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The arrival of the first Native Americans in North America coincided with ?
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THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ICE AGE
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Indians are descended from?
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ASIANS
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Paleo-Indians spread over the North American continent?
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IN SMALL KINSHIP GROUPS
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Among th Archaic Indians, men had primary responsibility for all of the following activities except
A)HUNTING B)FISHING C)TOOL MAKING D)WAR E)FARMING |
FARMING
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The Anasazi culture of the Southwest declined because of?
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DROUGHT
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Native American people practiced?
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BOTH WAR AND DIPLOMACY
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Cahokia was?
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A POPULOUS MOUND CITY
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The Pueblo Indians lived?
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IN THE SOUTHWEST
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In the period before 1492, most Europeans were?
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PEASANT FARMERS
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The nation that led in the Alantic exploration in the fifteenth century was?
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PORTUGAL
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The Renaissance furthered?
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THE RISE OF LEARNING
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The rise of the middle classes in Europe in the period before the Age of Discovery went hand in hand with?
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THE EXPANSION OF THE CITIES
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The Spanish empire in America was NOT based on?
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THE IDEALISM OF THE CONQUISTADORES
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In their explorations the CONQUISTADORES sought?
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WEALTH
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Which of the following was most responsible for the drastic decline of the Indian population after contact with the Europeans?
A)WAR B)DEFORESTATION C)SLAVERY D)FAMINE E)DISEASE |
DISEASE
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THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE PROVIDED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FOR EUROPEANS?
A)SMALLPOX B)HORSES C)GUNS D)CORN E)CATTLE |
CORN
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The treaty of Tordesillas?
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divided ownership of the Americans between the Portuguese and the Spanish
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The Reformation in Europe
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was led by the Protestants
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The Puritans wished to reform the Church of England by
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purifying the church of Roman Catholic rituals
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Samual de Champlain
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established the French colony of Canada
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Raleigh's purposes in founding the Roanoke colony did not include
A)PLACING A BARRIER TO SPANISH EXPANSION B)TRADE WITH THE INDIANS C)A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE SEA DOGS D)FINDING GOLD E)EXTERMINATION OF THE INDIANS |
extermination of the Indians
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Joint stock companies in England aided the colonization effort by
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raising funds
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The prosperity of the Chesapeake colonies resulted from
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the cultivation of tobacco
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Plymouth was settled by the
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Pilgrams
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In coming to America, the Pilgrams sought
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religious freedom for themselves
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The concept of a "city on a hill" referred to the Puritans desire to
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be a model of Christianity
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Harvard College was founded to train
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ministers
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New England local government was based on
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towns
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The first colony to practice some form of religious toleration was
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Rhode Island
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During the seventeenth century, the greatest extremes of inequality were found in
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the west Indies
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The most visible enviromental effect of English land use in the American colonies was
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deforestation
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After 1660, the English
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established new colonies
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Which of the following was NOT one of the middle colonies?
A)NEW YORK B)NEW JERSEY C)PENNSYLVANIA D)MARYLAND E)DELAWARE |
MARYLAND
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The Glorious Revolution in England resulted in the most violence in which American colony?
A) NEW YORK B)MASSACHUSETTS C)MARYLAND D)PENNSYLVANIA E)SOUTH CAROLINA |
NEW YORK
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The colony that had a black majority in the eighteenth century was
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South Carolina
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Which of the following was NOT a major cause of increasing colonial population?
A)NATURAL INCREASE B)GERMAN IMMIGRATION C)INTERMARRIAGE WITH THE INDIANS D)HEALTHY CONDITIONS IN NEW ENGLAND E)ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES |
INTERMARRIAGE WITH THE INDIANS
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Woman and men in the colonies
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generally worked separate from one another
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Colonial cities in the eighteenth century
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increase in population
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Which of the following groups of colonists did not live ethnic enclaves?
A)THE DUTCH B)THE INDIANS C)THE GERMANS D)THE ENGLISH E)THE FRENCH |
THE ENGLISH
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Benjamin Franklin
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believed in improvement of living conditions
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In the Great Awakening
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some congregations split into two opposing camps
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The French and Indian War
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gained the British control of Canada
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The Albany Plan of Union
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was intended to enable the colonies to work together during the French and Indian War
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The reason why the British defeated the French in the French and Indian War was that
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1. the French could not resupply themselves
2.the British controlled the seas 3. the Indians decided the neutrality 4. the colonist and British cooperated |
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George Grenville's plan to "reform" the colonies would have
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forced the colonies to obey the Navigation Acts
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Because of the Proclamation of 1763
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some Americans began to see a conspiracy in Britain against American liberty
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In the stamp tax controversy, Patrick Henry
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persuaded the Virginia legislature to adopt resolution of protest
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Samual Adam was an important Whig leader because
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he had written treatises on government that opposed tyranny
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The committees of correspondence
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allowed the Whigs in Massachusetts to communicate with leaders in other colonies
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The so-called Coercive Acts of 1774
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shut the port of Boston
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In 1774, the protesting Americans blamed the social crisis on
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corruption in England
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Which of the following is true of the loyalist?
