How would opponents of slavery have responded to the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott case, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Opponents of slavery would have been outraged by all three and would have felt that they were losing ground in the struggle to end slavery.
b. They were already ignoring the provision in the Constitution requiring states to return fugitive slaves, so they would have flouted the Fugitive Slave Act.
c. Some states already treated freed blacks as American citizens, so they would have continued to do so.
d. Because the Kansas-Nebraska Act let the people living in those territories decide whether they wanted to be free states or slave states, opponents of slavery would have settled in Kansas.
e. Harriet Beecher Stowe responded by writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
f. John Brown responded by trying to incite a slave insurrection.
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The Civil War resulted in the end of slavery, the weakening of states' rights, the creation of a national banking system, promotion of large-scale business, and expanded federal powers. What conclusion can you draw from those facts?
A) The war had staggering economic cost.
B) The South would have changed even without the war.
C) In many ways, the war initiated a new American revolution.
D) The North changed more than the South as a result of the war.
E) It was good that the war occurred.