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6.1 What development made it possible for early people to establish permanent settlements?
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6.1 agriculture
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6.2 Cuneiform and hieroglyphics were important early steps in the development of what?
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6.2 writing
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6.3 How did the reign of Alexander the Great change Greece?
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6.3 unified the city-states under one ruler
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6.4 The Indus River Valley was the location of what ancient civilization?
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6.4 India
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6.5 The art and architecture of ancient Egypt were designed to emphasize their
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6.5 religious beliefs
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6.6 What is the name of the earliest set of laws, developed in Mesopotamia?
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6.6 Hammurabi’s Code
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6.7 Judaism differed from other ancient religions in that it was
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6.7 monotheistic
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6.8 Democracy in ancient Greece was a direct democracy which means
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6.8 all citizens participated
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6.9 Ancient India developed a strict social structure called the
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6.9 caste system
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6.10 The teachings of Confucius were important in Ancient China because he emphasized
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6.10 respect for authority and order
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6.11 The concepts of civic duty, a written Constitution, and checks and balances were introduced by what ancient government?
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6.11 Roman Republic
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7.1 During Medieval times what group was legally tied to the land?
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7.1 serfs
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7.2 Which Roman emperor moved the capital of the Empire to Byzantium in an attempt to protect it from the barbarians?
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7.2 Constantine
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7.3 As the religion of Islam spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, what contribution of Islam was adopted in these areas?
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7.3 Arabic language
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7.4 From what other civilization did the western world get the compass, wood block printing, and gunpowder?
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7.4 China
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7.5 What religion spread from India to become a major religion in China, Korea, and Japan?
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7.5 Buddhism
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7.6 Being located between the trans-Saharan traders and the southern gold fields allowed the people of Ghana to act as _________________.
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7.6 middlemen
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7.7 The pilgrimage of what famous Mali king introduced the African kingdoms to the world?
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7.7 Mansa Musa
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7.8 Feudal Japan was divided into three distinct groups. Name them.
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7.8 shogun, daimyo, samurai
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7.9 The feudal system in Europe developed after the fall of the Roman Empire primarily because of a need for what?
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7.9 protection
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7.10 What do the following facts describe: spread by infected fleas, brought to Europe on trade ships from the East, killed over 3 million people?
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7.10 bubonic plague
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7.11 The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan cultures all built complex structures for what purpose?
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7.11 religious ceremony
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7.12 What historic period was characterized by realism, individualism, and an increase in secularism?
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7.12 Renaissance
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7.13 Many of the scientists of the Scientific Revolution found themselves in opposition to traditional views held by what organization?
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7.13 Catholic Church
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7.14 What man posted his 95 Theses which led to the movement called the Reformation?
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7.14 Martin Luther
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8.1 What was the first attempt at self government in the English colonies?
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8.1 Mayflower Compact
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8.2 The English Bill of Rights attempted to limit the power of whom?
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8.2 The king
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8.3 What religious movement swept through the colonies and changed colonial religion, society, and politics?
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8.3 The Great Awakening
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8.4 What 3 basic rights are listed in the Declaration of Independence?
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8.4 Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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8.5 What major issue divided the colonies during debate over the Declaration of
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8.5 slavery
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8.6 The idea of natural laws that govern society came from the European period called the ____________.
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8.6 Enlightenment
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8.7 In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson stated that there are certain truths that are self-evident. Give one of these truths.
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8.7 All men are created equal; they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.
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8.8 According to the Declaration of Independence, if a government violates the rights of the people, the people have the right to do what?
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8.8 overthrow it
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8.9 The English Bill of Rights kept the king or queen from passing new taxes or changing laws without the approval of ____________.
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8.9 Parliament
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8.10 What document, signed in 1215, required the King to follow the same laws as other English people?
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8.10 Magna Carta
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8.11 What was the name of the document that created the first central government for the United States?
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8.11 Articles of Confederation
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8.12 One reason the Articles of Confederation was not a success is that it did not have an ______________ or a _____________ system.
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8.12 Executive or court system
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8.13 What document written by Thomas Jefferson for the state of Virginia, established a precedent of religious tolerance and freedom?
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8.13 The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
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8.14 Shay’s Rebellion illustrated the need for __________________________________
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8.14 a stronger central government
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8.15 This proposal created a two-house legislature with representation determined only
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8.15 Virginia Plan
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8.16 This agreement determined how slaves would be counted for representation.
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8.16 Three-fifths Compromise
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8.17 The principle designed to keep any one branch of government from becoming
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8.17 checks and balance
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8.18 This proposal created a one house legislature based solely on equal representation.
