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In its Dartmouth College v. Woodward ruling, the Supreme Court took strong action to protect

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contracts

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The Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

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held that the federal government, not Georgia's, could regulate activity of private citizens in the Cherokee nation.

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Which of these WAS NOT among the reform causes that sprang from the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening?

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Expansion of labor unions

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The Republican Party leader who threatened to undo the Dred Scott decision if elected President of the United States was

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Abraham Lincoln

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Which WAS NOT one of the features of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt?

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The revolt was crushed and Spanish control was uninterrupted.

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Under President Johnson's reconstruction plan, the Confederate states were readmitted as soon as they

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ratified the 14th Amendment.

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John Locke

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Supported the glorious revolution because he believed in social compact theory

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For those concerned about possible federal intervention into the institution of slavery, which Amendment in the Bill of Rights was most important?

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10th

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Which WAS NOT a feature or consequence of Pinckney's Treaty?

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The diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Spain began to deteriorate rapidly.

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The political battle between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun over tariffs and nullification

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happened in part because, over time, Calhoun became the South's leading \"states' rights\" activist.

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Where, according to James Fraser, did things go most smoothly for native Mexicans who became American citizens after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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New Mexico

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American Revolutionary leaders cited a variety of philosophers and political rebels in making their anti-imperial arguments. Which WAS NOT one of those cited?

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Toussaint L'Overture

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How was Roger Taney involved in the \"Bank War?\"

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He was the first of Andrew Jackson's Treasury Secretaries who was willing to kill the Bank of the U.S.

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The Missouri Compromise included all of the following EXCEPT

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a failure by Henry Clay to convince Congressional colleagues to compromise.

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What would have been the most likely way for an English investor to seek profit in the early 17th century?

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Buying shares in an English joint-stock company for colonization of America

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What was a short-term consequence of Shays' Rebellion?

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Greater approval for stronger central government

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Which WAS NOT a reason that Jefferson, Madison, and their supporters opposed creation of a Bank of the U.S.?

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They feared it would create a confusing system with different currencies in different states.

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The first state in the South to introduce Black Codes was

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Mississippi

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The major consequence of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was

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hat notable female activists across the country joined the movement.

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The Erie Canal

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connects Lake Erie with the Atlantic Ocean

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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: \"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (August, 1968): \"I Have A Dream\" In which of our Founding Documents did Dr. King find the words that he called the \"creed\" of \"this nation?\"

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The Declaration of Independence

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Which IS NOT one of the states from the Northwest Territory that were created under the Northwest Ordinance?

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Kentucky

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The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

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generated mostly negative attention for the women's rights movement.

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What did President Washington do early in his first term to solidify political support for his new government?

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He toured the country to hear from citizens and show them that their distant government was real.

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The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the contemplation of a sound and well-informed judgment, their interest can never be separated; and that a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government. History will teach us that the former has been found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism than the latter, and that of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants. - Excerpt from Federalist Paper #1 What is the main point expressed in the lines above?

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People speaking out against tyrannical government may themselves seek to be tyrants.

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What ended the half-century of peace in New England that began with the first Thanksgiving?

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King Phillip's War

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What did the 13th Amendment do?

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Ended slavery

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What event sparked the full-on war for Texas independence?

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American volunteers captured the Alamo fortress at San Antonio de Bexar.

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Which of the following WAS NOT one of President Lincoln's responses to the first battle of Manassas (Bull Run)?

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He issued an Emancipation Proclamation.

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Why was the ratification of the Constitution by New York so important?

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New York's financial status made its support of the new government vital.

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Which of the following WAS NOT TRUE of the delegates who gathered at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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Most of them had signed the Declaration of Independence.

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All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. - United States Constitution What part of the Constitution contains the line above?

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Article One

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What Mormon belief led to organized violence against Mormons and decades of conflict with state and federal government?

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The belief in polygamy and a Mormon man's duty to take as many wives as he could support

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Regarding the country's security and fragility, which of the following WAS a major concern for George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789?

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Uprisings and calls for independence in the western U.S.

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Which IS NOT one of the accomplishments that were achieved under the Articles of Confederation?

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Raising an army that could defeat the Iroquois Confederacy

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On the questions of debt faced by the federal and state governments, what actions did Treasury Secretary Hamilton recommend to Congress?

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Assumption of state debt by the federal government and payment of both federal and state debt at face value.

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Whose 1776 pamphlet is remembered for defining, and encouraging, America's independence and republicanism?

