Q1 and Q2 Test - Flashcards

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A distinguishing feature of American society in the early nineteenth century was the

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increasing readership of newspapers

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Which of the following groups made up most of the servants referred to in the passage?

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Indentured servants from Europe

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Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph explained that, "A man of abilities and character and not his religious creed should be the basis for holding office." This idea may have presented the ground work for which American ideal?

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Separation of Church and State

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Which of the following best summarizes the attitude toward religious beliefs expressed in this document?

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Christians should be able to practice their faith without fear of persecution

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Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?

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They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government

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Despite the success of tobacco in Virginia., the colony still faced problems and eventually became a

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Royal colony

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Which of the following was a long-term effect of the jury's decision in the Zenger case?

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The colonial press became more willing to criticize the British

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The "Three-Fifths Compromise" originally contained in the Constitution referred to the

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rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation

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One distinguishing feature of the new middle class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was

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the separation of economic production from the home and family life

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President Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was issued in response to

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French diplomatic overtures to invoke the Franco-American Alliance

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Who proposed versions of the Connecticut Compromise multiple times to the convention? (Hint: He represented Connecticut:)

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Roger Sherman

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Concerns raised in Spain in the 1540s about "forced labor in Mexico and what is now Bolivia," mentioned in the first paragraph of MacDougall's article, led to which of the following changes?

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Limits being placed on the encomienda system and a shift toward African Slavery

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Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Alexander Hamilton's economic plan primarily because he feared that it would

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promote urban mercantile interests at the expense of agricultural interests

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Gouverneur Morris championed popular election of a single executive in contrast to election by the legislature. Why?

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To allow the executive to be separate and independent of the legislature

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The American President being chosen by an Electoral College system has only two historical precedents. Select one of the two positions that utilize a system similar to the Electoral College.

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Roman Catholic Pope

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Mr. Bedford made this point because he was concerned that the abuse of power would stem from_________?

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Proportional Representation

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The Constitutional Convention designed the electoral college to

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insulate the presidency from the popular will

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In the United States, the Haitian rebellion of the 1790's prompted

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an increased fear of slave revolts in the south

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How is the topic of Locke 's writing similar to most writing in the colonies in the 18th century?

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He wrote about politics, and most writing was about politics or religion

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Which of the following groups of individuals would have been most likely to agree with King George? (Hint: AMSCO is tricky with this one, don't let the 1776 movie convince you to pick a certain delegate who was against independence)

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Loyalists

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Which of the following religiou s groups were the authors of the Maryland Act of Toleration trying to protect?

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Roman Catholics

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President George Washington's dress set a course for the nation by

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discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations

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Pinckney's Treaty with Spain is considered a diplomatic highlight of Washington's administration because it

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allowed the United States to use the port of New Orleans

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The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in

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a system of political representation for the states in the federal goverment

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The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to

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protect rights not specified in the Constitution

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On July 21st the Convention for a third time refused to approve today a fusion of veto power of the national Judiciary and Executive as a means to checkmate power of the Legislature. However in a unanimous vote, the Convention approved the power of an Executive Veto. How can a veto be overturned?

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Two-thirds vote in the House and Senate

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Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to

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promote business enterprise

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Which of the following possible influences on Mayhew is most clearly reflected in this statement?

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The Great Awakening

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Henry Hudson is known as

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the explorer who deserted his own country

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In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

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young unmarried women from rural New England

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What was the primary intention of the Adams administration in enforcing the Sedition Act?

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To intimidate critics of Adams' foreign policy toward France and England

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How was the Declaratory Act a cause of the Boston Tea Party?

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It provoked the Sons of Liberty to contest Parliament's ability to tax the colonies

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In Marbury v. Madison, the United States Supreme Court affirmed

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its right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments

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All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT:

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It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

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According to the excerpt, which of the following does King George hold primarily responsible for the American revolt?

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The "traitorous views" of some colonial leaders

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Benjamin proposed the Albany Plan in 1754 to form a Union among the 13 colonies. Select the BEST response for why the Albany Plan did not pass.

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The colonial assemblies were unwilling to forfeit any of their sovereignty

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Which of the following best describes a central point of A. Kent McDougall's argument above?

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During the age of exploration and conquest, a growing divide developed in Spain between the Catholic Church and the monarchy over the treatment of American Indians.

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Which of the following is true of the case of Marbury v. Madison?

