In 1836, how did Congress react to the rising tide of abolitionism?
A) By ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
B) By banning slavery in the territories
C) By passing a "bill of rights" for slaves
D) By passing a gag rule forbidding Congress to address the abolition of slavery
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Q16: Owenites
A)criticized organized religion.
B)shied away from radical causes.
C)believed
Q17: The estimated number of slaves who escaped
Q18: George Bancroft's history of the United States
Q19: Why was there a steady increase in
Q20: By the 1850s, the literacy rate of
Q22: Whigs
A)opposed Henry Clay's call for strong government.
B)advocated
Q23: Most reformers in the first half of
Q24: Why did Andrew Jackson's opponents start calling
Q25: The Second Great Awakening
A)led to a growth
Q26: Voter turnout in the election of 1840
A)reached
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