Apush Quizzes Midterm

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those who reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the "headright" system were the

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merchant planters

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England's defeat on the Spanish Armada was a significant event in American history because it

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healped to ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic

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the financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

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a joint-stock company

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the soldier and explorer whose leadership ensured him the title "Father of New France" was

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samuel de champlain

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the mercantilist system in the eighteenth century led to

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the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country

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In colonial elections, all of the following are true except

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perhaps only 50% of white males were eligible to vote

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the salem witch hunt in 1692

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weakened the prestige of the puritan clergy

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which of the following happened as a result of bacons rebellion

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tensions between backcountry farmers and the tidewater gentry were exposed

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The first proprietary colony was

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maryland

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VA MD and carolinas GA were all similar in that they were all

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economically dependent on the export of a staple crop

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colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will becuase

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colonial legistlatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governor's salaries

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the slaves who participated in the stono rebellion in SC hoped to

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flee to FL where the spanish offered freedom

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what is the main purpose of the navigation acts

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to guarantee that england alone would profit from trade with the colonies

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the two major exports of the carolinas in the 17th century were

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rice and indian slaves

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the immediate issue in dispute in Bacons rebellion was

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the perceived failure of Virginia's governor to protect the colony's frontier area from raiding Indians

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which of the following beliefs was central to eighteenth century Deism

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god created a universe governed by natural laws

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The long range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

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achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat

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As a result of the seven years war great britain...

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became a dominant power in North America

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During the seven year's war british officials were disturbed by...

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british officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonists

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Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the american revolution involved

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compelling the american colonies to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire

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the american colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on

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a willingness to subordiante private interests to the common good

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passage of the sugar act and stamp act convinved many colonists that

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the british were trying to take away their historic liberty

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common sense by thomas paine was most significant becuase it

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convinced congress to declare its independence from great britain

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the first continental congress adopted.....

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a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the colonies under british direction

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americas desire to remain in the british empire is best exemplified as the

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olive branch petition

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the most important consequence of the boston tea party was the

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enactment by parliament of the coercive acts

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according to john dickinsons letters from a farmer in pennsylvania...

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parliament could regulate trade but could not tax for the purpose of raising revenue

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all of the following were significant social changes that ocurred as a result of the american revolution except

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the most conservatice and aristocratic colonists fled or were removed from the country

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who negotiated the treaty of alliance to get france on the side of the american colonists

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ben franklin

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though it was a defeat for the americans which battle was considered a moral victory over the british

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bunker hill

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Alexander Hamilton's personal background made him likely to favor federalism, since

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he was born outside the US making him loyal to no state in particular

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the bill of rights (tricky)

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all of the above

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pinkney's treaty, aka san lorenzo, with spain is considered a diplomatic highlight of washington's administration becuase it

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allowed the us to use the port of new orleans

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the treaty of greenville resulted in

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native americans giving up claims to their lands in the ohio valley

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john jays treaty with britain in 1794 proved unpopular in the us because it

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failed to secure adequate guarantees against the seizure of ships and impressment of sailors

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alexander hamiltons proposed bank of the us was

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based on the necessary and proper clause in the constitution

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which of the following most appropriately characterizes the violence exhibited in such episodes bacons rebellion, boston tea party, shays rebellion, and the whiskey rebellion

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violence was directed at ousiders or representatives of distant authority

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In the VA and KY resolutions, james madison and thomas jefferson argued that

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states could nullify federal laws based on the compact theory of government

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Which of the following is not one of the important legacies that Washington left as president

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the institution of federal income taxes to raise revenues for government expenses

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the XYZ affair led to

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demands among "High Federalists" that a full-scale war against France was necessary

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opposition of thomas jefferson and james madison to the financial plan of alexander hamilton resulted in

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the formation of permanent political parties

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president george washington's farewell address set a course for the nation by

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discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations

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what was the primary intention of the Adams administration in enforcing the sedition act

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to intimidate critics of adams foreign policy toward france and england

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the election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting another revolution becuase

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the party in power stepped down after losing the election

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the embargo act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the united states?

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it ruined american shipping

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which of the following actions taken by thomas jefferson as president seems surprising?

