Help me answer these 10 questions from “The Birth of a Nation”. (THIS IS DUE BY 8:00 PM) (This is not optional) (Take this Seriously) (Don’t put something random) 1. Nat’s father has to run away when Nat is still young? Why?

2. Nat knew how to read. Why was his mother afraid of this?

3. What is the significance of “jumping the broom?”

4. What kind of tasks and labor did the slaves have to perform?

5. How did Nat get permission to travel around to other plantations?

6. What extremes in slave control did Nat witness on his visits to plantations?

7. When Nat preaches to the slaves and commands them to “Sing a new song” what change is he referring to? What events also moved him towards more militant action?

8. What did Nat say it was the reason they needed to rise and fight? What was the sign they saw that told them it was time?

9. What happened that derailed Nat’s plan?

10. What was the aftermath of the Nat Turner rebellion?

the discoverers and explorers: 1. natives showed jedediah smith the way. 2. william sublette was the first cross it with a caravan. 3.joel walker and his family were the frist settlers to use it. the jumping off point: 1. founded in 1827 near where the missouri river flows into the mississippi. 2. by the 1840's, it was the most popular "jumping off" point for pioneers to stock their wagons with supplies. 3. missionaries from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints attempted to make independence their zion, or holy capital. the route west: 1. the first emigrants to oregon came by ship before the trail was established. 2. ships continued to to travel to oregon even after the overland migrations began, but they were not popular among the pioneers. 3. the fare for a sea journey to oregon was quite expensive--few pioneer families could afford it. i don't know the other three i'm sorry.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

explanation:

the constitution gives congress the power to regulate commerce "among" the several states.