Benjamin banneker was: a. a scientist who survey the new national capital. b. an african-american slave whose capture inspired the fugitive slave law. c. the first black person elected to congress when he won election in the ""revolution of 1800."" d. the secretary of war who publicly disagreed with washington over indian policy. e. congressional leader of the opposition to hamilton in the early 1790s.

Option A.

Explanation:

A scientist who helped survey the new national capital, is the right answer.

Benjamin Banneker can be best described as a free African-American journal author, astronomer, naturalist, farmer and surveyor from America. Banneker has been regarded as the leading African-American man of science. At the request of President Thomas Jefferson, he joined a group under the leadership of Major Andrew Ellicott that inspected the primary boundaries of the District of Columbia, the national capital region of the U.S. He was the only person who in two days presented a complete layout of the major buildings, parks and streets.

the answer is c. many americans held nativist or racist views

assuming that you are talking about the one in egypt: hecka oil

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