Northern officials rejected African American volunteers due to racial bias and __________
a) the expectation that the war would be won quickly
b) a lack of materials to equip so many soldiers
c) suspicion that African Americans might side with the South
d) the small number of African Americans who volunteered
Answer: a
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A) the children of an African and Indian union B) whites born in the Americas C) the children of an Indian and Spanish union D) whites born in Spain
Slave owners on the plantations of Virginia and Maryland turned to developing a new internal slave market by encouraging slaves to have more children and then selling them to places that needed additional slave labor
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following factors did Justice Frank Murphy cite in his dissent from Korematsu v. United States?
A) Unless martial law has been declared, the norms of civilian government should apply. B) All persons of Japanese descent were loyal to the United States. C) Forced relocation was constitutional although it was racist. D) Examples of individual disloyalty also proved group guilt.
European immigration to the South was discouraged most profoundly by
a. fierce economic competition with slave labor. b. an unfavorable experience of growing cotton in Europe by German and Irish immigrant groups. c. German, Irish, and Jewish antislavery groups. d. immigration barriers enacted by southern states. e. the inability of European immigrants to tolerate the hot climate.