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his purchase of louisiana through "loose construction" principles

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In the surpreme court case of marbury vs. madison the court declared...

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that it could determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments

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the primary significance of the yazoo land controversy was

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the strife it created in the republican party during jeffersons second term

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the significance of samuel chases impeachment was that

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jefferson effectively gained support from the supreme court in future decisions

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aaron burr killed alexander hamilton in a duel which was fought becuase

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burr blamed his loss of the election for governor of new york on hamiltons charges that burr was dangerous and untrustworthy

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the lewis and clark expedition was charged primarily with

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studying the area's plants animal life and geography

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when thomas jefferson said in 1802 "we are all republicans - we are all federalists" he meant that

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the principles of american government were above party politics

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despite the relative political harmony that characterized the era of good feelings all of the following are examples of problems that existed during that era except

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henry clays american system

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at the hartford convention in 1814 the new england federalists

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sought to limit that term of the president and the authority of the congress to declare war

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the treaty of ghent negotiated in 1814 made

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provisions for nothing more than the restoration of the prewar status quo

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the monroe doctrine was

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an expression of deepenging american isolationism from world affairs

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john marshall's famous legal dictum that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy" came in his decision vis-a-vis the bank of the united states in what case

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mcculloch vs. maryland

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macons bill no. 2 permitted

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trade with all nations but promised that if either britain or france lifted its commercial restrictions on american trade, the US would stop trading with the other

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the supreme court ruled it had the right to oveturn a decision made by a state supreme court in

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cohens v. virginia

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the adams-onis treaty

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was the result of us coercion in gaining the purchase of florida

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cherokee efforts to remain in Georgia recieved the support of

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the US supreme court

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while chief john marshall presided over the supreme court, its decisions

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laid the groundwork for a "broad" interpretation of the constitution

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alexis de toqueville, in his travels around the united states, observed that americans had a

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consuming interest in material things

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with the developement of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-allegheny West,

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farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness

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south southeastern indian tribes like the cherokee were notable for their

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development of effective agricultural, educational, and political institutions

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the opening of the erie canal in 1825 was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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established the federal government as the sole investor in internal improvements

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canal building resulted primarily from

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the need for an economical method of shipping farm good from the western states and territories to eastern markets

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the development of separate spheres for the sexes in the 19th century encouraged all of the following except

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acceptance of the woman as the intellectual equal of the man

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one of the goals of the child-centered family of the 1800s was to

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raise independent individuals

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one consequence of the influx of new immigrants was

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a national decline of wage rates

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which of the following accounts for the allegation of a "corrupt bargain" made by the Jacksonian democrats in the election of 1824

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a cabinet appointment had been promised in exchange for support in the house of representatives for john quincy adams

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all of the following resulted from the south carolina tarriff of 1832-33 EXCEPT

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the south carolina ordinance of nullification

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On what grounds was john calhoun specifically objecting to the tariff of 1828?

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tariffs were not within the specific powers of the federal government under the constitution

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the presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first "modern" election becuase

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both parties for the first time widely campaigned among all eligible voters

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The Eaton Affair's most important political consequence was that it alienated Andrew Jackson from

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John C. Calhoun

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Andrew Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill was an example of his

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strong nationalism

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Horace Mann believed that

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business and industry should pay special taxes to support schools

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transcendentialists believed that all knowledge came through

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and inner light

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all of the following were female reformers in the 19th century except

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mercy otis warren

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the mormon religion originated in

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the burned over district

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In 1840 the american antislavery society split into factions becuase

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William Lloyd Garrison's advocacy of women's rights and pacifism alienated some members

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brook farm and oneida communities in the antebellum US reflected

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the blossoming of perfectionist aspirations

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which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the US during the first half of the nineteenth century

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irish

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the underlying basis for modern mass production was

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the use of interchangeable parts

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the hudson river school exvelled in the art of

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landscapes

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author of walden and civil disobedience

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henry david thoreau

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By 1850 the south was relatively well off, politicalled and economically

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all of the following were true of the american economy under the cotton kingdom EXCEPT

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the south reaped all the profits from the cotton trade

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The impending crisis in the south argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were

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nonslaveholding southern whites

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what would not have been an argument for the south's positive good argument for slavery?

