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1.
Which statement concerning warfare in most Native American societies is accurate?
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Warfare was used to grow numbers among some tribes and often settled traditional rivalries or
competition for resources
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Warfare prevented most tribes from dedicating time and resources to promoting peace and
generating any kind of infrastructure
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Warfare and constant infighting rendered tribes unable to resist European explorers, and as a
result, Europeans found conquest easy.
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Warfare was waged purely over political and economic power; resources were plentiful enough
and not a source of conflict
2.
The disagreement between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists nearly derailed the ratification of the
Constitution. How was the argument resolved?
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The Anti-Federalists finally allowed for a strong, three-branch federal government as long as a
Bill of Rights, ensuring the personal liberties of citizens, was included in the Constitution
o
George Washington encouraged the states to ratify the new Constitution as his first act as
President
o
The Federalists took out the provision in the Constitution organizing a three-branch
government
o
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists signed a negotiation treaty that allowed for a stronger
Federal government in the Northern states and stronger state governments in the South
3.
What was the crop that finally ensured the long-term success of the Jamestown colony?
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Cotton
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Rice
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Indigo
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Tobacco
4.
One of the major reasons that Charles II made William Penn proprietor of Pennsylvania was to:
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Put Penn’s negotiation skills to work between the Catholics and the Puritans
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Use Penn’s wealth to fund plantations in the region
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Have Penn negotiate peace with the Natives
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Rid England of the troublesome Quakers
5.
Metacom’s War (also known as King Philips War) started after what event?
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Colonists and Pokanoket warriors destroyed the settlement of Swansea
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Massachusetts authorities hung three Wampanoag Indians for murder
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Providence was burned in protest over unfair trade by Wampanoag Indians
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Virginia settlers attacked Massachusetts with the help of the Wampanoag Indians
6.
In 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, a yearlong uprising took place over relations between
native peoples and settlers. Who led this rebellion?
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Nathaniel Bacon
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John Washington
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Sir William Berkeley
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The Sons of Liberty
7.
The Stono Rebellion triggered the passage of what legislation by South Carolina?
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Slave Catcher Act
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The Negro Act
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Black Codes
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Jim Crow Laws
8.
Which statement concerning those accused of witchcraft in the Salem trials is true?
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Women who had previously been in trouble with the law were mostly involved
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These women were almost exclusively the poor and powerless in the community
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They were not adult women, but rather young, troubled girls likely seeking attention
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They tended to be assertive women who resisted male authority figures
9.
One of the effects of the Enlightenment was the founding of what kinds of institutions?
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Colleges were founded, including Harvard which was America’s first college
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Seminary-training institutions were founded for the sole purpose of training ministers
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Public secondary schools were founded and included education for girls
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Sanatoriums were founded for the treatment of the insane, including America’s first prison at
Auburn
10.
Which of the follow are reasons that the Great Awakening was of significance in the development of
American society?
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Rise in itinerant preaching and the emphasized doctrine of “works over faith”
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Growth of churches and development of colleges
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Stronger social and economic ties to the churches and strengthened ties to European church
authorities
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Promotion of new methods of prayer and differentiation between “Old” and “New” lights rises
11.
What was the journey across the Atlantic taken by African captives to the Americas in an effort to
meet growing labor demands?
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Enslavement
o
Triangle Trade
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The Middle Passage
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Atlantic Slave Trade
12.
Which statement best analyzes how the tradition of salutary neglect influenced economic and
political development in America?
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Plagued by political discord and suffering from the effects of French raids, colonists requested
that the Crown intervene and help unite the colonies
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When the British Crown allowed the colonies to operate with few restrictions, they flourished;
when the Crown tightened control, the colonists rebelled and created a new nation
o
Although the colonies thrived economically for a time under salutary neglect, they were
grateful when the Crown began tightening control over colonial political affairs
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Salutary neglect resulted in a thriving economy, but the colonies were politically tied to England
and could not organize effectively; thus, the presence of troops was necessary to ensure trade
13.
