What Is True About Race in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States

question 136

Multiple Choice

What is true about race in the mid-nineteenth-century United States?

• A) Race replaced class as the boundary between men who enjoyed political freedom and those who did not.
• B) Some states accorded black Americans full equality before the law by today's standards.
• C) By 1860, black men could vote on the same basis as white men in every state north of Maryland.
• D) Most literature and popular culture rejected racist stereotypes.
• E) An ideology of racial superiority and inferiority developed in the South but was rejected in the North.

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Definitions:

Misunderstandings

Situations where there is a failure to understand something correctly, leading to errors or conflicts.

Equality

The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Individualism

A principle valuing the freedom and independence of the individual, often in contrast to collective or state control.

Cultural Competency

Proficiency in grasping, communicating, and successfully relating to people from various cultures.