Question

northerners wanted an end to slavery but did not want freed blacks to equal to whites because:
christianity preached whites should be supreme because god created the white race in his image
whites feared losing their jobs to cheaper labor
the us constitution specifically bans equality between the races
science at the time believed the white race was superior to the black race
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Explanation:

• The first option is incorrect; mainstream Christianity did not teach white supremacy as described, and the idea that only whites were made in God's image was a distorted, non-standard interpretation.
• The second option is valid: Northern white workers worried that freed Black people would take jobs for lower wages, undercutting their own economic standing.
• The third option is incorrect; the U.S. Constitution did not explicitly ban racial equality, and later amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) aimed to establish equality.
• The fourth option is valid: 19th-century pseudoscience (like phrenology, racial hierarchy theories) promoted the false idea of white racial superiority, influencing Northern attitudes.

Answer:

B. whites feared losing their jobs to cheaper labor
D. science at the time believed the white race was superior to the black race