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What effect did the Enlightenment have on political thought in the colonies?
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Colonists began to question the authority of British.
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The Declaration of Independence elaborates on the Enlightenment idea of
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Natural rights.
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Key decisions of the Supreme Court under the leadership of John Marshall solidified the power of the Supreme Court to
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review the constitutionality of state and federal laws.
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The railroad building boom during the 9th century contributed to
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the rapid industrialization of the United States.
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The First Great Awakening of the 1730s ad 1740s was primarily a
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revival of evangelical religion that spread through the colonies.
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What would be considered a significant social effect of the First Great Awakening?
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The colonists began to challenge the hierarchical structure of existing religious denominations.
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Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in response to
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discrimination against Roman Catholics in England.
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The primary religious issue of the 1960 presidential election in the United states was
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the Catholic faith of John F. Kennedy.
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Growing anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States During the first half of the twentieth century was related to
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increasing immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
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What religious group has had the greatest increase in the membership due to the increasing immigration from Latin America countries to the United States over the fifty years?
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Catholics.
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the federal government from making any law "respecting an establishment of religion," was one response to the
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religious persecution exhibited by the Church of England.
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What was an effect of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)?
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It influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
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The Americanization movement of the early twentieth century sought to
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assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture.
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, urban immigrants generally supported local political machines that
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provided essential services to the immigrants.
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The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their
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willingness to expose the corruption of U.S. society.
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Ford's production of Model Ts in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specializations and
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greater efficiencies in production.
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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. government attempted to facilitate the growth of domestic industry by
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placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports.
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How did the growth of U.S. manufacturing affect the country's international relations during the late 19th century?
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Increasing demand for markets contributed to support for an Open Door policy in China.
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The followers of the Social Gospel movement believed that organized religion must place greater emphasis on
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reconstructing American society.
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Members of the Populist Party supported public ownership of railroads because they thought it would
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help small farmers.