What is the significance of the failed Albany Plan of Union, which was drafted by Benjamin Franklin in
1754?
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It served as a model for future attempts at unification and provided tentative plans for
centralizing power for common interest
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It developed the first colonial union resulting in the American Revolution as colonists refused to
be subject to the Crown
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It reinforced allegiance to individual colonies rather than the collective, and demonstrated the
lack of connection between fellow colonists
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It established a system where representatives from the colonies would determine how much in
taxes each colony would pay to the Crown
14.
Why did Pontiac’s Rebellion occur?
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The British had abandoned their western forts to the French, and had decided to stop trading
with Indian communities
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The Native Americans wished to renounce European goods, culture, and alliances, presenting a
unified front against the colonists
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Some Indian tribes objected to the alliance that had been formed with the Spanish and were
infuriated that the agreement was made
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The colonial government of Virginia had been pressuring Iroquois tribes to move west so that
white settlement could expand
15.
Following the French and Indian War, which action by the British government most infuriated the
colonists?
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Colonists who had been avoiding taxes were summoned before councils and punished
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British officials occupied their American posts by issuing the Orders of Council
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Settlement west of the Appalachians was forbidden with the Proclamation of 1763
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British vessels that seized smuggling ships in and around America were richly rewarded
16.
Which of the following best explains the distinction between an internal and an external tax?
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External taxes applied to large capital goods; internal ones applied to domestic/indoor products
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External taxes were levied only at ports of entry, whereas internal taxes were also levied on
transactions within the colonies
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The external tax is levied at the end of the year whereas the internal tax is levied at the
moment of transaction
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External taxes had to be paid directly to the king; internal ones to the colonial assembly
17.
The Townshend Acts of 1767 levied new taxes on American colonists. What did these acts signify?
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Colonial governors would become increasingly friendly to the Crown, providing the King with
extra revenues
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Duties imposed on imported goods would continue to increase until colonists could no longer
afford to buy them
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The collection of duties in the colonies would continue to increase and England would not give
up control easily
o
Eventually Townshend would push to remove taxes on all items except those being shipped to
the British West Indies
18.
Which of the following events triggered the formation of the Second Continental Congress?
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The Olive Branch Petition
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party
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The battles of Lexington and Concord
19.
The Declaration of Independence consisted of what two basic tenets?
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A preamble that stresses the importance of Enlightenment ideals, and a list of demands for
independence
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A preamble and the proposal of an independent, republican style democracy for the colonies of
North America
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A preamble that justified basic rights and the Revolution, and a list of grievances against King
George accusing him of tyranny
o
A preamble linked to Lockian ideals, and a justification of basic, natural human rights that are to
be extended to all
20.
What kind of offer did Lord Dunmore of Virginia make to slaves who would remain loyal to the
British?
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Dunmore agreed to give transport back to Africa
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Dunmore promised complete freedom
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Dunmore said that Canada would be open for them
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Dunmore offered safe passage to the Caribbean
21.
The necessity of having all states agree on any proposed legislation made what difficult under the
Articles of Confederation?
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Declaring war
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Making any changes
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Signing treaties
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Coining money
22.
What was the underlying fundamental issue at the Constitutional Convention?
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Whether the new national government should be more or less powerful than the Articles
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How to convince the general population to support a document written by the elite
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How to balance the conflicting interests of large and small states
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Whether slavery should be abolished or perpetuated
23.
What did George Washington argue in his farewell address that set an important precedent for future
presidents and diplomacy?
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The United States should build upon its friendly relations with all European nations
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The United States should financially and militarily support the revolution in France
o
Avoiding political connections with Europe (and its wars) was in the best interest of the United
States
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The United States should maintain a close alliance with Great Britain
24.
John Adams was a one-term president, in large part due to what reason?
