Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the racial situation in the Northern United States area around the time of the Civil War?

a. Whites were eager to join the war effort to free southern blacks from slavery
b. White workers welcomed black workers
c. Many states passed laws banning black people from entering
d. Local governments passed laws protecting the right to work for blacks


ANS: c

Sociology

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a. psychologist b. biologist c. psychoanalyst d. gerontologist

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