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Between 1815 and 1824, the United States a. was threatened by foreign invasion b.revised its form of government c,invaded and occupied Canada d.was unable to expand its economy e.grew rapidly in size and population

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e. grew rapidly in size and population

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In 1800, which of the following states was not part of the United States? a. Maryland b.Florida c.Kentucky d.Georgia e.Tennessee

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b. Florida

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The prominent New York merchant who established a fur trading business in the Pacific North West in the 1820's and 1830's was

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John Jacob Astor

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Frontier pioneers

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attempted to recreate the life they had left behind in the East.

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The first great federal transportation project was the

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building of national roads

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Which or the following was NOT part of the transportation revolution of the 1820's and 1830's? a.railroads b.steam boats c.canal systems d.upriver navigation e.national road system

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a.railroads

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When president James Monroe talked about the need for "internal improvements," he was referring to ?

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construction of a reliable transportation system for the United States

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Which one of the following was NOT a major pre-Civil War improvement in the American transportation system? a.canals b.upriver navigation c.steamboats d.roads e.all were improvements

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e.all were improvements

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A significant reason for America's rapid economic development was?

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the great national transportation system created by the nation's river nework

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The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was?

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The Erie Canal

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The great canal building boom of the 1820's and 1830's ended

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when canals proved to be and unprofitable means of transportation

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The economic revolution in the United States between 1810 and 1840 was one of _________ rather than production

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distribution

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The most important of the pre-Civil War canals was

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Erie Canal

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Which one of the following was NOT a factor in making the South the world's greatest producers of cotton? a.the discovery of new, more productive species of cotton b.the effect of the cotton gin on production c.the availability of good land in the South d.the existence of slavery in the South e.demand created by the growing textile industry

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a. discovery of new, more productive species of cotton

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Under the __________, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution.

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Putting-out system

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The term specie refers to?

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gold and silver

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Who was the primary source of labor for the textile mills?

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women

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Industrialization after 1818 altered the manufacturing system in the United States by:

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removing production from the home to the factroy

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The great showplace for early American industrialization was

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Lowell, Massachusetts

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A major advocate of the "American System" was

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Henry Clay

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The "American System" called for:

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a national bank, high tariffs, agricultural protection, internal improvements

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The "American System" did NOT include

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A limited role for the federal government

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The question of admitting Missouri to the Union in 1819

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stirred southern fears reguarding the power between North/South

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The panic of 1819

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was identified with the policies of the bank of the US

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Strengthened the validity of a contract or charter?

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Dartmouth College v Woodward

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Involved the question regarding national banks

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McCulloch v Maryland

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the foreign policy calling for an end to all European colonization efforts in the western hemisphere

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the Monroe doctrine

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the Monroe doctrine

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made little impression on European powers

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in the 1820's it was realatively easy task to induce the native american tribes of the american southeast true/false

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false

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in order to purchase land, farm families usually had to buy it from speculaters who profited from the sale true/false

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true

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settlers in the amercian west attempted, as much as possible, to creat new and unique social, political, economic institutions in their new environment true/false

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false

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the invention of the steam boat was an exciting but economically insignificant event in the first decades of the 19th century true/false

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false

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a major obstacle in the U.S. after 1815 was the nations currency true/false

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true

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federal and state policies benefitted all groups equally true/false

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false

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the Missouri compromise was primarily concerned with economics and had little to do with slavery true/false

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false

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The popular hero of the 1830's was the...

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the self made man

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The European observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, believed the most evident feature of democracy in America was

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the decline in the spirit of deference

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By the 1830's, which of the following groups were NOT denied suffrage? a.blacks b.white males c.Native Americans d.indentured servants e.women

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b.white males

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The most obvious indicator of the supremacy of democracy in the United States was

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the development of universal manhood suffrage

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Between 1824 and 1840, voter participation in elections

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increased drastically

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The major issues dominating politics in the 1820's and 1830's were

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economics

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For Jacksonians, the major threat to American democracy came from

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"the money power"

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The election of 1824, Andrew Jackson

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could claim fame as a military hero

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John Quincy Adam's victory in 1824 was aided by

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Henry Clay

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American culture in the Jacksonian period

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accurately reflected the rise of the democratic spirit

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In what election did the "tariff of abominations" become a major campaign issue?

