Correct. The answer is B. Dennis wrote to Stanton primarily to ask, “Is it possible for me to go & take my Children from those men that keep them in Savery if it is possible will you pleas give me a permit from your hand then I think they would let them go.”

Incorrect. The correct answer is B. Dennis wrote to Stanton primarily to ask, “Is it possible for me to go & take my Children from those men that keep them in Savery if it is possible will you pleas give me a permit from your hand then I think they would let them go.”

Correct. The answer is D. Maryland was a slave state that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War; it was not a Confederate state. Dennis chose to seek advice from the presidential cabinet member Edwin Stanton because he believed that the Union was on his side and that Stanton could answer his question with authority.

Incorrect. The correct answer is D. Maryland was a slave state that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War; it was not a Confederate state. Dennis chose to seek advice from the presidential cabinet member Edwin Stanton because he believed that the Union was on his side and that Stanton could answer his question with authority.

Correct. The answer is A. Randall’s report suggested that the newly freed African Americans embraced their emancipation from slavery, but that they were also eager to gain the rights associated with legal institutions such as marriage.

Incorrect. The correct answer is A. Randall’s report suggested that the newly freed African Americans embraced their emancipation from slavery, but that they were also eager to gain the rights associated with legal institutions such as marriage.

Correct. The answer is C. The authors are making a political argument in favor of black suffrage when they say that the United States cannot be a democracy unless it gives African Americans equal access to civil rights, including suffrage.

Incorrect. The correct answer is C. The authors are making a political argument in favor of black suffrage when they say that the United States cannot be a democracy unless it gives African Americans equal access to civil rights, including suffrage.

Correct. The answer is B. This document was intended to convince the assembly in Tennessee that African Americans were fundamentally equal to whites in every respect and that, as equals, they should have full access to the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship, including the right to vote.

Incorrect. The correct answer is B. This document was intended to convince the assembly in Tennessee that African Americans were fundamentally equal to whites in every respect and that, as equals, they should have full access to the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship, including the right to vote.