Correct. The answer is b. Ravenel wrote that he believed that slavery was “the best condition in which the two races could live together by mutual benefit,” but that “there were many defects to be corrected & many abuses to be remedied.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. Ravenel wrote that he believed that slavery was “the best condition in which the two races could live together by mutual benefit,” but that “there were many defects to be corrected & many abuses to be remedied.”

Correct. The answer is b. Heyward’s diary entry makes contradictory points, expressing both that the freed slaves were “left to themselves . . . roaming in a starvation condition . . . like lost sheep with no one to care for them,” and that efforts to treat them as equals would lead them to “rise against the whites, and in the end, be exterminated themselves.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. Heyward’s diary entry makes contradictory points, expressing both that the freed slaves were “left to themselves . . . roaming in a starvation condition . . . like lost sheep with no one to care for them,” and that efforts to treat them as equals would lead them to “rise against the whites, and in the end, be exterminated themselves.”

Correct. The answer is c. Soustan’s letter indicates that she was living in difficult circumstances of some sort and that, although her family member John was “doing well,” they missed the familiarity of plantation relationships and life.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Soustan’s letter indicates that she was living in difficult circumstances of some sort and that, although her family member John was “doing well,” they missed the familiarity of plantation relationships and life.

Correct. The answer is a. The letter, which extols his wages and ability to provide a comfortable home for his family, the respectful treatment of his wife and daughters, and the education of his children, reveals that Anderson’s thinking and experiences have been shaped by free labor ideology and northern middle-class values.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The letter, which extols his wages and ability to provide a comfortable home for his family, the respectful treatment of his wife and daughters, and the education of his children, reveals that Anderson’s thinking and experiences have been shaped by free labor ideology and northern middle-class values.

Correct. The answer is d. This set of documents reveals that both former slave owners and former slaves had a variety of attitudes toward and experiences of Reconstruction. There was no single experience for former slave owners or for former slaves.

Incorrect. The answer is d. This set of documents reveals that both former slave owners and former slaves had a variety of attitudes toward and experiences of Reconstruction. There was no single experience for former slave owners or for former slaves.