The North Carolina author Hinton Rowan Helper’s The Impending Crisis of the South and How to Meet It was controversial because it argued that __________
A) the South must declare independence to preserve its economy
B) slavery was morally unjustifiable
C) the federal government had the right to outlaw slavery
D) slavery was an economic disaster that harmed slaveholders and non-slaveholders alike
Answer: D
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a. Ninety percent of the people who voted for his opponent were white. b. Almost seventy percent of the people who voted for the first time in 2008 voted for Obama. c. Despite winning a commanding majority of the popular vote, Obama won by only a small handful of electoral votes. d. Obama was the first Democrat to win more than 51 percent of the popular vote in over forty years.
Shang Yang, as chief advisor to the Qin, brought about reforms that involved
a. Military obligations. b. Crime prevention. c. Military reorganization. d. Tax obligations. e. All of these.
William Graham Sumner was the single most influential American advocate of Social Darwinism
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is true of Michelle Obama?
A) She has no direct experience as a government official. B) She holds a law degree from Harvard. C) Her parents were both lawyers. D) Her grandparents were from the Caribbean.