Former slave Henry "Box" Brown, the central figure in this image, attracted many supporters of abolition to his speaking engagements because he __________
A) mailed himself to freedom in a box
B) hid in a box while Southern patrollers searched for him
C) spoke from the top of a box at his events
D) used boxes to ship other slaves to freedom in the North
A
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In the 1992 national elections, Democratic candidate Bill Clinton
a. campaigned as a "new Democrat" who proposed to move away from his party's traditional liberalism. b. campaigned on a platform criticizing President Bush's leadership in the Persian Gulf War. c. effectively prevented third-party candidate Ross Perot from taking votes away from the Democrats. d. stayed away from economic issues because of the growing prosperity under President Bush. e. proved inarticulate and unable to respond to sharp Republican attacks on his character and record.
Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when
a. the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. b. the last federal troops were removed in 1877 and a "solid" Democratic South became politically institutionalized. c. President Johnson was not reelected in 1868. d. the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians. e. blacks showed they could defend their civil rights adequately in state courts and legislatures without federal congressional and military intervention.
One of the results of the Whiskey Rebellion was that:
A) it sent out a clear message that the national government would not allow extralegal protests to effect change. B) it freed the federal government from constant worry about economic shortfalls. C) the western provinces turned firmly Anti-Republican, favoring the small-government approach of the Federalists. D) the lawmakers in southern states tightened black codes, citing fear of slave insurrections in America. E) it underscored France's increased reluctance to maintain its possessions in the New World.
How was John Adams's presidency made much more difficult?
a. He lacked experience with government. b. Alexander Hamilton interfered and opposed him constantly. c. Jefferson refused to cooperate with a Federalist president. d. America continued to have problems with the British on the seas. e. Adams could not communicate well with Jefferson.