How Did the Crusade Against Slavery Affect American Understandings of Citizenship

question 74

Multiple Choice

How did the crusade against slavery affect American understandings of citizenship?

• A) It led to state laws defining a citizen as white.
• B) It promoted the idea of birthright citizenship.
• C) It undermined the movement to decrease property qualifications for voting.
• D) It led to a violent debate in Congress regarding the citizenship of free blacks in the North.
• E) It created resentment toward immigrants seeking naturalization.

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Definitions:

Random Assignment

Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between the different groups.

Test Difficulty

The measure of how challenging an examination or a set of questions is, often determined by the proportion of test-takers who answer correctly.

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested, contrasted with a control group that does not.

Randomly Assigned

A method used in experiments where participants are allocated to different groups in an unpredictable manner to reduce biases and ensure validity.