Question

1,In Norman Asing’s 1852 letter to California Governor John Bigler, he states that he is

  

A.discriminated against like African Americans.

   

B.a naturalized citizen of the United States, from Charleston, South Carolina

   

C.not like other Chinese immigrants, as he is better educated than they are.

D.loose with his money, spending it on taverns and gambling houses like the other Chinese.

2,The slave insurrections of Gabriel Prosser in 1800 and Denmark Vesey in 1822 were both thwarted by…

  

random killing of innocent blacks

   

mass executions of the leaders

   

internal betrayal by fellow slaves

   

white discovery of the plots

3,What choice did the Ridges make that set them against John Ross?

  

the Ridges took a majority of the Cherokees with them to start a new nation

started building an alliance with the other “civilized tribes” to fight against Georgia & the U.S

illegally signed a treaty accepting the US offer of a cash settlement for Cherokee territory

   

they believed in the common decency of white Americans

4,One of the causes of the internal slave trade was

  

the rising demand for sugar

   

the invention of the cotton gin, and the rising demand for cotton

   

the rising demand for rice and indigo

   

the rising demand for tobacco

   

all of the above

5,Jackson (even though he was a Tennessee planter) and the Democrats

  

was elected directly by American citizens in the new republic

   

attacked the classes of “privilege” or the “aristocracy"

  

attacked slavery as an institution

   

started the Whig party

Answer 1

1. B. a naturalized citizen of United States,from Charleston, South Carolina

• Norman Asing a Chinese merchant wrote this letter to the government against his anti chinese sentiments and protesting against the Chinese immigration ban.

2. C. internal betrayal by fellow slaves.

• In both the insurrections slaves fearing the consequences of the revolt revealed the plot .

3. illegally signed a treaty accepting the US offer if a cash settlement for Cherokee territory.

The minority faction led by the Ridges signed a treaty what they believed to be in the best interest of Cherokees.

4. The invention of cotton gin,and the rising demand for cotton

The rising demand for cotton was a major reason for internal slave trade because international slave trade was abolished.

5. Attacked the classes of " privilege" or the"aristocracy".