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8.18 New Jersey Plan
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8.19 What is the sharing of power between national and state governments called?
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8.19 Federalism
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8.20 This agreement between the large and small states established a two house legislature with representation in one house determined by population and equal representation in the other house.
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8.20 The Great Compromise
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8.21. What nation most influenced the formation of the U.S. government?
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8.21 England
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8.22 How was land divided in the Land Ordinance of 1785?
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8.22 into townships with land set aside for public schools
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8.23 What foreign country was most influenced by the American Revolution?
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8.23 France
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8.24 What did many states and individuals demand before the Constitution would
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8.24 Bill of Rights
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8.25 What are the series of essays that were published in support of ratification of the
Constitution called? |
8.25 Federalists Papers
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8.26. When Washington appointed Jefferson as Secretary of State what precedent had he
established? |
8.26 The Cabinet
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8.27 What did Washington’s response to the Whiskey Rebellion demonstrate?
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8.27 The strength of the national government
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8.28 What were the major warnings given by Washington in his Farewell Address?
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8.28 To avoid foreign entanglements and political parties
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8.29 From which group of people did Jefferson receive most of the support?
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8.29 Farmers
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8.30 From which group of people did Hamilton receive most of the support?
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8.30 Merchants
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8.31 Which political party favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution?
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8.31 Federalists
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8.32 Which political party favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
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8.32 Republicans
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8.33 During John Adams’ presidency 3 French agents demanded a bribe to discuss a treaty. What was this called?
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8.33 XYZ Affair
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8.34 What Constitutional rights were limited by the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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8.34 Freedom of speech and press
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8.35 What is a protective tariff?
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8.35 Tax on imports to promote local industry
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8.36 What important judicial authority was established in Marbury v. Madison?
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8.36 Judicial Review
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8.37 Which amendment changed the method by which electors voted for President and Vice President?
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8.37 Twelfth
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8.38 Why did the U.S. open negotiations with France to purchase Louisiana?
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8.38 To gain control of the port of New Orleans
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8.39 Why was Napoleon so anxious to sell the Louisiana Territory?
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8.39 He needed money for war against Britain
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8.40 Why was the Louisiana Purchase significant to the U.S.?
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8.40 Doubled size of U.S.
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8.41 What was the main purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
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8.41 To find a water route to the Pacific
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8.42 What was an important result of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
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8.42 Encouraged westward expansion
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8.43 Why did the U.S. go to war against Britain in 1812?
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8.43 Violations of U.S. neutrality
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8.44 What region of the U.S. most objected to the War of 1812?
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8.44 New England
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8.45 Those who were eager for war with Britain were known as ________________.
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8.45 War Hawks
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8.46 What was the result of the British attack on Washington, DC?
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8.46 Many government buildings were burned
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8.47 Who was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans?
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8.47 Andrew Jackson
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8.48 What title was given to the new sense of national unity after the War of 1812?
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8.48 Era of Good Feelings
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8.49 What was the result of such Supreme Court rulings as Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland?
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8.49 They strengthened the power of the federal government
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8.50 In Dartmouth College v. Woodward the Supreme Court promoted the rise of what type of economic system?
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8.50 Capitalism
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8.51 In the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain ceded what land to the U.S.?
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8.51 Florida
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8.52 What document stated that the U.S. would not allow European
nations to interfere with the free nations of Latin America? |
8.52 Monroe Doctrine
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8.53 How were more people included in the selection of political party candidates during the Age of Jackson?
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8.53 Nominating conventions
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8.54 The belief that states have the right to reject any federal law they judge to be unconstitutional is
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8.54 nullification
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8.55 What term was used when Jackson rewarded his supporters with government jobs?
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8.55 Spoils system
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8.56 Why did the government want Native Americans in the Southeast moved off their lands?
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8.56 For westward expansion
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8.57 What Supreme Court case supported the right of the Cherokee to remain on their native lands?
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8.57 Worcester v. Georgia
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8.58 What name is given to the forced removal of the Cherokees from Georgia to Oklahoma?
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8.58 Trail of Tears
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8.59 Why did Andrew Jackson dislike the second Bank of the United States?
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8.59 It favored the wealthy
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8.60 What section of the country considered the Tariff of 1828 to be unfair?
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8.60 South
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8.61 What is the term for an action by a state that cancels a federal law to which the the state objects?
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8.61 nullification
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8.62 What state threatened to secede over the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832?
