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In the years leading up to the War of 1812, Democratic-Republicans from the southern and western states who advocated going to war with Great Britain were known as

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War Hawks

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The Election of 1800 was significant because it

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was the first peaceful transition of political power between opposing parties in U.S. history

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The Louisiana Purchase of 1803

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almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River

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One of the most important legacies of the Northwest Ordinance was that it prevented the expansion of ________________ north of the Ohio River in the new territories.

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slavery

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This cartoon refers to the Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823. The Monroe Doctrine was intended to prevent European expansion in

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South America

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Which area on the map was purchased from France in 1803?

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C)

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"The Government of the United States has been desirous by this friendly proceeding of manifesting the great value which they have invariably attached to the friendship of the Emperor (of Russia) and their solicitude to cultivate the best understanding with his Government. In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...." This excerpt from a speech in 1823 was made by U.S. President

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James Monroe

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Before the new territories could achieve statehood under the Northwest Ordinance, Congress had to persuade four states to give up claims to lands in the region. Which four states were forced to give up territorial claims in the region?

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New York, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts

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The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because

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the British navy repeatedly seized American merchant ships.

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Northwest Ordinance, 1787 Sec. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of full age in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect a representative from their counties or townships to represent them in the general assembly.... This excerpt from the Northwest Ordinance (1787) represents which Constitutional principle?

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popular sovereignty

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What established the procedure by which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather than by the expansion of existing states?

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The Northwest Ordinance

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In their journey westward, Lewis and Clark traveled the furthest distance on which river?

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Missouri

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On December 24, 1814, The Treaty of Ghent was signed between the U.S. and Great Britain, ending the War of 1812. Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the War of 1812?

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Both sides agreed to return things to the way they were before the war

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The land included in the Northwest Territories was ceded to the United States following

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Great Britain's defeat in the American Revolution

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-Used to "Americanize" all foreigners -Citizens would be more productive -It would be universal and "free", but paid for by taxes What are the above statements an argument for?

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public education

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Art. 5. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States... shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The western State... shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, and Wabash Rivers; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents, due North, to the territorial line between the United States and Canada; and, by the said territorial line, to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line, drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line. The eastern State shall be bounded by the last mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line.... Based on the information provided here, this excerpt from a 1787 law is taken from

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The Northwest Ordinance

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How did some Native Americans try to assimilate into white culture during and after the War of 1812?

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by becoming Christian

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Of these land acquisitions, which one doubled the size of the United States?

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Louisiana Purchase

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The city of New Orleans was an important factor in Thomas Jefferson's desire to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France. Which of these is a primary reason for Jefferson's desire?

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New Orleans was key to accessing and controlling trade on the Mississippi River

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Which best describes the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

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It served as a warning to European nations to not try and re-colonize Latin America because the U.S. would intervene

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Napoleon was prompted to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States because

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he needed to raise money to wage war with Great Britain

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The War of 1812 had the GREATEST impact on what area?

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E)

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Historically, the MOST significant geographic obstacle to the western migration of people from the east coast of the United States during the 19th century was

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the Rocky Mountains

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The Monroe Doctrine can be viewed as a moral opposition to

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colonialism

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Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory could be viewed as hypocritical because

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as a Democratic-Republican, he would normally be against such Presidential power

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Our "pathway" is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning . . . We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1868 In this quote, Elizabeth Cady Stanton's letter mainly makes an argument for which cause?

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the universal right of suffrage

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"The bold effort the present bank had made to control government (Second National Bank of the U.S.), the distress it has wantonly produced...are but premonitions of the fate that awaits the American people should they be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution or the establishment of another like it." - President Andrew Jackson From this passage, it is clear that President Jackson believes the Second Bank of the United States

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is unconstitutional and should be eliminated

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Which of these had the GREATEST impact on the United States' fulfilling its "Manifest Destiny?"

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the California Gold Rush of 1849

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Which of these is the BEST explanation for why slave owners during the Antebellum period might allow their slaves to practice Christianity?