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slaves benefitted from receiving education and job training

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German immigrants to the US

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preserve their own language and culture

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the primary objective for the founders of the know-nothing party was the

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restriction of the rights of immigrants

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Which of the following best describes the policy of the Mexican government toward Texas before the Mexican War

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it encouraged American settlement in texas

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in the oregon treaty with britain, the northern boundary of the US was established to the Pacific ocean alond the line of

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49th parallel

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what was a key result of the texas war for independence?

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it eventyally led the way for texas to join the union

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where is the black belt

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deep south

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the mexican american war was fought primarily to

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acquire CA, NM, and disputed territory along the texas southern and western borders from Mexico

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the main issue of the free soil party was that

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the federal government should permit no further spread of slavery in the territories

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president polk sent john slidell to Mexico in order to

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arrange a settlement of the disputed TX boundary and purchase additional SW territory from Mexico

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which of the following most likely increased Mexican suspicion of the US territorial objectives in the 1830s and 1840s?

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manifest destiny

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know nothing equals

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nativism

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the principle of popular sovereignty was

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a central feature of the KS-NE act

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all of the following are true of the compromise of 1850 except

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it prohibited slavery in the lands acquired as a result of the Mexican War

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the MO comp provided that

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all of the LA territory north of 36 30 would be closed to slavery

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many northern states passed personal liberty laws in response to the compromise of 1850 that

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interfered with federal enforcement of the fugitive slave laws

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as a result of Uncle toms cabin many northerners

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would have nothing to do with the fugitive slave act

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the issue of slavery in the territories had become an important sumbol to both sections and an indication of the future direction of the economy and the nation

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TRUE!

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when KS applied for admission to the Union under the Lecompton constitution as a slave state

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Stephen A. Douglas led the senate opposition to its admission to the Union

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who seceded from the Union first

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South Carolina

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the panic of 1857

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hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest

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abe lincoln was elected president in 1860 because

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the democratic party was split

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john browns pottawatomie massacre in KS was inspired by all of the following EXCEPT

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preston brooks' attack on Charles Sumner

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In its decision in the case of Dred Scott vs. Stanford, the supreme court ruled that

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no black slave could be a citizen

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in issuing the Em Proc, one of Lincoln's goals was to

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keep britain and france from intervening on the side of the confederacy

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Lincoln's declaration that the north sought to preserve the union with or without slaver revealed

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the influence of the border states

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as the civil war began, the south seemed to have the advantage of

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more talented military leaders

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during the civil war, briatin and the US were nearly provoked into war by

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the trent affair, involving the removal of southern diplomats from a british ship

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conscription was

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instituted first by the confederacy

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the national bank act of 1863

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established criteria by which a bank could get a federal charter and issue national bank notes

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kansas was not a border state

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the unions defeat in the battle of bull run was better than a victory because it

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caused the northerners to realize it was going to be a long, difficult war

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turning point of civil war

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gettysburg

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Vicksburg was NOT the last major battle of the civil war

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TRUE!

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during the civil war, northern black leaders worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that

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black participation would be a step towards citizenship

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two major battles fought on union soil

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antietam and gettysburg

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states that sold lands granted to them under the morrill land grant act of 1862 were required to use the income to

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promote public education in agriculture

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in 1864 Abe Lincoln's running mate was

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Andrew Johnson

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Lincolns victory in the election of 1864 was aided by

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union military victories

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in the case of ex parte milligan the supreme court ruled that

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civilians could not be tried by military tribunals when the civil courts were open

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which of the following is true of Lincoln's ten percent plan?

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it was silent on the issue of slavery

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what did andrew johnson not include in his reconstruction plan?

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requiring payment of the monetary reparartions for the damage caused by the war

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when president Andrew Johnson removed secretary without the approval of the senate he

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was impeached and came within one vote of being removed from office

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scalawags are

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southerners supporting reconstruction

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thirteenth amendment gave

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freedom to slaves

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all of the following elements were implemented by the radical republicans during the reconstruction period EXCEPT

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provision of 40 acres of land for each freedman