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11 Cards in this Set
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All of the following were early explorers of North America EXCEPT:
A. Francis Coronado B. Robert La Salle C. Samuel de Champlain D. Francisco Pizarro E. Jacques Marquette |
D. Francisco Pizarro
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Which of the following best characterizes Southern society before the Civil War?
A. Half of the slaveowners owned 5 or fewer slaves B. Most white families owned slaves C. Most slaveowners owned several hundred slaves D. The percentage of slaveowners was consistent throughout the South. E. Most slaveowners lived in urban areas |
A. Half of the slaveowners owned 5 or fewer slaves
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Between 1806 and 1809 nonimportation, nonintercourse, and embargo sought to:
A. bring peace between France and Great Britain B. encourage domestic American manufacturing C. force Great Britain to recognize American rights D. balances Southern and Northern economic power E. help Britain in the Napoleonic wars |
C. force Great Britain to recognize American rights
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What was the first important means of transportation in the US after independence?
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Turnpikes
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 did all of the following EXCEPT:
A. bring in Maine as a free state B. bring in Missouri as a slave state C. prohibit slavery north of latitude 36/30 D. maintain the balance of slave and free states E. establish the principal of popular sovereignty south of 36/30 |
E. establish the principal of popular sovereignty south of 36/30
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Which of the following was NOT involved in "triangular trade" of the colonial period?
A. rum B. molasses C. cotton D. slaves E. tobacco |
C. cotton
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Those who supported ratification of the Constitution were called
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Federalists
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Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at
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Appoxmottox
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The French and Indian War took place during
A. 1740-1748 B. 1754-1763 C. 1689-1699 D. 1702-1713 E. 1776-1783 |
B. 1754-1763
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Colonial law generally defined slaves as chattel. This meant that slaves were considered as
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pieces of property with no rights.
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The Juriciary Act of 1789 established
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the office of attorney general.
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