All of the Following Are True Statements About Southerners in the Secession

question 53

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true statements about southerners in the secession movement except

• A) they regarded their region as a subnation with a distinct culture from the North.
• B) the southern secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism.
• C) they were dismayed by the political triumph of the new sectional Republican party, which seemed to threaten their "property" rights as a slaveholding minority.
• D) a majority of southern secessionists believed the South had an absolute right to resume importation of slaves from Africa.
• E) the development of the Underground Railroad and John Brown's raid represented two examples in secessionist southerners' minds of undue and unwarranted northern influence in southern political, economic, and social affairs.

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Aortic Arch

The curved portion of the aorta, the major blood vessel, which emerges from the heart and arcs down to the chest and abdomen.

Posterior Tibial Artery

A major artery of the lower leg that supplies blood to the posterior compartment of the leg and the sole of the foot.

Popliteal Artery

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