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Slave owners believed that Christianizing their slaves would make the slaves more passive

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Historically, the map shown is relevant because it shows

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how the United States completed its "Manifest Destiny"

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"The plan of removing the aboriginal people who yet remain within the settled portions of the United States . . . approaches its consummation. . . . an extensive region . . . has been assigned for their permanent residence. It has been divided into districts and allotted among them. Many have already removed and others are preparing to go. . . ." Removal of Southern Indians to Indian Territory, 1835 This passage is MOST closely related to

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Westward expansion

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The Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Pony Express, and California Trails likely overlap because they all

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followed the same rivers westward

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Which statement BEST describes the reason for the lack of political participation of women during the early 1800s?

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Women were denied the right to vote at the state level

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Horace Mann is MOST associated with what issue during the 19th Century?

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education reform

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Which phrase would be the BEST title for the map pictured?

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"America's 'Manifest Destiny'"

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Which of these is associated with the presidency of Andrew Jackson?

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the creation of the Spoils System

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This utopian community was founded in 1825 in southwestern Indiana on the principles of economic and political equality

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New Harmony

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-Spirit of the Frontier, John Gast, 1872 According to the image, what changes are brought by the westward movement of American settlers?

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industrialization

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Manifest Destiny advanced the belief that

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God was on the side of American expansion

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Which of these was the largest and most constant issue facing the United States during the era of "Manifest Destiny?"

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whether slavery would spread across the United States

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In the early nineteenth century, why did the steps to industrialize take place in New England as opposed to the South?

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Agriculture in New England was not highly profitable

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Which letter on the map is CLOSEST to the area which the U.S. acquired in 1853, effectively completing its Manifest Destiny?

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A)

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The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was crucial in

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elevating the cause of women's rights to an issue of national concern

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As a result of the westward expansion of the United States,

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Native Americans were forced to relocate to new territories

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." This quote from the Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" closely follows the wording of the Declaration of Independence and was an important document in the early years of

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the women's rights movement

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The cotton gin, new farmlands in the west, and the demand for cotton in northern and European textile factories led to

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an increase in demand for slaves in the years leading up to the Civil War

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When President Jackson did not renew the charter for the Bank of the United States, the responsibility of money lending fell to

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state banks, which loaned money freely

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-Utilized interchangeable parts in the production of muskets -Invented the cotton gin in 1793 -Made short staple cotton into a profitable crop for planters -Revolutionized the southern economy during the antebellum period Who is being described by these statements?

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Eli Whitney

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If the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1841) sought to increase its profits, it would MOST LIKELY seek help from

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the federal government

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"A multitude of persons, who are not accounted drunkards, create disease, and shorten their days, by what they denominate a "prudent use of ardent spirits." Let it therefore be engraven upon the heart of every man, that the daily use of ardent spirits, in any form, or in any degree, is intemperance. Its effects are certain, and deeply injurious, though its results may be slow, and never be ascribed to the real cause." -Benjamin Rush Which of these statements BEST summarizes Benjamin Rush's views on alcohol?

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Excessive use of alcohol is unhealthy

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Which of these organizations was largely responsible for prohibition laws that passed in many US states in the 1830s and 1840s?

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American Temperance Society

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Which statement is the BEST description of the immediate effect of the cotton gin on cotton production in the American south in the early-1800s?

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Daily rates of production rose from 1 pound of cotton per slave to as much as 50 pounds per slave

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According to this map, the Oregon territory

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was acquired from Britain

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-More than 45,000 American Indians begin to be relocated to the West -About 100 million acres of Indian land was ceded to the U.S. -The Treaty of New Echota was signed, giving up all Cherokee land in Georgia -Almost 4,000 Cherokee died on what became known as the Trail of Tears These statements are describing events from the presidency of

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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson appealed to many "common" Americans in the early 19th century because

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he had once been poor and was distrustful of elite politicians

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"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken... we shall be made a story and a by-word throughout the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God... We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us til we be consumed out of the good land whither we are a-going." John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity," 1630. This feeling expressed in this passage from colonial America can also be BEST expressed by

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the United States' belief in "Manifest Destiny"

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Accounting for almost 60% of American exports by the beginning of the Civil War, which statement regarding the impact of cotton is TRUE?

