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What did the 1828 presidential election demonstrate?:

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that the new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength.

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As a result of Jackson's bank policies?

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sales of public land rose tremendously, banks printed new banknotes with abandon,the nation entered a period of speculative mania.

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The chief weapon used by Andrew Jackson in his dispute with the National Bank was?

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deposit government money in state banks.

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What was the opinion of Andrew Jackson, and probably most of his contemporaries, regarding the spoils system?

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the frequent rotation of officeholders had a beneficial effect on the government.

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the political purpose for proposing the Tariff of 1828 was to?

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discredit the administration of President John Quincy Adams

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the Whig Party turned against President John Tyler because?

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he opposed the entire Whig legislative program

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what describes the policy adopted during the 1820s and 1830s as a permanent solution to the Native American problem?

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the removal of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi.

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Andrew Jackson's view of the presidency emphasized?

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leadership by the executive branch in the interests of the people

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John C. Calhoun advocated nullification of a federal law in 1828, and again in 1832 to?

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avoid secession.

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The major issue in Jackson's campaign for re-election in 1832 was the?

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The major issue in Jackson's campaign for re-election in 1832 was the?

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In the 1830s and 1840s, the primary difference between Whigs and the Democrats was that?

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the Whigs favored an expanded, activist federal government while the Democrats favored a limited non-interventionist federal government.

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the rise of the Industrial Revolution led to?

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a rise in the standard of living for the working class, the development of the middle class,great difficulty for the workers in adapting to the new way of life.

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the most profound economic development by mid-19c America was the?

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rise of the factory

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The situation of women and immigrants in the factory system was similar in that they both?

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were powerless to affect pay rates or working conditions

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By the first decade of the 19c, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of?

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interchangeable machine parts

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Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 19c?

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Ireland

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The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from?

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The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from?

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The Industrial Revolution had which of the following effects on slavery in the South?

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rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy.

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Which was the most important immediate cause of the rise of manufacturing in the United States?

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stoppages of trade by the embargoes and the War of 1812

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The American system of manufacturing, which emerged in the early 1800s, was successful because of its use of?

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The American system of manufacturing, which emerged in the early 1800s, was successful because of its use

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Transcendentalists believed that?

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each individual should strive to "transcend" the limits of intellect and allow emotions to create an "original relation to the universe.

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After 1830, which of the following reform movements began to overshadow the others?

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antislavery

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Manufacturing in the Old South lagged behind that in the North because?

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cotton was a more profitable investment.

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The paternalistic view of slavery held that?

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slavery was necessary to protect blacks from the mistreatment and abuse they would receive if they were freed.

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Which was true of free blacks living in the North during the thirty years prior to the Civil War?

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racial tensions often exploded into riots.

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Harriet Tubman gained fame?

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by helping slaves to escape to Canada

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In Congress, most of the criticism of the Mexican War came from the?

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Whigs

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The application for California statehood caused turmoil in Congress because?

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it would upset the balance between the slave and free states in the Senate

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The Senate rejected annexing Texas drawn up by Secretary of State Calhoun because?

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he defended annexation as a way to protect and defend slavery.

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What was the cause of the increasingly tense relations between the Mexican government and the American residents in Texas after 1830?

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the instability of Mexican politics, attempts by the Mexican government to prohibit importation of slaves,increasing American immigration.

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Advocates of Manifest Destiny claimed the motive for territorial expansion was to?

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extend American liberty to new territories

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Opponents of the war with Mexico included?

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new England abolitionists

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According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States?

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gained California and New Mexico

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Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have?

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prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico

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The prominent issue in national politics in the 1840s was?

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the westward expansion of U. S. territory

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Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it?

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provided for the return of fugitive slaves

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Despite earlier efforts to settle the issue, the slavery question became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because the?

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nation was expanding to the West.

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By opening territory north of 36º 30' to slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the?

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Missouri Compromis

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Stephen Douglas' advocacy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act ignited rather than dispelled the flames of sectionalism. Popular sovereignty sought to?

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let the residents of Kansas-Nebraska areas determine their own laws on slavery through elections.

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"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the?

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sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue.

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The new Republican party?

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prospered because of Northern outrage over "Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas".

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Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that?

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action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.

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At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to?

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preserve the Union.

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During the Civil War, Kansas and Missouri were?

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ravaged by guerilla bands from both sides

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The major battle in the western theater during the Civil War which had the effect of splitting the Confederacy in half was?

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Vicksburg

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Why did both the South and North experience rioting during the Civil War?

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in the South over food; in the North over the draft.

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During the Civil War, southern women played an especially important part as?

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managers of farms and plantations

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The Emancipation Proclamation?

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freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the United States but not in areas that remained loyal.

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The United States Congress during the Civil War?

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adopted a tariff, a homestead law, and a transcontinental railroad

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The key event that guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864 was?

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the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman

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The content of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America indicated that a major difference between the South and the North concerned the understanding of?

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the federal relationship of the states and the national government.

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Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of the?

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Union blockade of the Confederate coast.

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In foreign affairs, President Lincoln's most significant achievement was his success in?

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restraining foreign powers from recognizing the Confederacy.

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The Battle of Antietam was?

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the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war, a victory for General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, a proof to President Lincoln of the inspired leadership of General George B. McClellan

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During the Civil War, northern black leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that?

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black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.

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During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma?

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supported the Confederacy.

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What was Jefferson Davis' central problem?

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in a society that prized states' rights, Davis had to centralize authority.

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During the Civil War, the term "Copperhead" referred to?

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Northerners who opposed the Civil War.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because it?

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inflicted a major loss on General Lee's army

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What two issues lay at the heart of Reconstruction?

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he future of political and economic power for freed slaves, and the future of North-South economic and political relations.

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The "grandfather clause"?

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denied black Americans the franchise in the South.

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Under new President Andrew Johnson, presidential Reconstruction?

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made it possible for former high-ranking Confederates to assume positions of power in the reconstructed southern governments.

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The North interpreted Black Codes as?

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evidence that the South sought to keep freemen in an economically dependent and legally inferior status.

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During the Reconstruction, what groups was the backbone of the Republican party in the South, providing eight out of ten Republican votes?

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freedmen

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In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant?

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owed his victory to former slaves

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because it?

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guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen.

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The Reconstruction policies of the Radical Republicans were probably motivated by?

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a humanitarian concern for the former slaves, hopes for Republican power in the South, bitterness over having to fight the costly war.

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Andrew Johnson narrowly avoided conviction on impeachment charges because?

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some Republicans feared that removal would set a bad precedent for using impeachment as a political weapon against the Presidency.

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The refusal of the South to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?

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forced the Republicans to abolish the existing southern governments, form new governments, and extend the vote to freedmen.

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Which of the following best describes the defeat of the Ku Klux Klan?

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President Grant and the Justice Department used the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 to put an end to Klan activity.

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In the years after the Civil War, most freedmen ended up working as?

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In the years after the Civil War, most freedmen ended up working as?

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What brought the Radical and moderate Republicans together in an alliance against President Johnson?

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he president's vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

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The Thirteenth Amendment established?

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the legal end to slavery

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The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to?

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feed, adjust, and educate the former slaves, thus aiding their adjustment to freedom.

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By the end of his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant's popularity had declined substantially because of?

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the corruption evident in his administration.

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The "Compromise of 1877" did which of the following?

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ended federal military support of Republican administrations in the South.

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