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A New Nation — Test

Question 6 • US History

One demand of the abolition movement, which grew out of the Second Great Awakening, was

Answer
A
an increase in the African slave trade.
B
a restoration of the African slave trade.
C
the gradual freeing of some enslaved people.
D
the immediate freeing of all enslaved people.

Explanation

Abolitionists opposed slavery and called for emancipation. Many abolitionists, influenced by the religious reform spirit of the Second Great Awakening, demanded that slavery end immediately rather than freeing enslaved people gradually. The correct choice is “the immediate freeing of all enslaved people.”

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