USA HISTORY

SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861

BLOODY KANSAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Abolitionists were
A
for slavery.
B
against slavery.
C
for American expansion.
D
neutral.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An abolitionist, as the name implies, is a person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century. More specifically, these individuals sought the immediate and full emancipation of all enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the Civil War began in 1861, abolitionists rallied to the Union cause. They rejoiced when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring the slaves free in many parts of the South. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Passed by the Right Hon’ble the President of the Council of India in Council, On the 7th of April, 1843, with the assent of the Right Hon, ble the Governor General of India. An Act to for declaring and amending the Law regarding the condition of Slavery within the Territories of the East India Company.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abolitionism, meanwhile, was in itself a heterogeneous movement. At one end of its spectrum was William Lloyd Garrison, an “immediatist, ” the founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society (1833–70), who denounced not only slavery but also the Constitution of the United States for tolerating the evil.

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