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Which major contrasts does the excerpt highlight? Bonus points if you saluted and said "major contrast". Did you do it? Good, you've got the... general idea . Double bonus points if you did it again. 

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

00:03

And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by regional differences,

00:07

the age-old "y'all" versus "youse" versus "you guys" debate.

00:16

Uh, all right, check out this excerpt.

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"Free laborers have less liberty than slaves."

00:20

[ mumbles ]

00:23

Cannibals All! Or Slaves Without Masters.

00:26

[ mumbles ]

00:28

And the question:

00:29

Which of the following major contrasts does the excerpt highlight?

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All right, major contrasts...

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[ dog barks ]

00:36

[ mumbles ]

00:40

Well, in the excerpt, Fitzhugh writes that "free laborers have

00:43

less liberty than slaves,

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are worse paid and provided for, and have

00:48

no valuable rights." [ chuckles sarcastically ]

00:51

[ indistinct ] ...that slaves enduring abuse and back-breaking work

00:54

for no pay would feel a little bit differently.

00:58

All right, well do Fitzhugh's sentiments towards

01:00

slavery highlight a major contrast B -

01:03

between the Republican and Democratic parties?

01:06

Although the issue of slavery was a major issue in both

01:08

the Republican and Democratic platforms, many Americans

01:10

at the time were joining regional splinter groups,

01:13

which led to the temporary dissolution of the two-party system.

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So the party's over for B.

01:21

Does the excerpt describe C -

01:23

growing differences between states and new territories?

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Well, as people moved out west into the mountains and plains,

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their lives and experiences were bound to be different

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from those living in the East.

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But those differences weren't as ideologically extreme

01:36

as the ones between the North and the South.

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Do Fitzhugh's comments reflect the D -

01:44

differing opinions within the abolitionist movement?

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Well, abolitionists may have disagreed over

01:50

how they were gonna get rid of slavery, but they did agree on one thing:

01:53

they needed to get rid of it.

01:57

Fitzhugh, however, did not seem to have

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too many issues with the institution, since

02:01

"the slave is taken care of, whether employed or not."

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[ chuckles sarcastically ]

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All right, which means the opinions on slavery in the excerpt

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most reflect A - regional differences

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between the Northern and Southern economies.

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During the mid-1800s, the North and South were worlds apart

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on slavery, since it was unacceptable in the North, but was

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vital to the economy of the South. So the answer is A.

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These regional differences led to the outbreak of the Civil War,

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one of the most un-civil conflicts in all American history.

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