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1828

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As president, John Quincy Adams

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had a difficult time

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The main issue of John Quincy Adams' presidency was?

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tariffs

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_________ came to symbolize the triumph of democray

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Jackson

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In the election campaign of 1828,

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great attention was paid to techniques for reaching the masses

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With respect to the "spoils system," Jackson

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believed it was a legitimate application of democracy

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Andrew Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans was that

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they should be removed to areas beyond white expansion

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The Trail of Tears refers to

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the forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma

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The leader of South Carolina's reaction to the tariffs was

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John C. Calhoun

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______ denied states the right to take Native American tribal lands.

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Worcester v Georgia

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During the nullification controversy, the political and personal problems b/w Andrew Jackson and ________ became highly visible.

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John C. Calhoun

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The Nullification controversy involved a struggle for power b/w the federal gov. and _________

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South Carolina

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From Jackson's response to the nullification crisis, one can conclude that he

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believed in limited use of federal power, but also that states were not truly sovereign

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The nullification crisis of the early 1830's

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was an early indication of the dangerous future divisions

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A major criticism of the national bank was that

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it concentrated too much power in the hands of the privileged

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Andrew Jackson killed the national bank

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by withdrawing federal deposits from it

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Belief in a national bank, high tariffs, and federally-financed internal improvements best describes the policies of which party in the 1830's?

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Whigs

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The political party that emerged in opposition to Andrew Jackson in the 1830's was known as the

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Whigs

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The slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too" refers to William Henry Harrison's involvement in

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A western battle with Native Americans

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After 1840, the Whig Party would be most closely identified with the concept of

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a "positive liberal state"

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American hotel managers in the early 1800's shocked European travelers by failing to enforce traditional social distinctions b/w clients true/false

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true

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During the Jacksonian period, there was true equality in every facet of American society true/false

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false

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One result of the new culture of democracy in the United States was that lower-and middle-class Americans actually treated the rich with more deference and respect true/false

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false

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"Jacksonian Democracy" was truly democracy only for the white man true/false

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true

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Andrew Jackson's supporters claimed John Quincy Adams had struck a "corrupt bargain" to win the presidency true/false

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true

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Although Andrew Jackson was the champion of the people and leading symbol of American democracy, he was actually a very rich man in terms of the slaves and the land he owned true/false

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true

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As president, Andrew Jackson showed an ability to work his opponents on the major issues of the period true/false

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false

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Slavery would not have lasted as long as it did except for

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the place it held in the southern economy

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A major reason for the weaker hold of slavery in the upper South was the

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increasing industrialization and agricultural diversification in the region

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The invention in the 1790's that permitted the great expansion of cotton cultivation was the

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cotton gin

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The institution of slavery became even more entrenched in the South because of the increasing importance of

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short-staple cotton

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Cotton was well suited to plantation production because

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it required intensive, simple labor

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During the nineteenth century, the center of cotton production

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shifted rapidly westward

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The union of slavery and cotton

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hindered industrialization in the South

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In the South, social prestige and influence were determined by

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the ownership of slaves

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While class differences are based on income, cast differences in the South were based on

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race

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By 1860, ________ percent of all white southerners owned slaves

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25

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Southern planters considered their slaves to be

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children that required constant supervision

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The yeoman farmer of the South was

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proud and self-reliant

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The prosperity of the southern yeoman was limited by the lack of

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transportation facilities

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Non slaveholders followed the leadership of slave owners because

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of their desire to become slave owners

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Most African Americans experienced slavery

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on plantations

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Slaveholders continually indoctrinated their slaves with the idea of

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the God-ordained supremacy of whites

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The normal way for most slaves to express discontent was

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passive resistance

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Slave folk tales revealed the attitude that

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cunning and deceit worked effectively

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The typical runaway slave was

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a young unmarried man

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Perhaps the most prominent free African American in the United States in 1860 was

