Which of the Following Is True of the American Response

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the American response to Toussaint L'Ouverture's slave uprising?

• A) John Adams opposed it because it was a threat to the established order.
• B) Thomas Jefferson welcomed Haitian independence as another example of what he had advocated in the Declaration of Independence.
• C) Most white Americans were glad to see France,which had turned politically radical,suffer the loss of Haiti.
• D) Most enslaved Americans opposed L'Ouverture's success because they believed it might inspire a white crackdown on their behavior.
• E) Many white Americans considered L'Ouverture's uprising to be evidence of blacks' unfitness for republican freedom.

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