The 1846 Scientific Debate on Race and Slavery Quiz
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Who was the renowned Swiss naturalist involved in the scientific debate?

  • Louis Agassiz (correct)
  • Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Gregor Mendel
  • Charles Darwin

    • What influential American scientist studied human skulls and claimed innate differences among humans based on skull size?

  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Samuel Morton (correct)
  • Alexander von Humboldt

    • In the mid-19th century, how did pro-slavery advocates use scientific ideas to support their argument about the enslavement of black people?

  • By proposing genetic studies on race
  • By promoting the theory of evolution
  • By citing differences in skull and brain size to justify racial hierarchy (correct)
  • By advocating for equal rights for all races

    • What was Louis Agassiz's initial stance on the unity of mankind?

    <p>He supported the theory that all humans were united in a single creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Samuel Morton claim in his work 'Crania Americana'?

    <p>He claimed there were innate differences among humans based on skull size, which he related to brain size</p> Signup and view all the answers

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