A)THEY WERE THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS B)THEY WERE ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION C)THEIR STRENGTH GREW AFTER 1776 D)THEY REJECTED CATHOLICISM AND SLAVERY E)THEY ALL FLED TO BRITIAN |
THEY WERE ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION
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Which of the following people would most likely be revolutionary in 1776?
a)the royal govenor b)a roman catholic canadian c)a quacker d) a hurin Indian e) a Massachusetts merchant |
a Massachusetts merchant
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During the war, Americans were victorious at all of the following battles except
a) trenton b)princeton c)saratoga d)long island e)yorktown |
Long Island
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All of the following states either ended slavery or arranged for its gradual dissolution between 1776 and 1804 except
a) new york b)pennsylvania c)massachusetts d)maryland e)new hampshire |
maryland
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Which of the following was NOT a difficulty the British faced prosecuting the war?
1)american privateers 2)supplying the troops in america 3)wear and tear on the navy 4) the cost of the war 5) a shortage of trained soldiers |
a shortage of trained soldiers
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Revolutionary society was marked by
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little improvement of womans conditions
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all the new state government incorporated the basic principle of
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republicanism
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In the Federal Constitution of 1787
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a system of duel sovereignty was erected
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By the 1780,s, the agriculture of the South was producing significant quanities of
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cotton
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President George Wahington's leadership style is best described as
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deference to Congress on domestic issues and strong leadership on foreign policy
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The leading domestic policymaker in Washington's administration was
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Alexander Hamilton
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Hamilton's plan for improving the financial status of the new nation included all EXCEPT
1) A NATIONAL BANK 2)EXCISE TAXES 3)FUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT 4)EXPANSION TO THE WEST 5)ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS |
expansion to the west
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The first rebellion against the federal government occured in
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the Whiskey Rebellion
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The most important administrative agency set up by William and Mary to run the colonies was
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the Board of Trade
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Which of the following groups had the least to do cwith the day to day administration of local government in the colonies?
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the colonial courts
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Colonial legislature and royal governors contested
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control of revenue
introduction of legislation choice of the speaker of the assembly land grants |
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The person least likely to be a follower of the Republican Party in 1796 would have been
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a New England minister
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Thomas Jefferson believed that the most vigilant and virtuos citizens were
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educated yeomen farmers
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What constitutional principle was established in Marbury vs Madison (1803)?
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The Supreme Court could review federal status for for their constitutionality
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British Impressment involved
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seizure of sailors from American ships
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Which region of the country strenuously opposed the embargo Act of 1808?
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New England
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The United States declared war on Britain in 1812 for all the following reasons EXCEPT
1) THE DESIRE TO SEIZE CANDADA 2)THE DESIRE TO GAIN TRADE RIGHTS IN THE WEST INDIES 3)BRITIAN'S VIOLATION OF AMERICA'S TIGHTS AS A NEUTRAL NATION 4) THE DEMANDS OF THE WAR HAWKS 5) THE DESIRE TO HELP FRANCE WIN THE WAR IN EUROPE |
THE DESIRE TO HELP FRANCE WIN THE WAR IN EUTROPE
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One reason why New England became the country's first industrial region was because
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it had a surplus of cheap labor
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A major difference between the New England "putting out" or cottage textile industry and the corporate textile factories of Waltham and Lovell was not
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the demand for high moral standards among the workers
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BETWEEN 1840 AND 1860, RAILROADS IN aMERICA
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SPREAD ALL OVER THE EASTERN U.S
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Among the preconditions of the spread of elite culture in middle period America, one should not include
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the invention of the camera
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In the antebellum period, middle-class woman joined
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charitable orginizations, literary clubs, the temperance movement and evangelical churches
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According to the doctrine of "separate spheres"
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middle class woman and men agreed to "separate but equal doctrine"
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Which of the following was a reason for the decline in birthrate among antebellum white woman?
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Abstinence and contraception
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The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments called for
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civil rights for woman
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Reformism in the middle period of America history
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often revolved around the personality of a powerful or aharismatic leader
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Abolotionist were
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opposed to slavery
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One of the consequences of abolitionist agitation was
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a fortress-like mentality in the south
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The members of the Oneida Community
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renounced private property
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The section of the country most opposed to tariffs in the 1820s and 1830s were
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the southeast
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The reason for Andrew Jackson's popularity was
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his reputation as a general
his success as a planter his personal appearance his views on Indians |
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The theory that a state may override a federal law is called
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nullification
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Removing officials from the other party and replacing them with those from your own party in the Jacksonian period was called
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the spoils system
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In the nullification crisis
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John C Calhoun developed the doctrine of compact theory of union
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In the 1840's and 1850's, the most numerous immigrant group was
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the irish
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Slavery in the antebellum South
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allowed some slaves to advance to skilled positions in the economy
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The law of slavery in the antebellum South had its origin in
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the law of Barbados
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Slavery as an economic system owed it continuing strength to all but one of the following conditions:
1) the cost of labor 2)the demand for cotton 3)the sale of slaves 4)the absence of free labor in the South 5)the ability of slaves to work in skilled crafts |
the absence of free labor in the South
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Most slaves responded to their condition with
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the attempt to establish families and control their time and space
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All woman in the south
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suffered legal and economic disabilities
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The basic difference between the south and the north in the antebellum period was that
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slavery flourished in the south and was barred by law in the north
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The Mexican-American War
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led to the occupation of California by American troops
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As used in middle period political discussions "manifest destiny" meant that
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God had ordained that the United States should and would expand to cover the continents
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Northern "free soilers" were united in
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oppisition to spread of slavery in the territories
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Which of the following was part of the Compromise of 1850?
