During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, Free Black

question 71

Multiple Choice

During the first half of the nineteenth century, free black Americans

• A) could not, under federal law, obtain public land.
• B) found, as whites did, that the West offered the best opportunities for economic advancement.
• C) rose in economic status, but more slowly than whites.
• D) joined with white artisans in biracial unions that successfully struck for higher wages.
• E) formed predominantly upper-middle-class communities in the North.

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