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It affirmed the principle of judicial review

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Which of the following leaders from an earlier period represented a group in a similar situation as cited in this example?

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Nathaniel Bacon

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Hamilton's constitutional argument was based on which of the following types of power?

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Implied

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To encourage African Americans to fight, Hamilton suggested in the excerpt that they should be promised

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Emancipation from slavery

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Which of the following groups in the colonie s in the late 17th century would be most critical of Locke's ideas?

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Slave owners

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Thomas Jefferson believed all of the following EXCEPT:

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A strong national army is essential to keep order in the United States

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Which of the following had an effect on attitudes toward traditional authority similar to the effect of the Zenger case?

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The spread of the Great Awakening

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On June 24th 1787, James Madison presented a proposal to pay congressmen for a full year after the expiration of their term. What was he trying to prevent with this proposal?

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Congressmen receiving federal offices due to friendships within congress

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the central and western areas of New York were known as the "burned-over district" because

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of intense religious zeal created during the Second Great Awakening

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Which of the following benefited most directly from the bank that Hamilton strongly supported?

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State governments

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Which of the following was a direct British response to the colonial views expressed by the Stamp Act Congress?

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Declaratory Act stating the right to tax

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According to Mayhew, the people should be willing to challenge abuses by the

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king

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Mathew would probably apply his warning, "not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness" to

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Bacon's Rebellion

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The Hartford Convention was a manifestation of

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New England Federalists opposition to the War of 1812

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David McCullough, in "Why History", stated history

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All of the above

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Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the

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obligation to protect Native Americans

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In "The Strange Death of Silas Deane" the authors stress that history is

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the act of selecting, analyzing, and writing about the past

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Which of the following was the primary reason for Hamilton's call for African American soldiers?

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The British were recruiting African Americans

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Which of the following is a correct statement about women in United States society in the years 1790-1810?

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They were considered critical to educating good republican citizens

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Prior to the French and Indian war the Native Americans were able to play the French and British Empires off of each other. In particular this allowed for the Iroquois Confederation to be neutral and reap the benefits of trading with both Empires. How did this change after the French and Indian War?

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The Iroquois allied themselves with the British, but no longer received favorable trade deals and diplomatic gifts.

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When Thomas Jefferson said in 1801, "We are all republicans — we are all federalists," he meant that

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the principles of American government were above party politics

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How did Indians shape their environments?

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Millennia of exuberant burning shaped the plains into vast buffalo farms.

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Fill in the blank: On August 24th, the convention gave Congress the power to elect a single person as President. The President's term would be ___ ______and can be re-elected ____ ______.

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7 years, 0 times

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The Federalist papers were written in order to

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attain ratification of the Constitution

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Which of the following led the opposition to Bacon' s Rebellion?

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the colonial governor

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Based on the above excerpt, what concept does George Mason feel is the most important for the new government?

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Popular Sovereignty

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The main goal of the American Colonization Society was to promote colonization in

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Africa by free Black persons and former slaves

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Who of the following would be most critical of Hamilton's position on the bank?

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Thomas Jefferson

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The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson's policies was his

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adherence to neutrality and dealing with England and France

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Before 1800, which of the following European imports had the greatest impact on the lives of the Plains Indians?

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Horses

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The Convention granted Congress the power to levy and collect taxes and to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. It also gave Congress the sole power to coin money. What did congress specifically prohibit? (This prohibition is no longer in place)

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Printing Paper Money

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A key purpose of Henry Clay's American System was to

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develop a national economy by improving transportation

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Who drafted the Virginia Plan? Who presented the Virginia Plan to the Convention?

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James Madison drafted; Edmund Randolph presented

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The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to

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weaken and deflect Republican criticism of the Federalists

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"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution." Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to

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convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States

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The goal of the American Colonization Society was to

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return freed slaves to Africa

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Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States following the potato famine of the 1840s settled in

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urban areas of the North

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Which of the following was true of the United States Constitution as adopted at the Constitutional Convention?

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It was built on a series of compromises

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North American Native American tribes

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were greatly varied in lifestyle and economic systems

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Which of the following statements about the "American System" is correct?

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It was designed to meet the nation's need for economic progress and self sufficiency

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Fill in the blank: The shaping of a draft constitution was placed today in the hands of five delegates, elected as a ________________ to draw up a document "comfortable to the Resolutions passes by the convention.