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Thomas Paine

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Other than racism, what was a key reason that Irish Catholics in New York opposed the Union's role in the Civil War?

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They saw blacks as competitors for jobs.

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Which Virginians were least likely to support their state's secession vote?

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Mountain Men

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What was the MOST significant consequence of the 1770 Boston Massacre?

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Correspondence committees would organize anti-British sentiment in New England

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At the time of the Nullification Crisis, South Carolina had

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all of these things.

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How commonly were former Confederate leaders tried and executed for treason?

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So rarely that it only happened to one Confederate leader, Henry Wirz

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What was the topic of Lyman Beecher's most notable and widely-circulated Second Great Awakening sermons?

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Those preaching temperance or abstinence from alcohol

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Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to approve before the central government could levy a tax?

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All 13 states

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How did the Ottawa chief Pontiac respond to the British presence in the Michigan and Ohio areas after 1763?

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He led an armed rebellion with other allied tribes against British positions in those areas.

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Which of the following WAS NOT one of the features of Juan de Oñate's governorship in New Mexico?

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Substantial amounts of gold and silver moved to Spain from the Acoma Pueblo treasury

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After the Panic of 1819 had begun, which of these events is believed to have made it into a significantly worse depression?

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A reduction in available credit from the Bank of the U.S. and other banks.

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What did Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton propose in 1790 to stabilize the currency and economy of the U.S.?

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A semiprivate federal bank, the Bank of the United States, that would issue currency for the economy

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Regarding female participation in post-Revolutionary American life, what can be called an achievement of Abigail Adams and others like her?

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Some chances for education became available to post-Revolutionary women.

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What issue dominated the general election campaign of 1832?

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Whether the Second Bank of the U.S. would be re-chartered

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By the end of the 1830s,

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The last notable Indian populations east of the Mississippi included some Iroquois, Cherokee, and Seminole

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After passage of the Bank of the U.S. bill, one of Alexander Hamilton's final accomplishments as Treasury Secretary was

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After passage of the Bank of the U.S. bill, one of Alexander Hamilton's final accomplishments as Treasury Secretary was

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Who WAS NOT one of the famous foreigners who played a large role in the American victory in the Revolution?

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De Crevecouer

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- Image from Wikipedia. Permission to copy and distribute granted by copyright holder. Attribution: \"Onondaga County New York Incorporated and unincorporated areas Syracuse highlighted\" by Rcsprinter123 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0. Which native America group had its \"central meeting place and council fire\" near the county shown on the map above?

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Iroquois

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The Mason-Dixon line divided

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Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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By expanding voting rights for blacks and poor whites during Reconstruction, Republicans

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were expanding their political support base in the South.

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The results above indicate an early victory in the history of the

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Democratic Party.

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Which of these was Martin Van Buren's greatest political challenge?

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Major economic downturn in the aftermath of the Panic of 1837

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Where was the greatest cotton production in North America during the early 19th century?

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The \"black belt\" stretching from Louisiana to Georgia

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Urban police forces in the Reconstruction South enforced laws and

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terrorized blacks

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Victory for Britain in the Seven Years War

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led to new taxes on the colonies.

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President Pierce's decision to sign the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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pleased Southerners from both parties.

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Which region's legislators voted most overwhelmingly in favor of the Missouri Compromise?

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South

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What was created for the new U.S. government under the Articles of Confederation?

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A Legislative Branch

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The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act

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resulted in more resistance than the law's proponents expected.

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\"Beecher's Bibles\" were

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Springfield rifles sent to anti-slavery forces in Kansas.

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The American System was designed

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to promote infrastructure construction and protective tariffs.

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George Washington's Farewell Address

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warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances.

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Andrew Johnson was the only senator from ___ to stay in the Union government.

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a Confederate state

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Which of the following is a memorable achievement of James Madison?

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He played a critical role in the passage of our Constitution's Bill of Rights

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In 1821

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Mexico became independent from Spain.

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ne·o·co·lo·ni·al·ism (nē′ō-kəә-lō′nē-əә-lĭz′əәm) n. The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation in extending its influence into a less developed one, especially in exploiting that nation's resources. - neocolonialism. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Retrieved September 7 2015 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/neocolonialism (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/neocolonialism) The definition provided above indicates that \"neocolonialism\" can be thought of as an updated form of what used to be called

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mercantilism.

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What prompted George Washington to embrace black volunteers for the Patriot cause in 1777-1778? (Note: G.W. probably did not literally embrace many of them. It's a figure of speech.)

