Standard 8 Test – Flashcards
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
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All foreign influence needs to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
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Which were three of the main items included in the Missouri Compromise?
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Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, the Louisiana Territory was divided at the 36-30 latitude, north of the line would be free and south of the line would be slave
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Who was known for their radical support of immediate emancipation of the slaves and editor of The Liberator?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Who was an escaped slave who supported the fight emancipation through speeches and writings?
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Frederick Douglass
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Who was known for their work to reform public education?
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Horace Mann
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What group of immigrants were willing to work in the factories in horrible working conditions for little pay?
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Irish
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What was Manifest Destiny?
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A belief in God's will for the westward expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean
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To what did the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" refer?
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Campaign slogan to establish the Oregon Territory border with Great Britain or risk war
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What was the purpose of the Mexican-American War?
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To establish the southern border of Texas and gain more territory further west for the U.S.
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Who were the original 49ers?
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Adventurers who moved to California in 1849 in search of gold
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Frederick Douglass/William Lloyd Garrison/Sojourner Truth- All of these were prominent names were figures in WHICH social movement?
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abolition
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Which event is the BEST example of a conflict over states' rights?
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Nullification Crisis
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Who was the most vocal opponent of the Tariff of 1828 and advocated "State's Rights" and "Nullification" in the growing sectional conflicts between North and South?
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John C. Calhoun of South Carolina
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The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around ______?
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southern opposition to tariffs.
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Angelina and Sarah Grimke were sisters from South Carolina and are MOST notable as being 19th century________.
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abolitionists
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Which of these BEST describes the efforts of William Lloyd Garrison?
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urged immediate emancipation of slaves in the United States
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Two of the MOST important effects of the American victory in the War with Mexico were_____?
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the acquisition of California and New Mexico.
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Which BEST describes the social and political philosophy of the Underground Railroad "conductor" Harriet Tubman?
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Slaves should escape slavery using whatever means were available to them.
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Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848?
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The efforts of Nat Turner in 1831 caused _____?
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southern states to take harsher measures to prevent slave uprisings
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What is an example of sectionalism?
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all states having separate economies
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In the period before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty meant that whether or not a territory allowed slavery would be left up to _____.
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territorial legislatures and voting
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California was entered as a free state. New Mexico and Utah were to use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery. The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia. A tough Fugitive Slave Act was enacted by the Federal Government. All of these items are describing the____.
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Compromise of 1850
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After the passage of the "Tariff of Abominations" in 1828, which South Carolina politician advocated "nullification" and stated that the South should ignore any law that favored the North?
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John C. Calhoun
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This poster was MOST likely inspired by which government action?
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the passage of The Fugitive Slave Act