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Committee of Detail

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As originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for

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an electoral college

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Slave labor was brought to the Western Hemisphere by colonists because

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there was a lack of manpower to do the labor-intensive work of harvesting sugarcane

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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT

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determine provisions to be included in the Bill of rights

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James Horn, author of "Why Jamestown Matters" believes that if the Virginia Company had pulled out of Jamestown

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the English might never have established themselves as the major colonial power on the mainland

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The concern expressed in this excerpt helps explain why the British passed the __________.

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Proclamation of 1763

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Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

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acquire a port to provide an outlet for western crops

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Which group would most strongly support Zenger's position on the press?

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Settlers on the frontier

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The American Colonization Society was established in the early nineteenth century with the goal of

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transporting African Americans to Africa

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What did the supporters of the New Jersey Plan have in mind when they proposed the New Jersey plan?

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To use the proposal as leverage to force the large states to give ground and concede equality of representation

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The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT

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nullification of all private debts to the states

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Select the answer that BEST embodies the following quote.

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The Constitutional Convention is part of the continuing evolution of the American experiment

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The Federalist papers challenged the conventional political wisdom of the eighteenth century when they asserted that

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a large republic offered the best protection of minority rights

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Mr. Wilson went out of his way to assure the delegates that it was not desirable to destroy the state governments. He said, "In all extensive empires a subdivision of power is necessary. Persia, Turkey, and Rome, under its emperors, are examples in point." - James Wilson on June 19th, 1787. What does Mr. Wilson mean with this comment?

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There will be a partnership between state and national government

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Which of the following BEST expresses the view of Abigail Adams about power, liberty, or prejudices?

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Corruption is an ever present vice for men entrusted with power.

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The very first Americans

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were nomadic wanderers

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Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported

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restrictions on Catholics' holding public office

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The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison ?

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The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts.

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Based on the information in this excerpt, what is Samuel Kercheval's point

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They were frustrated men who were taking action because the government did not

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Locke's writings had the most direct influence on the

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American Revolution

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The primary market for the Virginia tobacco crop during this period was

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England

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Alexander Hamilton's financial program was most favorable to

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eastern merchants

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Which state refused to send a delegation to the Constitutional Convention? Why?

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Rhode Island- the state legislature wanted to continue printing inflated paper money and was concerned the convention would make them stop.

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Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification the Constitution only after

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They were assured that a Bill of Rights would be added shortly after ratification

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Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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Ireland

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Bacon 's Rebellion was initiated by a group of farmers who felt most directly threatened by

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conflicts with American Indians

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Alexander Hamilton's domestic and foreign policies were directed primarily toward strengthening the federal government by

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favoring the interest of the propertied and monied classes

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What check on power was Mason arguing for?

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Impeachment

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In "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" Patrick Henry is beseeching his listeners to _________________?

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fight a war with Britain

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The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his

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previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution

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Fill in the blank If there is a tie in the Electoral College then the ________ votes to decide the president.

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House of Representatives

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An oath of secrecy was taken by the Constitutional Delegates because...

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The delegates wanted to have free debates and float ideas without the threat of political reprisal.

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The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

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prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory

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Which of the following was not an initial result of interaction between Spanish explorers and Native Americans?

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Domestication by Native Americans of animals brought by Spanish explorers

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Which of the following was not one of the examples of moments economic, social and religious change highlighted in Gary B. Nash's "The Transformation of European Society"?

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A growing fear of immigrants from Slavic and Eastern Europe, which would drive "economic ruin" into a growing and promising economy

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The method of mass production that developed during the nineteenth century was a process that

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relied on the use of power-driven machinery

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What was the context in which Mayhew was writing?

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Opposition to British rule of the colonies was increasing

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In all European countries at the time of the convention the head of state (Monarch) had the ability to declare war. Congress decided to split this power by giving powers to both Congress and the President concerning war. How were these powers described? (Hint: These powers are the same today)

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The President MAKES war; Congress DECLARES war

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Fill in the blank. A Philadelphian lady asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin what type of government the Constitutional Convention created, he responded," A _____________________, if we can keep it."

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Republic

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Which of the following statements is the most widely accepted legacy of Christopher Columbus?

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He started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas.

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One factor not responsible for European expansion into the Western Hemisphere was

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democratization of European society

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What concerns did the Virginia Plan create for the small states?

