Question

1. base your answer to the following question on the poster below and on your knowledge of social studies.

caution!!
colored people
of boston, one & all,
you are hereby respectfully cautioned and
advised, to avoid conversing with the
watchmen and police officers
of boston,
for since the recent order of the mayor &
aldermen, they are empowered to act as
kidnappers
and
slave catchers,
and they have already been actually employed in
kidnapping, catching, and keeping
slaves. therefore, if you value your liberty,
and the welfare of the fugitives among you, shun
thern in every possible manner, as so many hounds
on the track of the most unfortunate of your race.
keep a sharp look out for
kidnappers, and have
top eye open.
april 24, 1851.
source: library of congress. the american time capsule:
three centuries of broadsides and other printed ephemera
this poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the
a. passage of the fugitive slave law
b. start of the civil war
c. issuance of the emancipation proclamation
d. enactment of the 13th amendment

1. how did the outcome of the civil war change the distribution of

power and authority between the united states and the state
governments?
a. the southern states redefined the doctrine of states rights
despite the outcome of the war.
b. the southern states separated from the union, thereby
confirming their right to do so.
c. the union agreed to allow nullification as a precondition to
ending the war.
d. the union victory reinforced the supremacy of the federal
government over the states.

1. during reconstruction, the freedmens bureau

a. relocated many former slaves to the north.
b. created a system for tenant farming.
c. gave forty acres and a mule to former slaves.
d. established schools for former slaves.

1. during the early 20th century, w. e. b. du bois was best known

as a leader in the
a. creation of technical schools for african americans
b. formation of the national association for the advancement
of colored people (naacp)
c. development of the back to africa movement
d. effort to modernize farming in the south

1. use the graph below to answer the following question.

the missouri compromise
according to the graph, which statement is true?
a. the missouri compromise kept the number of free states
and slave states in balance.
b. the missouri compromise kept the total number of states in
the union the same.
c. the missouri compromise increased the number of free
states but did not change the number of slave states.
d. the missouri compromise increased the number of slave
states but did not change the number of free states.

1. following reconstruction, democrats returned to power in the

former confederate states and renewed the social and political
oppression of southern african americans.
what was one result of this situation?
a. african americans became farm workers in the north.
b. thousands of african american families migrated to the
midwest.
c. the colonization movement settled african americans in
liberia.
d. southern african americans refused to serve in the u.s.
military.

Explanation:

13.

The Fugitive Slave Law (part of the Compromise of 1850) made it easier for slave - catchers to retrieve escaped slaves. The poster warns "Colored People" about watchmen and police officers acting as "Kidnappers and Slave Catchers", which aligns with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. The Civil War started in 1861, the Emancipation Proclamation was in 1863, and the 13th Amendment was in 1865, all after 1851.

The Union victory in the Civil War meant that the federal government's authority was supreme over the states. The Southern states' attempt to secede (which was a claim of states' rights) was defeated. The doctrine of states' rights was not redefined in favor of the South after the war. Nullification (a state - centered theory) was not allowed, and the Southern states did not successfully separate.

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to help former slaves. One of its main functions was to set up schools for former slaves to receive an education. It did not relocate many to the North on a large - scale, tenant farming was more of a post - Reconstruction economic system driven by other factors, and the "forty acres and a mule" was a slogan not a widespread policy of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Answer:

A. passage of the fugitive slave law

14.