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Frederick Douglas

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The foundation of the African American culture was

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religion

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Slave sermons and religious songs emphasized

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eventual deliverance from slavery

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The African American family under slavery

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emphasized kinship and mutual affection

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During slavery, African American folk tales were kept alive primarily through

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kinship networks

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Masters of large plantations generally had a close relationship with their slaves, which helped ensure loyalty. true/false

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false

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In recent years, historical studies of slavery have found to be somewhat more efficient and profitable than previously thought. true/false

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true

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Small slaveholders and non-slaveholders realizes only limited benefit from the great profits of the cotton economy. true/false

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true

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Plantation owners' concern for the welfare of their slaves was a product of economic necessity and paternalism. true/false

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true

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Slavery survived in the South even though it was not economically profitable to slave owners true/false

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false

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A huge source of the profits to the slave owners in the upper south was selling slaves to plantations in the lower south. true/false

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true

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Although cotton was central to the southern economy by the 1850's, cotton production did not really increase significantly b/w 1800 and 1850 true/false

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False

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Even had the South won the Civil War, cotton had already reached the point in 1860 at which it could no longer expand in the United States true/false

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false

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The cotton economy of the lower south

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did not create uniform prosperity throughout the region

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the approach viewed by many american religious leaders as the best way to extend religious values was

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revivalism

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which of the following individuals was not an important religious leader in america, during the 1820's and 1830's a: charles finney b: herman melville c: nathaniel taylor d: timothy dwight e: lemmon beacher

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b: herman melville

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in his sermons, charles G finney appealed mainly to

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emotion

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leamon beatcher was most closely associated with what reform movement

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temperance

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as a reform movement the temperance movement

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directed at a serious social problem

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the socialogical biased for the "colt of true womanhood" was

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an increasing division of labor between men and women

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"proper" sphere for middle class white women in the nineteenth century was

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home and family

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as a result of changes in the middle class family, 19th century children

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increasingly became viewed as individuals

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between the 1820 and 1850 the public school movemnt

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enjoyd considerably successs in th no

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`the most influention spokesman for the common school movement was

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horace Mann

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in practice, working class families view the new public schools.

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as depriving them of needed wage earnings

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in the final analysis prisons and asylems

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did not achieve aims of their founders

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the leaders of the movement to reform asylums and prisons was

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dorothea tix

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the change in the reform movement in the mid 1830's demonstrated

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a new mood of patient and perfection

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in 1821 the american colonization society established which colony as a refugee for former slaves returned to africa

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liberia

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the changes in the reform movement in the 1830's demonstrated

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a new mood of impatient and perfection

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the actions of the american colonization society indicated fears of races wars in the south the power of racial prejudice, the realization of the economic realities of slavery, its desire to help free slaves return to what it thought was the right cultural environment.

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all of the above

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the founder of the radical anti slavery movement

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william lloyd garrison

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in the large cities of the north, abolitionism

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often violently opposed

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the stand of _____ on womens rights led to an open break in the abolitionist movement in the 1840's

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william lloyd garrison

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historians evaluated abolitionism as

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succesfully bringing slavery to the for front of america's consciousness

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an importan consequence of the abolitionist movement was

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development of the womens rights movement

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___ became one of the most significant leaders of the womans rights movement

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elizabeth stanton

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transcendentalism was the american version of

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romanticism

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what religion advocated sexual equality communal ownership and strict celibacy

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shaker

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henry david thoreau pushed the idea of __ to its logical conclusion in his sojourn at WALDEN POND between 1845 and 1847

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self culture

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the prominent american literary figure who cast doubt on the reform impulse and denied perfectability of society

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nathaniel hawthorne

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which writer, whose famous novel was SCARLET LETTER, was skeptical of perfectionism

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nathanial hawthorne

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which of the following idividuals was not a prominent american of the early 1800's

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sylvestor gram

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because of primitive, rough conditions on the frontier,revivals were rarely held out there T/F

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false

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an important social change in the early 19th cent US was the growing popularity of the idea of marrying for love T/F

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TRUE

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by 1900, the typical american family had changed very little from its 1820 counter part T/F

