Monday, November 9, 2015
November 10, 2015
Learning Target:
I can relate important participants in slavery and the abolition movement to the important themes of that time.
I can identify important contributions of participants in slavery and the abolition movement.
I can identify important contributions of participants in slavery and the abolition movement.
“[T]he condition of the African race throughout all the States where the ancient relation between the two
[races] has been retained enjoys a degree of health and comfort which may well compare with that of the
laboring population of any country in Christendom; and, it may be added that in no other condition, or in any
other age or country, has the Negro race ever attained so high an elevation in morals, intelligence, or
civilization.”
John C. Calhoun, political leader, 1844
Which of the following most directly
undermines Calhoun’s assertions?
(A) Many slaves adopted elements of
Christianity.
(B) Many slaves engaged in forms of
resistance to slavery.
(C) Abolitionist societies encountered
difficulty organizing in Southern states.
(D) A majority of White Southerners were not
slaveholders.
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