Which group was not part of the southern coalition supporting Radical Reconstruction?
a. businessmen interested in government funding
b. poor white farmers from upland regions
c. newly enfranchised African Americans
d. white planters
e. "scalawags"
D
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Dred Scott took a case to the Supreme Court
a. because to do nothing meant his execution. b. with the collaboration of abolitionists as a test case for the legality of slavery in the federal territories. c. because he was a lifelong abolition activist. d. because he believed in slavery. e. none of these choices.
Why did the new colonists of Georgia demand slaves?
A) Farmers were given so many acres of land that they felt they could not farm efficiently without slaves. B) The main crop of Georgia—tobacco—could be cultivated only with slave labor. C) The colonists felt that since they had no voice in government, they needed a class of people even lower on the social rung than they were. D) The English settlers in Georgia were used to having slaves and demanded that they could not get along without them. E) The colonists believed that they could compete economically with South Carolina only if they were allowed to have slaves.
Which of the following is the best statement of the relationship between progressives and business?
A. Progressives agreed on the need to control big business by breaking up "the trusts." B. Businessmen organized and funded political opposition to progressive political leaders. C. When progressives gained political power, they eliminated the influence of the businessman and the boss. D. Business and progressive leaders shared a commitment to progress through efficiency and modern managerial techniques.