Question

Which of the following best describes the goals of the American

Colonization Society during the early part of the 19th century?

(A) Expanding the United States’ infl uence in the Pacifi c

(B) Returning free blacks to Africa

(C) Expanding American intervention in Latin America

(D) Promoting the practices of Manifest Destiny

(E) Expanding American missionaries in Asia

Answer 1

It would be "(B) Returning free blacks to Africa" that was the primary goal of the American Colonization Society during the early part of the 19th century, since this society felt that the Africans in the United States had been unfairly removed from their homeland.