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His disagreements with Thomas Jefferson
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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His overall doctrine of Nullification
25.
The immigrants who arrived from the mid-1800s onward found little opportunity to settle in what
area?
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Northern farms
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The West
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The South
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Bigger cities
26.
Which president believed that a strong central government was dangerous and that the economy
should be loosely managed to preserve independence?
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John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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George Washington
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27.
President Jefferson’s move to try to convince the warring British and French to leave America out of
their fight was the passage of which act?
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Embargo Act of 1807
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Nonimportation Act
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Non-Intercourse Act
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Neutrality Act of 1808
28.
Which of the following terms refers to the practice of forcing sailors into service with the British navy?
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Kidnapping
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Reassignment
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Impressment
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Relocation
29.
Which state legislature tried, but failed, to pass a law that would gradually free all of its slaves but
immediately deport them to Africa?
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Georgia
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Virginia
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Deleware
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South Carolina
30.
How did the lives of planters and of yeomen farmers differ from each other in the antebellum South?
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Yeomen farmers were subsistence farmers who supported the abolition in order to gain
economic equality with wealthy planters who relied on free slave labor
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Planters were wealthy slave owners who often lived far from their plantations, while yeomen
farmers were poor subsistence farmers who worked their own land
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Planters were wealthy investors who strongly supported slavery, while yeomen farmers were
connected to merchants and supported the abolition movement
o
Yeomen farmers became connected with new markets due to increased transportation and no
longer relied on help from planters who owned land and slaves
31.
Which of these people was at the center of the country’s first serious plot of secession?
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Aaron Burr
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Henry Clay
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Alexander Hamilton
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John Marshall
32.
Who authored the patriotic song, the “Star-Spangled Banner”?
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Francis Scott Key
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Woody Guthrie
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Katherine Lee Bates
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Samuel Francis Smith
33.
What impact did the transportation revolution have on New York city?
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Immigrants arriving in New York city left more quickly
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It caused the city’s overall population to skyrocket
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It caused the city to build a new bureaucratic structure
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It had little effect on the city overall
34.
The practice of manufacturing and then assembling interchangeable parts is known as what?
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The American System
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Milling
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Parts Alignment
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Bessemer System
35.
What was one of the major reasons for the changing attitude towards poverty, crime, and insanity in
the early 19th century?
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Americans began to believe that human nature could be improved, and began to advocate for
sweeping social reforms
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There were no longer enough jails to hold all the criminals, and people realized the mentally ill
were problematic
o
The growth of cities led to the rise of professional criminals, and Americans wanted deviants
locked up in sanatoriums
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Americans began to believe that churches should run these institutions as only God could cure
social problems
36.
What was one of the reasons why Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United
States?
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It was a private monopoly run by a privileged few, and took investments from European
markets that were unstable, risking the American economy
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Its president and other regulating members constantly meddled in national politics and
overstepped their bounds, causing President Jackson to fear a potential imbalance of federal power
o
It refused to accept deposits of federal revenue and was declared unconstitutional; it caused
the panic of 1819 by allowing speculation, thus hurting many working-class Americans
o
Jackson felt that the national bank and its special privileges hurt many poor, common
Americans, and that the Constitution did not provide a national bank for specific reasons
37.
Why did the Panic of 1819 hit western farmers particularly hard?
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In the east, the economic panic was accompanied by a severe and persistent drought
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Due to the mechanization of agriculture, farmers had invested heavily in modern machinery
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Many had bought their farms on credit and faced foreclosure on their loans
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More and more American consumers were turning to cheaper European imports
38.
In creating the Constitution, the Virginia Plan called for:
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A three-branch government with a Supreme Court justice as the executive leader
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A three-branch government including a bicameral legislature with representation based on
population
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A legislature where each state received one vote
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A two-branch government where the presidency would be shared among three men elected
from the legislature
39.
Under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether a territory accepted slavery?