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He was desperate

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Why did President Fillmore send Commodore Matthew Perry and four American warships to Japan in July, 1856?

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He wanted to force Japan to allow coaling of U.S. ships and trading in Japanese ports.

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The officer in charge of Confederate forces in Charleston during the attack on Fort Sumter was

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Pierre G. T. Beauregard

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Which of the following illustrated the determination of colonial merchants and traders to develop a capitalist economic system in the 18th century?

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Using smuggling and legal loopholes to get around the Navigation Acts

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Which of these IS NOT among the protections in the Bill of Rights?

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Right for adults to vote

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In what way did a British-American force deploy a biological weapon against Pontiac and his rebel force?

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They distributed blankets infected with smallpox among the Indians.

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Which of the following best describes the approach of Charles G. Finney's preaching and revivalism?

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Calm, logical, and friendly to multiple Protestant views

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The Monroe Doctrine was a warning to Europeans that

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o new colonies in the Americas would be permitted.

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Which of the following WAS NOT a feature of the post-Revolutionary phenomenon that historians have called \"Republican Motherhood.\"

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Women would need the right to vote in order to promote virtuous citizenship in their homes.

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The time period was crucial between the American victory at Yorktown and the treaty that ended the Revolution. During this time, the Continental Army had to hold onto its gains while the peace was being settled. How long was this time period?

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Almost two years

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The only southern state to vote unanimously for secession was

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South Carolina.

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Much has been said of the factory girl and her employment. By some she has been represented as dwelling in a sort of brick-and-mortar paradise, having little to occupy thought save the weaving of gay and romantic fancies, while the spindle or the wheel flies obediently beneath her glance. Others have deemed her a mere servile drudge, chained to her labor by almost as strong a power as that which holds a bondman in his fetters; and, indeed, some have already given her the title of \"the white slave of the North.\" Her real situation approaches neither one nor the other of these extremes. Her occupation is as laborious as that of almost any female who earns her own living, while it has also its sunny spots and its cheerful intervals, which make her hard labor seem comparatively pleasant and easy. -- Anonymous mill worker, \"A Week In The Mill\" published in the Lowell Offering (1845) In what region is the worker described in \"A Week in the Mill\" employed?

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New England

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What prompted the second group of rebel states to secede from the Union?

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Lincoln's order for federal troops from those states

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The last major advance by the South in the North ended at

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Gettysburg

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Starting around 1830, the Mexican government began taking steps to curb the population growth and self-governance of white Texans. Which WAS NOT one of these steps?

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Mexico's government exiled Stephen F. Austin and other prominent Americans from Texas.

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Which WAS NOT one of the significant reasons that Chinese migrants came to the U.S. in the mid-19th century?

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Seeking religious freedom

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Which WAS NOT one of the first steps taken by George Washington as leader of the new government's Executive Branch?

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He reduced the size of the country's standing army.

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\"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.\" The lines above from the Declaration of Independence show the influence on Thomas Jefferson of

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John Locke

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Soon after his inauguration, Thomas Jefferson (with the help of Anti-Federalists in Congress)

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Reduced the size of the military.

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What was the main English method for protecting the \"closed loop\" of international exchange that existed under mercantilism?

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The Navigation Acts

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\"I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you. I am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. Listen to me, therefore, while I tell you that you cannot remain where you now are. Circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach. And that is, to remove to the West and join your countrymen, who are already established there. And the sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity. . . .\" - Andrew Jackson: To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi, 1835 Which of the following can be seen as legal support for the position taken above by Jackson?

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The Indian Removal Act (1830)

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What is believed to have been the main factor contributing to the decline of the Cahokia mound-builders of the Mississippi Valley?

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Bacterial Diseases

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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required citizens to help return escapees to their owners

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\"Slavery was...perhaps the key factor in the Texas War (1835-36). The freedom for which Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and the rest fought at the Alamo was the freedom to own slaves. As soon as the Anglos set up the Republic of Texas, its legislature ordered all free black people out of the Republic.\" - James Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (2007, p. 152) Whose government's rules were broken when \"Anglos\" brought slavery and slaves into Texas?

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Mexico

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Which of these institutions was least enthusiastic about the First Great Awakening?

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Harvard University

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What did Jay's Treaty accomplish for the United States?

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War with Britain, which seemed likely because of their \"piracy,\" was avoided.

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What can be correctly described as the religious part of the Virginia Company's mission in the New World?

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Promotion of Protestantism in the Americas

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Who was the last black member to serve in the U.S. Senate until the 1960s?

