Us History Practice Test 1

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In the impeachment process against the president, the _____ determines the guilt or innocence of the president.

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Senate

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The right to a speedy trial is guarenteed to Americans by

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The Sixth Amendment

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According to Article II of the US Constitution, the sole authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus resides in

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The Congress

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In James Madison's "Federalist Paper Number Ten," the mose dangerous threat to the US Constitution was presented by

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Factions

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The Dutch colony at New Netherland was not categorized by

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Friendly relations with neighboring Amerindians.

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North American Indian cultures were not characterized by

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The lack of the presence of warfare

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Spanish colonization of the New World was not characterized by

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Reliance upon large families as settlers.

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The Puritans left England to settle in America in order to

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Creat a perfect religious utopia.

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Seventeenth-century English settlers of New England differed from those in Virginia by

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Living in tightly clustered communities

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King Philip's War of 1675-1676 was fought to

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Establish English congrol over the Indians in New England

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The only eighteenth century North American British colony with a black population majority was

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South Carolina

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From 1689 until 1763, England fought a series of ars with France for control of North America. Which of the following wars was not part of this series?

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King Philip's War

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Colonial government in British North America did NOT allow

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Universal Manhood Suffrage

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James Otis earned fame for his defense of American political freedom in

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the Writs of Assistance case

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The Boston Massacre occurred after which event?

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The Townshend Duties

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The battle of Saratoga in 1777 was best known for

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Securing America an alliance with France.

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In 1632, England allowed its first proprietary colony as a refuge for Catholics in

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Maryland

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Prior to 1763, the British policy of mercantilism encouraged the American colonies to

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Supply England with raw materials.

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At the Philadelphia Convention of 1788, the author of the Great Compromise to the US Constitution was

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Roger Sherman

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During the ratification contest, the Antifederalist critique of the proposed US Constituion did not contain what argument?

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The location of the new government in Washington, D.C.

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Opposition to the Jay Treaty in the US Senate centered around

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It's inability to stop the practice of British impressment.

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"Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute" became the nation's rallying cry during

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The XYZ Affair

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In the election of 1800, the House of representatives selected the president because of the deadlocked election between

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Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

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Women emerged from the American Revolution with the prescribed new responsibility of

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Raising sons and daughters as good republican citizens

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The Lewis and Clark expedition occurred AFTER which event?

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Louisiana Purchase

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The "Burr Conspiracy" refers to

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Burr's scheme to create a new nation from the Southern territory of the US.

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During the War of 1812, the battle waged AFTER the signing of the peace treaty at Ghent was the

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Battle of New Orleans

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The principle that "American continents were not subjects for future colonizations by any European power" is expressed directly in

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The Monroe Doctrine

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"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it," refers to what Supreme Court decision scorned by Presiden Andrew Jackson?

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

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The rise of the "market economy" in the 1820s refers to the

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Rise of commercial agriculture

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What was not a major reform movement during the 1830s?

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Labor Unions

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Andrew Jackson referred to the Election of 1824 as "the corrupt bargain" because of

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The selection of Henry Clay as President John Quincy Adam's secretary of state

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Andrew Jackson's impact on the office of the presidency is characterized by a reliance on

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The veto as a political weapon, a "kitchen cabinet", the spoils system, and publich opinion.

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Jackon's reasons for his veto of the Second Bank of the US included

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The Bank of the US was a monopoly, fear of foreign control of the US through the bank, the Bank's political use of its funding, the Bank was unconstitutional

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The historian most associated with the view of slavery as crushing African-Americans into a "sambo personality" is

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Stanley Elkins