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AP U.S. History Exam 2.18. Which of the following had the greatest impact on the rise of the abolitionist movement that is described in the excerpt?
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All right, check out the excerpt.
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[ mumbles ]
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Okay, and the question:
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Which of the following had the greatest impact on the rise of the abolitionist movement
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that is described in the excerpt?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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Well, in the early 1800s, the abolitionist movement [a man reading newspaper while smoking]
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continued the conversation over slavery that had been abolished
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by the founding fathers during the Constitutional Convention.
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Was this rise of abolitionism most impacted
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by the B - African colonization movement?
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Hmm. Well, although some people wanted to see [a ship sailing through the sea]
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the freed African Americans return to Africa,
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the key goal of abolitionists was getting rid of slavery,
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not getting rid of those who were slaves.
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Could the burgeoning abolitionist movement have been affected
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by C - the end of the slave trade? [image of a field with small plants]
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Well, even though the slave trade was abolished in 1808,
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slavery itself was still legal in much of the U.S.
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during the mid-1800s.
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These questions of legality also affected Western expansion,
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with new territories having to decide whether they'd be slave
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or free. But those two factors didn't affect
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beginnings of the abolitionist movement. Which means
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the rise of abolitionism was most impacted by A - [image of a wheat field]
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the Second Great Awakening.
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During the early 19th century, a religious revival
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known as the Second Great Awakening swept across the country.
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In their sermons, the leaders of this movement
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preached freedom to people of all kinds, helping plant the seeds [a man sweeping the floor]
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of the early abolitionist movement.
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So A is the correct answer.
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The Second Great Awakening really opened the eyes of
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men and women across America, helping them no longer be blinded [image of many eyes rolling]
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to the horrible sight of slavery in the South.
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