Despite factionalism and general public hostility, the antislavery movement in America gained significant strength by the 1840s. Explain why
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Answer: Despite differences, abolitionists agreed more than they disagreed and generally worked together. The public hostility to abolitionists was extreme, resulting in mob attacks, censorship of the mails in the South, and even passage of a "gag rule" to stop discussion of antislavery petitions in Congress. Such attacks and restrictions elicited sympathy for the protection and rights of the abolitionists and kept the issue in the public eye.
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Political corruption during Reconstruction
a. produced the most dishonest governments in southern history. b. was part of a national pattern. c. was most notorious among uneducated black officials. d. was virtually nonexistent.
In the publication Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that
a. foreign nations would reject an independent American government b. the British government would be impossible to overthrow c. America was dependent on British trade and protection d. the American colonies should break away from England.
Evaluate the changes Communism brought to the lives of women in Russia and China. In which country would you rather have lived during these revolutions as a woman and why?
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