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Blanche K. Brcue

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Which of these WAS NOT one of Francis Cabot Lowell's contributions to America's Industrial Revolution?

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Lowell and his factory foremen depended mostly on \"down on their luck\" urban males as their labor force.

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In the early 20th century, an amendment to the Constitution changed the way that U.S. Senators were selected. Before this, how were U.S. Senators chosen?

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U.S. Senators were elected by state legislatures.

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What was the main purpose for the writings of Bartolomé de las Casas?

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Asking Spanish authorities to protect American Indian peoples

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By what kind of margin did Andrew Johnson escape being thrown out of office?

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A slim one. He survived by a one-vote margin in the Senate.

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\"That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends...\" \"That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom...and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States.\" Republican Party platform, 1860 Having campaigned with language like that in the statement above, Abraham Lincoln felt he couldn't support

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the Crittenden Compromise.

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The KnowNothing Party

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focused on opposing immigrants and Catholicism.

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Which of these WAS NOT a typical description of the Erie Canal in the 1830s?

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It was seen as an expensive boondoggle that enriched corrupt state legislators.

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The KansasNebraska Act

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unified moderate and radical abolitionists.

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What was the effect of the earliest strikes conducted by New England \"factory girls\" in the 1830s and 1840s?

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The strikes failed and most \"factory girls\" continued to work under the conditions they had protested.

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The Crittenden Compromise was rejected by Lincoln because

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it would have allowed slavery in New Mexico and California.

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What was Andrew Jackson's role in the public school movement that emerged in the 1830s?

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Not much. Jackson showed little enthusiasm for a movement pushed by Whigs and other Jacksonn rivals.

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What was the MAIN reason that most American colonists supported Parliament's ouster of James II and the ascension of William and Mary to the English throne?

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Colonists resented the attempted Dominion of New England and James' role in it

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Emma Willard played an important role in education reform in the 1820s and 1830s by

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Founding an effective New York teacher training school for women

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All of the following were causes or effects of the 18th century Atlantic slave trade EXCEPT

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demand for labor from the rumproducing areas of New England

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How did the Bank of the United States respond to the financial crash of 1819?

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The bank made money harder to borrow.

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Before either came into contact with Europeans, how were African and American Indian people similar?

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Members of both groups thought of themselves as members of tribes, not large nationstates.

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What can be considered the result of the 1793 Battle of Fallen Timbers?

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End of Indian military threat and white dominance in Ohio Valley region

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The Trail of Tears

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was a deadly forced march of Cherokees from Georgia to Oklahoma.

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Which WAS NOT TRUE of the Quebec Act?

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It was very offensive to Catholics.

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Patrick Henry opposed the Constitution because

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he feared federal government infringement upon the rights of individual citizens.

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Which term best describes Thomas Hutchinson, William Franklin, and about a fifth of their fellow colonists?

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Loyalist

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\"Moderate\" American reformers reacted to the KnowNothing challenge to immigration

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by trying to \"Americanize\" immigrants through education.

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location close to monterey Bay, \"\"C\" is

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where Admiral Sloat declared California a possession of the U.S.A.

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Who were the core supporters of the new Whig Party that emerged in the 1830s?

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National Republicans who liked the American System and disliked Andrew Jackson

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Which state was considered by Lincoln to be the ideal model for transition back into the Union after the Civil War?

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Arkansas

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Who were the people of Spanish or Mexican descent living in Texas and dealing with the large number white colonists who arrived there?

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Tejanos

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Who didn't write Federalist Papers?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What did the 3/5 Compromise mean, exactly?

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Presence of slaves would increase a state's power in the House of Representatives despite the absence of black voting in that state.

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Who led Mormons in the 1840s to the shores of the Great Salt Lake?

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Brigham Young

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After which major battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

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Antietam

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What could Nicholas Biddle say in defense of his leadership of the Bank of the U.S.?

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Under his leadership, the U.S. had a relatively stable currency system.

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Which of the following statements about the Monroe Doctrine IS NOT TRUE?

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It was understood, though not explicit in the text of the doctrine, that America's close European allies would be exempt and free to expand in Latin America.

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In 1832, Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the U.S. Nicholas Biddle's efforts to save the national bank

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were undermined by the Andrew Jackson's and Roger Taney's efforts to deprive the bank of federal funds.

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The purpose for Lincoln's proposed military districts in the South was

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preventing chaos.

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The Second Continental Congress eventually accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

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replacing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.

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By about 1851, the widespread belief was gone that an individual miner in California could \"strike it rich\" by panning, sluicing, and cradling gold himself. Why?

