Southerners Used All of the Following to Justify Slavery EXCEPT

question 13

Multiple Choice

Southerners used all of the following to justify slavery EXCEPT:

• A) claims of black racial inferiority
• B) biblical support of slavery
• C) danger to themselves and others if freed
• D) Thomas Jefferson's words in the Declaration of Independence
• E) the superior life Africans enjoyed in the southern states

Recognize the impact of technological advancements on media and communication in the 1820s and 1830s.

Analyze the influence of Alexis de Tocqueville's observations on American society and democracy.

Examine the significance of major legal and political developments, such as the Dorr War and the Missouri Compromise.

Understand the evolution of the concept of political participation and the criteria for voting rights over time.

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