According to the video and your instructor, the Dred Scott Decision of 1857 was the worst case of extreme prejudice in a court decision and the best example, in all of U.S. history, of the Supreme Court practicing judicial restraint.
\nAfter 1808, when the importation of slaves became illegal, the number of African-Americans in the United States steadily declined.
\nAs discussed in the online forum, while there may have been some initial confusion over the point of view of this political cartoon, it is clear that it depicts a pro-slavery and pro-southern position on the issue of abolitionism.
\nBy 1804, every state in the North had passed some type of law against slavery. Even though there were growing differences between the North and the South, by 1830, American society was essentially republican, capitalist, and Protestant. In addition, most Americans had access to newspapers. With the inclusion of those Americans who read the Bible, the United States was statistically the most literate nation in the world in the early 19th Century.
{TRUE} *** // question: 11406694 name: When the Civil War began in 1861, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all. ::By the time the Civil War began in 1860, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all.::[html]By the time the Civil War began in 1860, the majority of white southerners owned no slaves at all.
{TRUE} // question: 11406695 name: Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, ... ::Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, ...::[html]Consider the author of this political cartoon about Andrew Jackson after his victory in the 1828 election. You can correctly assume that the author was not a supporter of the president. Moreover, you can also assume that he was probably a long-time member of the Democratic Party.
\nDemocrats in the mid-nineteenth century saw the government as a potentially dangerous concentration of power in the hands of selfish and greedy businessmen. Therefore, its members believed that because government rested in the hands of imperfect individuals, it had to be limited. In the mid-19th Century, many Americans believed there were natural differences based in sex and race. However, of the two major political parties between 1820 and 1840, the Whigs and Democrats, the Democrats were far more likely to promote racism. They feared that an activist federal government might threaten the slaveholding South. In addition, their generally negative or Calvinistic view of humanity made Democrats far less likely than Whigs to approve appropriations for the more expensive and humane moral treatment centers for prisoners or the mentally insane.
{TRUE} // question: 11406696 name: Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population. ::Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population.::[html]Even in the free states, abolitionists were a small, dissenting minority of the northern population.{TRUE# } ** added image // question: 11406698 name: In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by ... ::In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by ...::[html]In the 19th Century, scientific theories on racial differences indicated that whites and blacks were actually two separate species. Regardless of these findings being completely inaccurate by today's scientific standards, many Americans, believing in the power and superiority of science, concluded that these scientists were correct and therefore condoned many prejudicial and discriminatory acts by whites against blacks and others during that time period.{TRUE# } // question: 11406697 name: In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They were often at odds with Catholics and ... ::In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They supported public schools, construction of good roads, and a stable currency. Members of the Whig Party were often at odds with Catholics and ...::[html]In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. In the 19th century, the Whig Party attracted many evangelical Protestants who believed that government should be an agent of moral reform. They supported public schools, construction of good roads, and a stable currency. Members of the Whig Party were often at odds with Catholics and non-believers. The native-born Americans who were atheists or who were least concerned about religion tended to be members of the Democratic Party.{TRUE# } *** fix decision typo spelling // question: 11406709 name: Missouri was the first new state to be carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. However, its admission was controversial because many northerners opposed its admission to the Union because they feared it would increase the power of the slave states in Congr ::Missouri was the first new state to be carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. However, its admission was controversial because many northerners opposed its admission to the Union because they feared it would increase the power of the slave states in Congr::[html]Missouri was the first new state to be carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. However, its admission was controversial because many northerners opposed its admission to the Union because they feared it would increase the power of the slave states in Congress. Once a decision was reached in 1820, the Missouri Compromise literally drew a line on the map between where slavery would be allowed and where it would not.
{TRUE} // question: 11406708 name: The decisions of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall helped to strengthen the... (copy) ::The decisions of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall helped to strengthen the... (copy)::[html]The preview of Director Stephen Spielberg's movie Amistad claimed to be "A True Story". Professor Eric Foner, whose article you read in the online forum, is in strong agreement with your textbook authors (who included a review in earlier editions of the textbook) concerning this film and its use as an educational tool. Both agree that, while there are a few cases of Hollywood artistic license, that the film is historically accurate.
\nThe Republicans were the first truly sectional party in American history. Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery and freedom were incompatible, and he saw the prevention of the expansion of slavery into the territories as the first step to its eventual extinction. Even though most of the foreign-born voters in the 1830s and 1840s joined the Democratic Party, that all changed when the new Republican Party was founded and advocated for racial equality in the presidential elections of 1856 and 1860.
{FALSE} // question: 11406706 name: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence. ::The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence.::[html]The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted Texas its independence.{FALSE# } // question: 11406700 name: The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the ... ::The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the ...::[html]The United States avoided war with Britain concerning the border between their territories in the northwest corner of the continent. Unfortunately for President Polk, his compromise with the British on the Oregon Treaty angered northern, expansionist-minded Whigs in his own party. Moreover, it added to northerners fears of a slave power conspiracy in the federal government.{FALSE# }