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Proportional representation weakened the influence of the small states in the new legislature

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Most archaeologists and historians believe that the first peoples who colonized the Americas came from

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Asia

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For the first time, the Stamp Act placed on the colonies a tax that was ______

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Direct

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The Virginia Plan proposed a significant change to the government of the United States. Identify the response that best resembles the proposal.

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A national government consisting of a supreme Legislature, Executive, and Judicary

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In "The Economics of the American Revolutionary War", the author states that almost all of the taxes were appealed and revoked after colonial disapproval. With that in mind, a series of acts from 1660 were never revoked and may be a greater cause/reason for colonial uproar. What is the name of these acts? Why was it important?

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Navigation Act- it limited trade to just British ports

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New World animals, such as pigs

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caused major changes in New World nutrition, cultures, and ecology

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The Second Great Awakening did which of the following?

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It encouraged conversion to evangelical Christianity

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The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals?

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Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

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The description of Spanish actions by A. Kent MacDougall contributes to an understanding of which of the following developments beyond the 1500s?

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The growing gap between the wealthy and poor in the seventeenth century

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Although Congress accepted most of Alexander Hamilton's economic proposals, it rejected his

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call for direct subsidies to manufacturers

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To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt?

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Southerners who were threatening to secede

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Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?

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Passing a new Fugitive Slave law

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Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?

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Admitting California as a free state

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Which of the following ideas is Douglas appealing to when he says, "whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery"?

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Popular sovereignty

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An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?

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Popular sovereignty

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Chief Justice Taney's basic ruling in the Dred Scott case was based on which of the following principles?

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Since slaves were property, they could not sue

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Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court 's Dred Scott decision because

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the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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Which of the following political groups had its efforts to find a compromise over slavery effectively ended by Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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Northern democrats

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Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision ?

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Benjamin Robbins Curtis was a Supreme Court justice from 1851 to 1857. He espoused in the Dred Scott case of 1857:

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All of the above

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In Lakota, "wasichu" refers to

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Non-natives who take the best for themselves

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Which of the following groups provided the greatest support for Jackson's veto of the Bank?

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westerners

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The development of commercial farming in the Old Northwest by the time of this excerpt was written gave support to

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population growth in Eastern cities

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Stevens disagrees with those who oppose free public education because

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it will result in increased taxes

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Which of the following is or are most similar to the statement in the excerpt?

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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Which of the following served as a major cause of the war with Mexico?

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the annexation of Texas

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Urban workers such as the Philadelphia Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations believed they could improve their conditions through labor unions and

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political parties

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Which of the following individuals would be most critical of Van Buren's economic policy as presented in this excerpt?

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Henry Clay

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The first free public education system in the United States began in which of the following colonies?

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Massachusetts

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The major opposition to the Mexican War was based on the belief that

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it would expand slavery

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Which of these groups would most strongly agree with Stevens on his view of education?

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Protestant churches

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The development of which of the following best demonstrates the growing power of the nativist movement in the mid-19th century?

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a political party

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Winthrop suggests that Polk 's slogan of "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was based mainly on which of the following attitudes?

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Polk hoped to get political benefit

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Workers in the 1820s faced difficulty because of problems with

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federal laws

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The crop that best fits Downing's description as one of the "great staples" in mid-19th century America was

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cotton

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Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?

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an increase in the tariff passed by Congress

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President Polk accepted a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because

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The United States was facing problems with Mexico

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President Jackson's guiding principle to check "the injustices of government" was

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limited government

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Based on Transcendentalist ideas , penitentiaries were "designed so that every prisoner would live in solitary confinement, and would therefore have time to think and reform." (Jacksonland). This idea was opposed by

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Lafayette, who believed solitary confinement was torture

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Thoreau believed that a just man should be prepared to do which of the following?

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go to jail for his beliefs

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The opposition to foreigners is most simi lar to the view that many had toward which of the following in America at this time?

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free african americans

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One of the primary reasons to fo1m a union during this period was to

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improve working conditions

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Van Buren believed that the strength of the American economy was based on

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farmers and planters

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Sojourner Truth saw connection between the women's rights movement and

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the antislavery movement

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Which of the following groups held views most similar to the ideas expressed in this excerpt?

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Transcendentalists

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Which of the following caused the movement described in the excerpt?

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immigration

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Sojourner Truth strongly rejects criticisms of women that are based on which of the following?