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8.62 South Carolina
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8.63 The use of machines to do work formerly done by hand is a characteristic of the __________________________.
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8.63 Industrial Revolution
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8.64 What sparked the growth of industry in the U.S.?
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8.64 War of 1812
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8.65 Many new factories were staffed with young women from nearby farms called ___________________.
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8.65 “Lowell Girls”
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8.66 What is the term for the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects?
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8.66 mass production
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8.67 Why did industry flourish mainly in the North?
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8.67 abundant water supply
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8.68 What are identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers?
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8.68 interchangeable parts
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8.69 Name one problem in the new growing cities of the North.
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8.69 disease; fires; sanitation
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8.70 What new invention revolutionized communications?
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8.70 telegraph
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8.71 Which form of transportation did the most to tie together raw materials, manufacturers, and markets?
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8.71 railroads
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8.72 What led many of the Irish to leave their homeland for America?
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8.72 potato famine
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8.73 While African Americans in the North were free, in housing, education, and jobs they still faced _____________________.
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8.73 discrimination
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8.74 What invention made the growing of cotton more profitable?
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8.74 cotton gin
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8.75 What group dominated southern society in the “Cotton Kingdom?”
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8.75 large plantation owners
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8.76 Name one restriction placed on free African-Americans in the South.
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8.76 could not vote; could not serve on a jury; could not testify against white defendants
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8.77 What controlled every aspect of the enslaved African-American in the South?
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8.77 slave codes
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8.78 Who led the most famous slave revolt in 1830?
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8.78 Nat Turner
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8.79 These were built to connect the major rivers in the East.
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8.79 canals
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8.80 What balance was maintained by the Missouri Compromise?
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8.80 between slave and free states
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8.81 Who was the leader in education reform?
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8.81 Horace Mann
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8.82 What abolitionist called for full political rights for African-Americans?
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8.82 William Lloyd Garrison
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8.83 Who was the great African-American orator for abolition?
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8.83 Frederick Douglass
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8.84 Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
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8.84 Harriet Tubman
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8.85 What network secretly helped slaves to freedom?
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8.85 Underground Railroad
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8.86 What reform movement was advocated in the Declaration of Sentiments?
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8.86 Women’s Suffrage
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8.87 Name the two women who organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
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8.87 Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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8.88 Literature that put more emphasis on emotion rather than reason is referred to as _____________________.
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8.88 Transcendentalism
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8.89 What 2 American writers emphasized individualism?
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8.89 Emerson and Thoreau
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8.90 What term refers to the belief that the U.S. is meant to extend across the continent?
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8.90 Manifest Destiny
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8.91 Because their work was so valuable, women in the West gained more _________.
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8.91 rights
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8.92 The defeat of what fort became the rallying cry for Texas in its revolution?
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8.92 Alamo
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8.93 Why was Texas not immediately annexed by the U.S?
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8.93 fear of adding another slave state
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8.94 What border dispute led to the Mexican-American War?
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8.94 the Rio Grande
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8.95 The addition of territory that included California, Utah, and Nevada was called
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8.95 Mexican Cession
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8.96 What water needs sparked disputes over water rights in California?
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8.96 irrigation and mining
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8.97 How was the population of California affected by the gold rush?
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8.97 Grew rapidly with much diversity
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8.98 What proposal regarding slavery made the South feel threatened?
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8.98 Wilmot Proviso
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8.99 What term means that people in a territory would vote directly on issues?
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8.99 popular sovereignty
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8.100 What agreement allowed the admission of California as a free state?
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8.100 Compromise of 1850
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8.101 What law allowed the capture of any person accused of being a runaway slave?
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8.101 Fugitive Slave Act
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8.102 What book aroused feelings in the North against slavery?
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8.102 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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8.103 Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act how was slavery to be decided in these territories?
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8.103 popular sovereignty
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8.104 What term was given for the violence that erupted in Kansas?
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8.104 “Bleeding Kansas”
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8.105 What Supreme Court decision stated that Congress could not prohibit
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8.105 Dred Scott
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8.106 In what speech did Lincoln discuss the nation’s dilemma over slavery?
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8.106 “House Divided”
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8.107 What stand did Lincoln take regarding slavery in his debates with Douglas?
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8.107 slavery should be kept out of the western territories
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8.108 How did the North view John Brown?
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8.108 a hero
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8.109 What did Lincoln’s election as President mean to the South?
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8.109 less representation in the national government
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8.110 What Confederate attack began the Civil War?
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8.110 Fort Sumter
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