Which of the following arguments was offered by southerners as a defense of slavery?
a. Blacks as a race are more physical and less intellectual than whites; therefore, slavery is the naturalcondition of blacks
b. By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society.
c. Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a morecivilized state.
d. God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world.
a
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A) The WCTU advanced its cause through the manipulation of anti-immigrant sentiment. B) The Anti-Saloon League was a one-issue pressure group. C) The WCTU was an avowedly secular organization. D) The Anti-Saloon League did not enjoy the support of the business community.
For South Carolinian Robert Francis Allston, a "plain, honest, common-sense reading of the Constitution" meant the
A) legitimacy of abolitionism. B) constitutionality of slavery. C) support of the United States Bank. D) disapproval of nullification.
Lynn does not feel that she fits in with the rest of the members of her choir who have known each other for years and have similar backgrounds and beliefs. From Lynn's perspective, the choir can be called a(n) _____
A) out-group B) in-group C) open group D) closed group E) unbiased group
Which of the following was a popular target of attack by the philosophes?
A) the Royal Society B) the Café Procope C) the Republic of Letters D) the Catholic Church