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c. the teachings of religion

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Thoreau challenged the government because

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he opposed war in all cases

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President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following?

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Many southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory

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While Calhoun and many other Southerners disagreed with President Jackson's opposition to nullification, they agreed with him on

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his opposition to the anti-slavery movement

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President Jackson's veto of the Bank bill would contribute most significantly to

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a financial panic

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Once the Union soldiers start retreating, what is Lee's goal? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee)

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to keep pushing to capture the hill

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What image once more haunts Chamberlain? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 6, Chamberlain)

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Putting his brother in the hole in the line

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Now that nearly half of his regiment is gone, what does Rice tell Chamberlain to do? (from Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 4, Chamberlain)

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Occupy the big, wooded hill

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What strikes Chamberlain most about the battle? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 6, Chamberlain)

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The beauty of it

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What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 2, Longstreet)

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Resign his position

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What does Longstreet think could lose the war? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet)

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Honor

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What is unusual about Buford's reaction to Reynolds' arrival? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford)

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It is the first time Buford is happy to see the appearance of higher command

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How does Armistead get his men's attention when he goes to help Kemper? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 4, Armistead)

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Puts his hat on top of his uplifted sword

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What does Longstreet want Lee to do now that the Union army is retreating? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee)

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Disengage and move the troops between Gettysburg and D.C.

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Whose presence does Lee feel during his meeting with Ewell, Early and Rodes? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 6, Lee)

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Stonewall Jackson's

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What does Longstreet contemplate when he realizes the battle is lost? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 5, Longstreet)

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Committing suicide by walking toward the enemy.

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Who is Buford initially facing? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford)

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Heth

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Why does Longstreet stay up as late as possible? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet)

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To avoid thinking about his children

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What is causing Lee frustration at the start of the battle? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee)

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He has still heard nothing from Stuart

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What is Longstreet struggling with throughout the chapter? (from Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet)

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His disagreement with Lee and whether or not to just follow orders

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What does Chamberlain think will happen if the South wins? (from Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 2, Chamberlain)

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America will become two countries

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How does Pickett respond to his orders? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 2, Longstreet)

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With great enthusiasm

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What compliment does Reynolds pay Buford? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford)

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If he survives, he might make a soldier one day

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Why is Reynolds no longer in command? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford)

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He has been killed

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Who does Lee blame for the failure of Pickett's Charge? (from Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 5, Longstreet)

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Himself

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How does Lee calm his worries? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee)

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He prays quickly

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Why does Longstreet tell Hood not to attack to the right? (from Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 3, Longstreet)

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He does not want to go against Lee again

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What does Chamberlain decide to do when his men run out of ammunition? (from Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 4, Chamberlain)

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Fix bayonets and charge

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Buford looks for ___________. (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 7, Buford)

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Orders

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What scent directs Buford to headquarters? (from Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 7, Buford)

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Cigar smoke

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Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?

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The election of 1860

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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established

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that suffrage cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude

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The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in

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the draft riots in New York City

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In adopting the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with

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protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves

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Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

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For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.

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In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to

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preserve the Union

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When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to

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strengthen the moral cause of the Union

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The US Sanitary Commission was headed by:

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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Which of the following was NOT passed during the Civil War:

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Morrill Tariff Act

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To issue an Emancipation Proclamation , Pre sident Lincoln felt that he needed which of the following?

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A military victory

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A major part of the Confederate strategy for winning independence was based on

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winning recognition and support from Great Britain

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Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

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Opposition from the British working class

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The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederate s by doing which of the following?

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Building warships

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In July of 1861, President Lincoln was particularly concerned about how his policies on slavery would affect which areas?

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the states in white because they were slave states that remained in the Union

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Which of the following statements best describes the states in medium gray?

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They included most of the country's population

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Which of the following statements best describes the states in dark gray (black)?

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They had a strong military tradition

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The principal reason Lee didn't want to believe the spy was that

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he knew that paid spies could never be trusted

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Chamberlain got more men in his regiment because

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mutineers from another regiment were given to him

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of Buford?

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He was the first officer shot at Gettysburg

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How had Buford changed the fighting style of his men?