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False

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one benefit of the new domestic ideology for women in the first half of the 19th century was more leisure time to devote to reading and developing friendships with other women T/F

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True

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although american praised the need for education in the 19th cent. , public schools did not have their beginning until the 19th cent. T/F

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false

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the shakers were one of the most succesful and long lived of the eutopian movements T/F

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True

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The approach viewed by many American religious leaders as the best way to extend religious values was called

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revivalism

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Which of the following individuals was NOT an important religious leader in America during the 1820's and 1830's

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Herman Melville

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In his sermons, Charles G Finney appealed mainly to

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emotion

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Lynn Beecher was most closely associated with which one of the following reform movement

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temperance

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As a reform effort, the temperance movement

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emphasized religious more than social concerns

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The sociological basis for the "Cult of True Womanhood" was

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an increasing division of labor b/w men and women

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The "proper" sphere for middle class white women in the nineteenth century was

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home and family

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As a result of changes in the middle-class family, nineteenth century children

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increasingly became viewed as individuals

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B/w the 1820's and 1850's, the public school movement

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changed American's ideas about proper use of federal funds

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The most influential spokesman for the common school movement was

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Horace Mann

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One plausible reason for the Texas Revolution was

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failure of Anglo-Americans to accept Mexican rule

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The leader of the Mormon trek to Utah was

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Brigham Young

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The United States expected the Mexican American War

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to be of a relatively short duration

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The majority of Irish immigrants settled in the

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Northeast

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The possibility of war with Great Britain over Oregon was increased by

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James Polk's aggressive foreign policy

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The growth of American industry in the 1830's and 1840's was NOT influenced by

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the growth of natural resources

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In 1830 California, Texas, and New Mexico were under the sovereignty of

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Mexico

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Which of the following states actually existed for ten years as an independent nation before its admission to the United States

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Texas

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California in the 1820's and 1830's

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was controlled by wealthy ranchers

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Which on of the following was NOT Mexican territory in 1825

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Oregon

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The rallying cry "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" referred to which desired territory

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Oregon

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Local and state governments in the United States

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were an important source of funding for the railroads

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Most German immigrants came to the United States to escape

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hard times

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President Polk provoked the Mexican-American War by

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ordering Zachary Taylor's army into the disputed area south of the Nueces River

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One of the most important effects of the American industrial revolution was

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a great wave of immigration

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Which of the following Mexican policies irritated the Anglo-American settlers of Texas in the early 1830's

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none of the above

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The major factor that pushed the Irish immigrant to the United States in the 1840's and 1850's was

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the great potato famine

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John Tyler initiated the policies of Manifest Destiny

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to build a base for his re-election in 1844

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B/w the 1830's and 1840's most of the immigrants to the United States came from

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western Europe

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The inventor of the mechanical reaper was

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Cyrus McCormick

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Opposition to Tyler's plan for annexation of Texas came primarily from

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northern antislavery whigs

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Delaying the equitable division of the Oregon Country was the reluctance of both the United States and Britain to surrender acess to

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the Columbian River basin

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The founder of the Mormon Church was

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Joseph Smith

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______, the her of San Jacinto, became the first president of Texas Republic

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Sam Houston`

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Shippers did not immediately shift to the railroads because

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canals boats were cheaper

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James Polk went to war with Mexico

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to force the cession of New Mexico and California

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Manifest Destiny was based , in part, on

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the belief that God was on the side of American expansion

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Which one of the following was important premise of Manifest Destiny

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all of the above

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German imigrants

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suffered less prejudice than Irish

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By the end of the 1850's, railroads had

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transformed the American economy

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Beginning with Lewis and Clark, most nineteenth century mapmakers referred to the Great Plains as

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the Great American Desert

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Describes the plains tribes

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nomadic and warlike

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The socioeconomic and religious life of the Plains tribes revolved around

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the buffalo

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The agricultural Native American tribes living in the subdesert plateaus of what is today's New Mexico and Arizona

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The Pueblos

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By 1880, there were approximately _____ Native Americans in California

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20,000

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Which of the following tribes did NOT live on the Great Plains

