The ideology of Patriotism grew in the years after the Stamp Act. Many writers and pamphleteers borrowed ideas from Englishman John Locke, who had argued that:
a. independence was an alternative to drastic taxation, and colonists could refuse to pay unfair taxes
b. government was mainly the duty of the upper classes, but others could participate if they owned property
c. society was based on an agreement between the ruler and the ruled to preserve the natural rights of man
d. the natural rights of man could only be exercised in the New World
C
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A) a group of communists that attempted to take over the political affairs of Macon County, Alabama B) an effort by blacks to revive Booker T. Washington's philosophy of accommodation C) a federal government-sponsored health study that monitored black men with syphilis D) an organization of black women who worked to get better prices for household goods in the city of Detroit
Northerners argued that if slavery were allowed in Texas and other parts of the West, all the new land would:
A) become small farms used by slaves. B) be bought by those who do not have civilized values. C) be bought up completely by wealthy plantation owners. D) be given to the railroad magnates to encourage them to build rail lines into the West. E) be fought over by proslavery and antislavery groups.
When did Reconstruction end?
A. 1900 B. 1865 C. Never D. 1877 E. 1868
The Knights of Labor regarded inequalities of wealth and power as a growing threat to American democracy.
a. true b. false