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He taught them to use repeating carbines

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Longstreet had stopped playing poker with his men because

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he missed his three children, all of whom had died within a week

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Fremantle was

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observing the Confederation army to report back to the Queen of England

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General Armistead was hoping to

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go over to the Union side under a flag of truce to see his friend, General Hancock

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General Pickett was worried that

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his men were last in the line of march and would miss the battle

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President Lincoln delayed issuing an Emancipation Proclamation because of his concern that it would

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cause the border states to secede

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The economic reasoning behind the Ocala Platform assumes that

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increasing the money supply would increase prices and incomes

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During the late 19th century, which of the following groups most benefited from the poverty described by Riis?

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Political machines

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Andrew Johnson was impeached because

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he violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing Secretary of War Stanton

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In the late nineteenth century, political machines such as Tammany Hall were successful primarily because

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machine politicians provided needed jobs and services to naturalized citizens in return for their votes

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Which of the following was the intended result of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887?

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Native Americans would be coaxed off reservations by land grants and would thus assimilate into Western culture.

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Attempts to rein in the power of corporations, such as the Standard Oil Company, in the 1890s and 1900s

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were often hindered by Supreme Court decisions that upheld the rights of business to operate without excessive government regulation.

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In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th Amendment directly repudiated which of the following?

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Dred Scott Decision

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Which idea would Sumner most likely support?

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Laissez-faire

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McElroy 's letter uses humor to make a point. Which of the following statements reflects McElroy's true criticism?

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Politics was primarily about holding office for personal gain.

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"Bleeding Kansas" was a direct result of the doctrine of

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popular soverignty

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As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation

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nearly 200,000 free blacks and escaped slaves joined the Union Army

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Following the Civil War, most freed slaves

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stayed in the South and worked as sharecroppers

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement set by the Reconstruction Act of 1867 for Southern states' readmission to the Union?

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The state had to pay reparations and provide land grants to all former slaves

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The principle of popular sovereignty stated that

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settlers in the Western territories, not Congress, would decide whether to allow slavery in their territories

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The dispute over electoral votes in the election of 1876

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was resolved when Samuel J. Tilden conceded the election to Rutherford B. Hayes

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The scalawags were

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white Southerners who supported Republican policies during Reconstruction

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Which of the following statements about Supreme Court decisions during the latter part of the nineteenth century is most accurate?

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They reduced federal power over the states by narrowly defining the applicability of the Constitution to state law

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The passage of the Pendleton Act was a direct result of the

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assassination of James A. Garfield

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The term "vertical integration" refers to

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control of all aspects of an industry, from production of raw materials to delivery of finished goods

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The Haymarket Affair represented a major setback for the

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Knights of Labor

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The "new immigrants" who arrived in the United States after the Civil War were different from the"old immigrants" in that they

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spoke different languages and had different customs than most Americans and thus were not easily assimilated

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The "free silver" campaign of 1896 received its greatest popular support from

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farmers, who hoped that a more generous money supply would ease their debt burdens

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Which of the following is LEAST associated with the Populist movement?

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Deregulation of railroads and utilities

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Which of the following was most directly a cause of the success of the Populist party?

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The growth of corporate power and banking interests inspired rural activists to lobby for political reform

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Defenders of corporate actions, such as the ones described in the passage above, would find support in

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Herbert Spencer and the ideas of social Darwinism.

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Successful reforms initiated by the Progressives included all but which of the following:

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the conditions of migrant farmers improved to some degree

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Theodore Roosevelt ran for president in 1912 because

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of the Taft administration's decision to apply the Sherman Antitrust Act to United States Steel.

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American blacks were discouraged by their lack of racial progress during the Wilson administration. Which of the following is not true?

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All of the above

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Many Progressives agreed with Socialists that

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capitalism had created massive inequality in America

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Which of the following was least likely to be a Progressive in this era (1890-1920)?

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a large stockholder in United States Steel

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All of the following events prepared America for war against Germany except

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the Sussex Pledge

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After America declared war in 1917

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movie stars and other celebrities helped sell Liberty Bonds to the American public

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Some critics maintained that the United States had no right to be outraged over the sinking of the Lusitania because

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all of the above

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The excerpt above, from the essay by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, implies that historians of the Progressive movement have

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not written extensively on the contributions of black women to progressivism in the South because of a scarcity of documentary evidence.

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The efforts described in the reading above occurred in the context of

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a nadir (lowest point) in race relations in the United States as scientific" ideas about race, inaction by the federal government, and rigid segregation in the South relegated African Americans to a second -class status in the United States.

