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    (A) The War of Independence produced among many Black Americans a heightened consciousness of the inequities in Ameri- can society.

    (B) The War of Independence strengthened the bonds of slavery of many Black Ameri- cans while intensifying their desire to be free.

    (C) The War of Independence exposed to many Americans the contradiction of slavery in a country seeking its freedom and resulted in efforts to resolve that contradiction.

    (D) The War of Independence provoked strong criticisms by many Americans of the institution of slavery, but produced little substantive action against it.

    (E) The War of Independence renewed the efforts of many American groups toward achieving Black emancipation.

    18. The passage contains information that would support which of the following statements about the colonies before the War of Independence?

    (A) They contained organized antislavery societies.

    (B) They allowed individuals to own slaves.

    (C) They prohibited religious groups from political action.

    (D) They were inconsistent in their legal definitions of slave status.

    (E) They encouraged abolitionist societies to expand their influence.

    19. According to the passage, the War of Indepen- dence was embarrassing to some Americans for which of the following reasons?

    I. It involved a struggle for many of the same liberties that Americans were denying to others.

    II. It involved a struggle for independence from the very nation that had founded the colonies.

    III. It involved a struggle based on inconsis- tencies in the participants' conceptions of freedom.

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