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The Southern states developed the plantation system and rigid social classes

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Andrew Jackson was the first President of the United States who did not come from an aristocratic background. Therefore, his attack on the Bank of the United States could be viewed as

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a confrontation with and constraint of the Eastern moneyed class

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This utopian religious community was founded in 1848 in upstate New York by John Humphrey Noyes

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Oneida

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"Jacksonian Democracy" is associated with which of these characteristics?

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voting rights extended to all adult, white males

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Which religious movement played a major role in increasing support for the abolitionist movement in the antebellum period?

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The Second Great Awakening

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Which of these BEST describes the importance of Eli Whitney's development of the practice of using interchangeable parts in manufacturing?

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More complex goods would be more available because they could be made more quickly

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As a result of the westward expansion of the United States,

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cities like Cleveland, St. Louis, and Chicago attracted many new settlers

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"[O]ur national birth was the beginning of a new history, the formation and progress of an untried political system, which separates us from the past and connects us with the future only; ...we may confidently assume that our country is destined to be the great nation of futurity.... It presides in all the operations of the physical world, and it is also the conscious law of the soul -- the self-evident dictates of morality, which accurately defines the duty of man to man, and consequently man's rights as man.... The expansive future is our arena, and for our history. We are entering on its untrodden space, with the truths of God in our minds, beneficent objects in our hearts, and with a clear conscience unsullied by the past. We are the nation of human progress...." John L. O'Sullivan, 1839 Which of these BEST supports O'Sullivan's claims?

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the annexation of Texas

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Which of these is TRUE of the temperance movement at the beginning of the 1800s in America?

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The movement believed people should decrease the amount of alcohol they drank

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Which of these BEST describes why more men became part of the temperance movement in the United States in the 1830s?

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Men believed that alcohol negatively affected their jobs

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We come before you now, not to ask your assistance in an untried experiment, but to give you the high privilege of becoming fellow-laborers with us, in a cause which is already triumphing, and is destined to triumph, until the floods of pollution are stayed, and the whole earth purified by the spirit of the Lord. In our efforts hitherto, we have had to contend not only, or mainly, with ignorance and vice. They are our natural foes, and we had counted the cost of their opposition, and made up our minds accordingly. But we had a right to expect the cooperation of the virtuous and intelligent, of all who are seeking to effect the removal of sin and suffering, and the universal prevalence of purity and holiness. Our Society has these great objects expressly in view. - Female Moral Reform Society, 1836 Which of these groups would most likely receive the greatest benefit from the ideas presented in this passage?

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Women

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Which of these BEST gives the time period associated with "Manifest Destiny?"

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1830-1860

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In 1793, Massachusetts native Eli Whitney invented something that revolutionized Southern agriculture. While in Georgia, Whitney invented the "Cotton Gin." It "cleaned" the cotton by removing the seeds, something that normally took slaves many hours to do by hand. The Cotton Gin increased daily production rates from one pound per day, per worker, to as much as 50 pounds per day, per worker. What relationship can you make between Whitney's invention and the use of slavery in the Antebellum United States?

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Slavery became more needed since more cotton could be harvested

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The cotton gin was an important invention because

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The cotton gin was an important invention because

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The period of "Jacksonian Democracy" can be characterized by

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increasing the right to vote in the United States

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Which is an example of President Jackson's success in foreign affairs during his term of office?

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reopening of British West Indian ports

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In U.S. History, 19th Century use of the term "American Frontier" refers to

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the area where pioneer settlement ended

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In the 1840s, the United States economy grew more than it had in the previous 40 years. As the United States became more industrialized and farmers shifted to specialization, the market revolution occurred and incomes rose. The increased pace of economic growth was MOST dependent on

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capitalism

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According to the map, the greatest impediment to people traveling from Illinois to California in the early 1800s was

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the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada Range

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According to the map, which of these states had not yet held a vote about prohibition as of 1855?

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Florida

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·In 1790 there were six slave states; in 1860 there were 15. ·From 1790 until Congress banned the importation of slaves from Africa in 1808, Southerners imported 80,000 Africans. ·By 1860 approximately one in three Southerners was a slave. Which event played the GREATEST role in creating these conditions in the South during the Antebellum era?

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the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793

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