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On which of these documents is Susan B. Anthony basing her appeal for women's equality?

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Declaration of Independence

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Susan B. Anthony and others in the women's rights movement had a major influence on the ratification of which of the following?

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The Nineteenth Amendment

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The language of this passage by Susan B. Anthony demonstrates which of the following continuities in U.S. history?

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Debates over voting rights

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Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the scenario described in this passage?

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National Woman Suffrage Association

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Which of the following would most directly support the argument that Progressives were "exclusionary"?

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Progressives did little to end the segregation of African Americans

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The issue of freedom of the seas in World War I most closely resembles the cause of which of the following conflicts?

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War of 1812

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Gifford Pinchot was known as

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the Father of the Forest

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George W. Perkins believed that progress depended upon men learning to work together, but

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he could not work in harness with others at the task of making a better world.

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An overview of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era inevitably narrows to three major movements:

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industrialization, immigration, and urbanization.

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A. Mitchell Palmer's reaction to the threat of immigrants with potential communist ideologies was to

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deport them by the boatload

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During the 1930's, the Roosevelt administration did which of the following?

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Formally renounced the right to intervene in Latin America.

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Which of the following is true of the 1935 Social Security Act?

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It legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners.

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The objective of the Bonus Expeditionary Force that marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 was to obtain

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payment of money to veterans of the First World War

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During the 1930s Black voters overwhelmingly switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party because

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Black Americans benefited from some New Deal economic policies

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Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War?

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Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them.

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The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of

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the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity

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The purpose of the immigration restriction acts passed in the 1920s was to

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favor northern and western European immigration

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All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT

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the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

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During the 1930's, the Great Depression led to

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a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

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President Herbert Hoover approached the task of caring for unemployed workers during the Great Depression by

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emphasizing the importance of private charities

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Which of the following statements about the Tennessee Valley Authority is correct?

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It built dams that made rural electrification possible

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The assembly-line production of Henry Ford's Model T automobile resulted in which of the following by the end of the 1920s?

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Widespread purchase of automobiles by average American families

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Which of the following best characterizes the National Origins Act of 1924 ?

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It established immigration quotas based on a percentage of each nationality residing in the United States in 1890.

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Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?

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States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed

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Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

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requesting that business leaders maintain levels of wages and production

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The Republican Presidents of the 1920's favored

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tax cuts for wealthy Americans

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"The Department of Justice will pursue the attack of these 'Reds' upon the Government of the United States with vigilance, and no alien, advocating the overthrow of existing law and order in this country, shall escape arrest and prompt deportation." The declaration above was made by

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A. Mitchell Palmer

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The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

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economically invigorated by military spending

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The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to

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raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production

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Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

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An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

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The main goal of the Marshall Plan was to

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finance the economic reconstruction of Western Europe

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The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to

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provide military supplies to the Allies

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All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the need to

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block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States

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President Calvin Coolidge and his secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, pursued an economic policy that featured

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tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations

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Policy initiatives during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first two presidential terms included all of the following EXCEPT restoring public confidence in the banking system restricting agricultural production creating new jobs in the public sector deficit financing nationalizing basic industries

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nationalizing basic industries

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In an influential 1947 article, diplomat George F. Kennan advocated that the United States should

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focus its foreign policy on containing the spread of Soviet communism

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Which of the following was NOT a figure in the Harlem Renaissance?

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A. Philip Randolph

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An underlying cause of the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was

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overproduction in the manufacturing and farm sectors

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Which of the following best characterizes the writings of American authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, e. e. cummings, and Sinclair Lewis?

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Disillusionment with modern American society

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The flappers of the 1920's challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

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greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

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The decisions of the Supreme Court in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries generally did which of the following?

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Strengthened the position of big business

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During the 1920s, both the Saco and Vanzetti case and the rise of the new Ku Klux Klan reflected

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public fear and resentment of southern and eastern European immigrants

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Which of the following is a major change in the status of women that occurred in the 1920s?

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They began to vote in national elections

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The Palmer raids of 1919 to 1920 were most closely related to the

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fear of communism and radicalism

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The purpose of the Truman Doctrine of 1947 was to

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prevent communism from spreading further through military aggression

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Which of the following is a correct statement about Harry S Truman?

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He proposed, through the Fair Deal, to continue and expand the aims of the New Deal

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What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s?

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The United States passed the National Origins Act

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