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Hopi

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The initial government policy toward the Plain's tribes was

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to define boundaries for each and sign treaties with them

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Which of the following was NOR part of the national government policy toward Native Americans in the 1870's and 1880's

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assimilating Native Americans into urban life

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Which of the following was, perhaps, the Greatest Native American victory over the United States Army

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Custer's Last Stand

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The leader of the fight of the Nez Perce toward Canada in 1877 was

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Chief Joseph

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A popular new cult amount Native American Plains tribes by the late 1880's was

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The Ghost Dance

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Which of the following was NOT done by the Dawes Act

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It greatly increased the power of tribal chiefs

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The first migration westward

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rushed to Oregon and California

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The Homestead Act of 1862 failed because

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the land allotments were insufficient for farming and land

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Who was the West's largest landowner

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the federal government

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The 1902 federal law setting aside the proceeds from land sales to finance irrigation projects out West was

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the National Reclamation Act

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Which one of the following territories did NOT have a large Hispanic population in the 1880's

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Kansas

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Which of the following regions did not have a substantial Mexican-American population in 1880

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Utah

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The "boom and bust" economy was most commonly associated with the

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mining frontier

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The first major industry to attract large numbers of people to the West was

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mining

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The western cattle industry had its origin in

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Mexico

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Which of the following stimulated the western cattle industry

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railroads and a population increase in the eastern United States

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Approx. 50% of cowboys driving the great heards from Texas to city markets in the 1870's were

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African Americans and Mexicans

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The ____ was established to help provide isolated farmers with social and cultural activities

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Farmer's Alliance

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The so-called "final fling" of settlement on the frontier occurred in

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Oklahoma

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Frederick Jackson Turner was

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the historian who first developed th frontier thesis

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The 1860's writer who urged easterners to "Go west, young man" was

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Horace Greely

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According to some historians, the most decisive influence on American society was the existence of the

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frontier

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The majority of the Great Plains tribes were root and berry gatherers. true/false

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false

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The Ghost Dance religion helped prepare the Sioux for life on a reservation true/false

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false

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The main purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to turn individual Native Americans into land-owning farmers true/false

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false

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Most of the migrations overland to the West were family affairs true/false

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true

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By the end of the century, few Mexican Americans could be found in the West True/False

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True

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From 1850 to 1900 there were relatively few changes in farming technology in America true/false

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false

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By the end of the century, few Mexicans could be found in the West true/false

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true

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The man who became president after Lincoln's assasination

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Andrew Johnson

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As early as 1860, Lincoln proposed a plan for restoring Southern governments based on ______ percent of the population of 1860 taking a loyalty oath the the Union

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10

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Which of the following requires fifty percent of Southern voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the southern states could regain their status as states

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Wade-Davis BIll

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President Andrew Johnson was

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opposed by radical republicans

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In Johnson's Reconstruction plan, which group had the most difficult time securing pardons

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white southerners

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Andrew Johnson believed that Reconstruction should

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grantee that the southern ruling class would not return to power

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At their state conventions, southerners were required to do all of the following EXCEPT

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gaurantee the political civil rights of the freedmen

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The state laws subjecting former slaves to a series of special regulations and restrictions on their freedom were known as

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Black Codes

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Johnson's reconstruction plan

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was rejected by the southern states

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Black codes showed that

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Southerners wanted African American to return to plantation servility

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The fourteenth amendment stipulated that any state that denied the right to vote to African Americans would

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have its congressional representation proportionally reduced

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Which of the following constitutional amendments was opposed by Andrew Johnson

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fourteenth

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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were

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Radical leaders in congress

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The South refused to ratify the fourteenth amendment

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caused thorough restructuring of Southern society

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What amendment to the Constitution states that no person could be denied the right to vote because of race, color,

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fifteenth

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What amendment abolished slavery

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Thirteenth

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gave civil rights to the former slaves

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fourteenth amendment

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Andrew Jackson was indicted by the House for violation of

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Tenure of Office-Act

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Johnson's acquittal resulted from

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the fears of some republicans that his removal would threaten the balance of power

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