What opportunities and challenges faced escaped or former slaves in the 1850s seeking to find a free home?

Please provide the best answer for the statement.


Answer: The ideal response should:
a. Mention the problems created for free blacks in the North by the Fugitive Slave Act.
b. Discuss the role of Canada as a migration point.
c. Consider major sites of African American emigration such as Africa and Latin America.
d. Note and explain opposition to emigration from black abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass.

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In the late nineteenth century, __________ was the nation’s preeminent sport.

a. golf b. football c. boxing d. baseball

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What were the goals of the Nonaligned Movement? How successful was this effort? What were some of the obstacles to nonalignment?

What will be an ideal response?

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In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

A. creating a blockade of East Berlin. B. airlifting supplies to West Berlin. C. threatening war with the Soviet Union. D. encouraging the United Nations to pass economic sanctions. E. sending American paratroopers into West Berlin.

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How did Eleanor Roosevelt affect the development of New Deal policies?

A) She helped FDR steer a moderate course. B) She pushed FDR and the New Deal to the left. C) She ran the administration for several months while FDR recovered from a stroke. D) She remained isolated and aloof from politics.

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