Explain why the Fugitive Slave Law was so unpopular in the North and why Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was so popular there. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The Fugitive Slave Law compelled northerners to abandon their general indifference to the South’s “peculiar institution,” and directly involved them in some of the more sordid […]
If you had lived in the 1850s, would you have supported the Republicans who opposed the expansion of slavery, the Southern Democrats who wanted their slave property protected in the territories, or the Know Nothings who tried to ignore the slavery issue? Why? ANSWER The Republican Party contained abolitionists, white supremacists, and those who […]
Pretend that you were a participant in the discussion between John Brown and Frederick Douglass on August 19, 1859. The discussion centered on whether violence could be legitimately used to free the nation’s slaves. What would be your view? What would be the thrust of your argument in support of your view? ANSWER The […]
African cultural traditions were most likely to be maintained by slaves A) in Northern colonies. B) who became craft workers in towns and cities. C) who converted to Christianity. D) on large plantations. ANSWER D
In seventeenth-century colonial communities, from 10 to 30 percent of all A) infants died before the age of five. B) women died in childbirth. C) women were barren. D) infants were stillborn. ANSWER A
Unlike in industrial work patterns, preindustrial workers were expected to be A) relaxed and informal. B) thrifty and sober. C) disciplined and punctual. D) regular and orderly. ANSWER A
Shaker communities of the nineteenth century were known for their A) dances and celibacy. B) cooperative “phalanxes.” C) concept of complex marriage. D) ornate architecture. ANSWER A
The text authors conclude that coordinating the war effort within the British-American-Soviet Grand Alliance was difficult since “each Ally had a separate agenda”. Describe in what ways British, American, and Soviet wartime and postwar objectives were at odds with each other. ANSWER The British (and French) wanted to keep their empire, the United States […]
Which one of the following late nineteenth-century labor organizations was committed to using violence as a strike tactic? A) National Labor Union B) Knights of Labor C) Molly Maguires D) American Federation of Labor ANSWER C
What most often provoked labor violence in the 1870s and 1880s? A) the impersonality of management-labor relations B) sudden wage cuts C) mechanization of production D) racially discriminatory hiring practices ANSWER B
