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Question 1

How did many historians view slavery and resistance in the early 20th century?

Historians had an "either/or" view of enslaved resistance.

Historians recognized that enslaved people resisted in complex and contradictory ways.

Historians recognized that enslaved people engaged in everyday acts of resistance.

Historians viewed slavery as a paternalistic and benign institution with "happy and docile slaves."

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

The slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

All residents in remaining territories could decide whether they wanted to have slavery or not.

Southerners could reclaim runaway slaves.

California was admitted as a free state

Question 3

Why was Dred Scott v. Sandford significant?

It ruled that enslaved people who ran away to the North could become free

It ruled that enslaved people had birthright citizenship

It ruled that enslaved people could become free if they lived in a free state

It ruled that enslaved people could not become free even if they lived in a free state