’ ability to vote.
a. 1964 Civil Rights Act b. 1965 Voting Rights Act c. 1862 Militia Act d. 2002 Help America Vote Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by African Americans who claimed that their voting rights had been abridged
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false