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Territorial legislature members
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Residents of the territory
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Territorial governors
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Federal government
40.
What important legislation did Henry Clay author in the decade before the Civil War?
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Law
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Non-intercourse Act
41.
Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860 without any votes from what region of the nation?
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Northern states
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Native-American reservations
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Southern states
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Western territories
42.
What pushed the lower southern states to secede from the Union?
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Southern politicians were wealthy and self-serving; they pushed hard to make the secession
unanimous and formed the Confederacy
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Southerners wanted to preserve slavery at all costs and expand it into western territories to
maximize profitability and ensure their way of life
o
Southern states felt that northern states were acting aggressively and making decisions counter
to the political, social, and economic interests of the South
o
Southern states were convinced that there was a slave power conspiracy, and that northern
states were going to limit their options as free white people
43.
Which statement was true of the First Battle of Manassas?
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Stonewall Jackson was killed as he stood rallying his troops at Manassas
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After the battle, Congress authorized the enlistment of 500,000 volunteers
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The South suffered 10 percent casualties, and the North, close to 20 percent
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After the battle, both sides boldly announced a brief war and certain victory
44.
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so significant even though it did not free all of the slaves in
the United States?
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It promised that after the Civil War, slaves would be free
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It gave slaves rights regardless of condition
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It prevented the South from releasing slaves
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It tied the issue of slavery directly to the Civil War
45.
Identify the significance of the Battle of Antietam.
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other
It was the sea battle in which the northern and southern ironclad ships finally confronted each
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When the interracial Union troops surrendered, Confederate troops opened fire on them
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It provided President Lincoln the necessary victory that allowed him to issue his Emancipation
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Seizing key supply lines turned the tide in the Confederacy’s favor
46.
What were radical Republicans in Congress seeking?
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To break up southern states into five military districts overseen by a federal military presence
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To break up southern plantations into small, self-sufficient farms
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To expel southern leaders as punishment for their rebellion
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To provide for freedmen through an expansion of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the passing of
the Civil Rights Act
47.
In which area did the Freedman’s Bureau have the most success?
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Job training and employment opportunities
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Education and the establishment of schools
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Medical care and the establishment of black hospitals
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Housing and the granting of 40 acres and a mule
48.
What did white landowners try to do with their former slaves directly after the Civil War?
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Sold their plantations rather than have to hire and pay free blacks
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Decided to make the first overtures and offered shorter hours and no gang work
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Tried without success to force blacks who had once been their slaves to work under very similar
conditions
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Told them there was no work, and began advertising in the North and in Europe for farm
workers
49.
Many women believed that universal suffrage would be granted once war time issues were settled.
Why did the battle over black suffrage ultimately divide the women’s rights movement?
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Half of the movement advocated focusing on the rights of black women, while the other half
emphasized that first priority should be on the rights of black men
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A large part of the women’s rights movement did not believe that a constitutional amendment
was necessary to gain the right to vote
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Some advocates of women’s rights refused to support black suffrage without the inclusion of
woman suffrage since they had been fighting for so long
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The women’s rights movement had always avoided the debate over slavery, and many now
feared being drawn into the new debate over black rights.
50.
What event spurred the Republicans in the House to call for a senate trial for Andrew Johnson’s
impeachment?
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Johnson’s veto of a bill that would provide housing and medical care to all freedmen
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Johnson’s acceptance of bribes from ex-Confederates for reinstatement into the Union
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Johnson’s dismissal of War Secretary, Edwin Stanton, without the Senate’s approval
o
The granting of an appeal by Johnson to Lincoln’s killer, John Wilkes Booth
What patriotic song was written during the War of 1812?
“America the Beautiful”
“Stars and Stripes Forever”
“Yankee Doodle”
“The Star Spangled Banner”
Why did President Adams dispatch negotiators to France?
To enforce the borders between American territory and French Canada
To help negotiations between the National Assembly and the monarchy during the French Revolution
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