Approximately How Long Have Humans Been in the New World,according

question 45

Multiple Choice

Approximately how long have humans been in the New World,according to archaeological evidence?

• A) 1 million years
• B) 500,000 years
• C) 50,000 years
• D) 15,000 years

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Definitions:

Paternalism

A moral position developed during the first half of the nineteenth century which claimed that slaves were deprived of liberty for their own “good.” Such a rationalization was adopted by some slaveowners to justify slavery.

Defense of Slavery

Justifications and arguments made to support and uphold the institution of slavery, often rooted in economic, social, or racial ideologies.

Sectional Conflict

Disputes and disagreements between different geographic, cultural, or economic regions within a country, often exemplified by the North-South divide in the United States over issues like slavery.

Abolitionist Societies

Organizations and groups formed in the 18th and 19th centuries primarily in the United States and Britain with the objective of ending the practice of slavery and the slave trade.