1)THE ADMISSION OF uTAH AS A STATE 2)THE ORGANIZATION OF THE KANSAS TERRITORY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF POPULAR SOVERIEIGNTY 3)THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4)A STRONG FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW 5) THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS AS A SLAVE STATE |
A STRONG FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
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Which of the following was NOT true of the fugitive Slave Act of 1850
1) it provided the recapture and rendition of suspected runaways without a jury trial 2) it laid open abettors of fugitive slaves to federal prosecution 3) it ended federal protection of slavery 4)it led directly to the writing of uncle toms cabin 5) it brought slavery home to ordinary people in the north |
it ended federal prosecution of slavery
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The date 1854 was significant in the history of American sectionalism
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed
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The term popular sovereignty" referred to
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allowing residents of a territory the right to choose or reject slavery
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Personal liberty laws in the North in the 1850's
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hampered enforcement of the fugitive slave law of 1850
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The U.S diplomats at Ostend called for the annexation of
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Cuba
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The new replubican party of the 1850's drew support from all except
1)northern democrats 2)know-nothings 3)northeern whigs 4)free soilers 5)southern democrats |
southern democrats
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The main issue on which all Republicans agreed was
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free soil
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The self inflicted wound in the 1850's was
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the Dred Scott decision
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The political party that emerged the strongest from the collapse of the second party system was
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the republican party
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John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
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aroused Southern fire-eaters
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The basic reason the civil war occurred was because
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leaders in both the north and south were unable to deal with the issue of the expansion of slavery
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After they won the election of 1860 and the deep south had begun to secede from the union, the republicans rejected compromise because they
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believed that moderate southerners would eventually gain control of the situation
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The election of 1860 was a last straw for the south because
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no one in the south could be sure of what Lincoln or the republicans would do
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The upper south seceded when Lincoln
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called for 75,000 militiamen to put down rebellion
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The union and confederate armies were largely composed of
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volunteers
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The most effective way that the North and South found to finance the war was to
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print money
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The Union was more politically unified than the confederacy because
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the republicans put aside their differences to support the war effort
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The civil war was the first modern war because
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it relied upon new technologies
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The anaconda was
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the blockade of the confederacy by the us navy
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During much of the war, the eastern theater of battle was marked by
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stalemate
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During the civil war. slaves
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ran to union lines when they could
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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freed slaves in areas in rebellion
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At the battle of Gettyburg
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the union army defeated the confederate army
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The most difficult objective for union armed forces proved to be
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the taking of Richmond
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After 1863, Lincoln refused to exchange prisoners of war with the confederacy unless it
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included black troops
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Northern morale dipped sharply after
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Grant's Virginia campaign in the spring of 1864
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The thirteenth amendment
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made slavery unconstitutional
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The most difficult question the union faced during reconstruction was
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the treatment of ex slaves in the south
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The 10 percent plan
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would have quickly restored the union
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Andrew Johnson
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was a southern democrat
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The black codes enacted by southern states under presidential reconstruction
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denied freedmen basic rights
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The moderate and radical wings of the republican party reunited when president Johnson vetoed
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the extension of the freedmans bureau
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The reconstruction of act of 1867
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divided the south into military districts
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radical republicans favored
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legal equality for blacks
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the 15th admendment
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said that no one could be denied the right to vote on basis of race or color
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Biracial government during reconstuction meant that
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blacks were able for the first time to engage in self-government in the south
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Most carpetbaggers came south to
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engage in business
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the new south referred to the idea that
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busibessmen would dominate southern life
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For the ex slaves, freedom first meant
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the ability to search for and reunite with family members
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The most important spokesmen for the free black communities in the south were
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ministers
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The ku klux klan was
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a terrorist orginization
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in sharecropping
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sharecroppers borrowed seed and paid with portion of their crops
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President Grant proved himself
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a poor judge of character
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The credit mobilizer was
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a corrupt scheme in which government officials took payoffs for giving out constuction contracts
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redemption referred to
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white southerners regaining control of state government
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Rutherford B Hayes backers promised all but the following to the democrats after the 18876 election
1)reduction of federal military role in the south 2)internal improvements for the south 3)appointment of southeners to federal post 4)support for redemption 5)higher taxes in the north |
higher taxes in the north
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The beginning of Jim Crow in the south meant that
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public facilities would be segregated by race
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