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Cotton Economy
a.) Ship building in New England b.) John Brown c.) Internal slave trade d.) All of the above e.) A and C |
e.) A and C
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Dred Scott:
a.) Slaves are property b.) Blacks not citizens c.) Congress has no authority in the territories d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
d.) All of the above
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According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850:
a.) Henry Clay would become president of the United States b.) California would be admitted as a slave state c.) “popular sovereignty” would determine slavery in the New Mexico territory d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
e.) B and C
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“The Union Broken”
a.) Political Origins of Expansion b.) Sectional Changes in American Society c.) Southern Society and the Defense of Slavery d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
b.) Sectional Changes in American Society
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Vicksburg was the turning point of the Civil War because:
a.) General Lee had to retreat from Pennsylvania b.) General Grant cut the Confederacy in half and blockaded the Mississippi River c.) General McClellan would not advance after Confederate troops d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
b.) General Grant cut the Confederacy in half and blockaded the Mississippi River
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“Resistance and Discipline on a Cotton Plantation”
a.) “I was in hopes to have sent home a good pile of money” b.) “Gave him the worst Whipping I ever gave any young negro” c.) “You can hardly have formed an idea of the intensity of feeling” d.) All of the above e.) A and B |
b.) “Gave him the worst Whipping I ever gave any young negro”
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Zachary Taylor won the Election of 1848 because:
a.) Martin Van Buren drew away northern Democrats to the Free Soil Party b.) Abolitionists left the Whig party to form the Liberty Party c.) Abraham Lincoln promised to leave slavery in the South intact d.) All of the above e.) A and B |
a.) Martin Van Buren drew away northern Democrats to the Free Soil Party
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“Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slavery Issue”
a.) The Trek West b.) Political Realignment of the 1850s c.) The Peculiar Institution d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
a.) The Trek West
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“John Brown's Impact”
a.) “We selected a poor spot” b.) “I predict he will not runaway soon” c.) “A real martyr for the cause of freedom” d.) All of the above e.) B and C |
c.) “A real martyr for the cause of freedom”
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Many Southerners believed that African Americans flourished in slavery because:
a.) they did not have the intelligence to be formally educated b.) without constant supervision and guidance they would slaughter all whites c.) they needed to return to Africa d.) All of the above e.) A and B |
e.) A and B
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