Abolitionists Challenged Stereotypes About African-Americans By

question 22

Multiple Choice

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

• A) countering the pseudoscientific claim that they formed a separate species.
• B) presenting the compositions of Henry Highland Garnet to disprove the belief that African culture was inferior because it produced no classical music composers.
• C) pointing to Haiti, the scene of the famous slave revolt of the 1790s and 1800s, as a model of civilization.
• D) making January 1, the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade, a holiday throughout the North until the end of the Civil War.
• E) nominating Frederick Douglass for president in 1852 and winning him Vermont's electoral votes.

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Definitions:

Psychology

The scientific study of the mind and behavior, encompassing various aspects of conscious and unconscious experience.

Evolutionary Psychology

A theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective.

Adaptive Value

The degree to which a trait or behavior helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Species

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.