Developing an American Identity

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Revolutionary era saw

A
$No meaningful change in slavery's status anywhere in the new nation$
B
$Northern and Southern states uniformly abolishing slavery after independence$
C
$Northern states beginning gradual emancipation, while slavery expanded in the South$
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D
$Slavery shifting primarily to northern industrial cities and seaports$

Explanation

Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and others moved against slavery; the cotton gin and Southern expansion entrenched it elsewhere.

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