The Death of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837

question 127

Multiple Choice

The death of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837

• A) convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with white Americans' liberties.
• B) resulted from his leading an anti-abolitionist mob that attacked William Lloyd Garrison.
• C) demonstrated that fugitive slaves like Lovejoy faced great dangers while escaping from "slave catchers."
• D) was played up by temperance pamphleteers to show the hazards of alcoholism.
• E) led Congress to adopt the gag rule to prevent the sort of heated arguments that caused his death.

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