Other Than Outright Racism, Why Did Many White Working-Class People

question 5

Multiple Choice

Other than outright racism, why did many white working-class people oppose the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?

• A) They feared that it would lead to social and political rights.
• B) They feared that the freed slaves would rush into the North, and compete with them for jobs.
• C) All northerners actually approved of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
• D) They thought that it would make the southerners act more harshly toward their slaves.

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