What Types of Arguments Did the American Anti-Slavery Society Use

question 24

Multiple Choice

What types of arguments did the American Anti-Slavery Society use to convince people that slavery should be abolished?

• A) They tried to convince people that slavery was a moral value praised by God.
• B) They tried to convince people that slavery led to brutality and violence.
• C) They tried to convince people that slavery was an efficient economic system.
• D) They noted that slavery should only be allowed by inferior countries like France.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A metric derived from data in a sample during a hypothesis testing process, employed to decide if the null hypothesis should be discarded.

Proportions

Ratios indicating the fractional part of a whole that have specific characteristics.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis, significant in hypothesis testing.

Level of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a measure of the risk of making a Type I error.