Who were the radical Republicans? What made them different from most white people?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the radical Republicans as members of both houses of Congress, many of them abolitionists before the Civil War, and military officers during the war, who wanted to punish the South for murder, treason, slavery and rebellion.
2. Define most white American men, in particular, as political and racist; many thought that blacks should remain as second class servants to whites in the U.S. forever. They also believed that God made blacks inferior to whites.
3. Explain that a minority of whites, such as radical Republicans, believed that blacks should become citizens and receive political equality. Even smaller numbers felt that social equality should be accorded to blacks.
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A) social justice for the working class was a precondition for women's liberation. B) women deserved political and civil equality with men. C) the working class must provide leadership in Peru's revolutionary struggle. D) women could not be entrusted with the vote because of their dependence on men.
The terms prejudice and discrimination both involve action and can be used interchangeably
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the People of the United States":
a. supported the attempt to re-open the African slave trade. b. supported the attempt to increase the tariff. c. opposed the attempt to allow slavery into Kansas Territory. d. opposed the attempt to build a transcontinental railroad.
What did the Adams-Onis Treaty decide?
a. The spanish boundary west of the Mississippi River b. Spanish owned properties in Africa c. Latin American free trade agreements d. American superiority in Europe