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Gold mining had come to require large corporate investments and large hydraulic machines

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Austin, Tx is named for

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A Texas hero jailed for two years in Mexico City

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What was the main reason for Andrew Jackson's opposition to the Second Bank of the U.S.?

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Jackson's constituency included many common people who disliked both federal and state banks.

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Under the sharecropping system,

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landowners supplied lodging, materials, and land for cotton production.

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How did the \"nullification crisis\" finally get resolved?

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Congress passed a \"Force Bill\" and a milder \"compromise tariff.\"

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Which of the following was NOT TRUE of the War Hawks?

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They wanted to attack small Spanish colonies and Florida and add those lands to the US

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Who said that her husband should \"...remember the ladies...\" when making law? To whom did she say it? According to James Fraser, did he obey?

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Abigail Adams; John Adams; no

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Congressional passage of the Bill of Rights

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fulfilled a promise James Madison made during the Constitution's ratification process.

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As Mexico attempted to reassert control over Texas, what action was taken by Americans who met at San Felipe in 1833?

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They raised an army and sent Steven F. Austin to Mexico City to negotiate for Texas autonomy.

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In 1883, the Supreme Court struck down the

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Civil Rights Act of 1875

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Who was the first black member of the United States Senate?

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Hiram Revels

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\"I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you. I am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. Listen to me, therefore, while I tell you that you cannot remain where you now are. Circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach. And that is, to remove to the West and join your countrymen, who are already established there. And the sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity. . . .\" Andrew Jackson: To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi, 1835 The people to whom Jackson was speaking were most likely being pushed to leave from

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Georgia

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We pray for his excellency, the governor of this state, for the members of the assembly, for all judges, magistrates, and other officers who are appointed to guard our political welfare, that they may be enabled, by your powerful protection, to discharge the duties of their respective stations with honesty and ability. A Prayer for Government (1791) by Archbishop John Carroll What is \"this state,\" for which Carroll called for prayer?

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Maryland

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Where was the Revolutionary War battle that led to assistance from France?

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A (new york)

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Which WAS NOT true of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

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They represented Federalist thinking of the day.

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According to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints, the rebirth of a true Christianity occurred when

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Joseph Smith discovered, translated, and published the Book of Mormon and organized the first Mormon community in New York.

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How did Alexander Hamilton finally persuade House leader James Madison and Secretary of State Jefferson to support his plan for addressing federal and state debt?

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In exchange for Madison's and Jefferson's support for the debt plan, Hamilton would support placing the U.S. capital in the Chesapeake region.

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Which is not true of Thomas Paine?

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He served with George Washington at Valley Forge.

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permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. Alexander Hamilton What national project was the most direct result of the Hamiltonian belief in \"loose construction\" of the Constitution?

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Creation of the Bank of the United States

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Which of the following WAS NOT part of the 14th Amendment?

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Gender equality for federal jobs and elected offices

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Which WAS NOT one of the features of the Northwest Ordinance?

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It called for grid systems that would provide land for Indians.

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The 15th Amendment guaranteed voting rights for

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all male citizens.

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The 1763 fight between the Paxton Boys and the Delaware tribe, and its outcome, suggested that

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rural whites had become less willing to distinguish between friendly and unfriendly Indians.

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The Tenure of Office Act was passed by Congress to

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challenge a president with whom liberal republicans disagreed

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Which of the following IS NOT among the reasons that the U.S. government was hesitant to annex Texas in the 1830s, despite calls from Texas and the U.S. for it to do so?

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The U.S. government feared angering the Tejano minority in Texas that opposed U.S. annexation.

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With what people and place should one associate earthen mounds like the one pictured above?

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The Cahokia of the Mississippi River Valley

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The greatest constitutional challenge to federal authority faced by President Jackson while in office was

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the assertion that judicial review and nullification of federal law could occur at the state level.

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In the midtolate 1500s, this product became popular in Europe and fueled a new trade between Indians and Europeans in America. What was the product?

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Beaver pelt

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Which WAS NOT a reason that Jefferson, Madison, and their supporters opposed creation of a Bank of the U.S.?

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They feared it would create a confusing system with different currencies in different states.

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When the English in Virginia shifted their economic emphasis to tobacco in the 1620s, what was the most meaningful result?

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Many Africans would be brought to the Chesapeake to work the tobacco.

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coolie

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Chinese immigrants

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A key feature of the Missouri Compromise was that it provided for equal representation between slave states and free states in the

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US Senate

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