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Prior to 1800, the largest settled community in what is now the United States was:
A. New Orleans
B. Cahokia
C. Teotihuacan
D. Machu Picchu |
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The oldest site in the present-day United States to be continuously inhabited by Europeans is:
A. Plymouth, Massachusetts
B. Manhattan, New York
C. Jamestown, Virginia
D. St. Augustine, Florida |
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| D. St. Augustine, Florida |
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Which of the following was not a significant motivation behind Europeans colonization in the New World?
A. The acquisition of profitable lands and precious metals
B. The spread of democracy to the Americans
C. The attainment of national glory
D. The religious and cultural uplift of "barbaric" peoples |
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| B. The spread of democracy to the Americas |
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Which of the following was expressed by Bartolome' de Las Casas in A Very Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes in 1552?
A. He believed that Indians ought to be allowed to continue to practice their native faiths as a true sign of Christian love and toleration
B. He wrote that slavery from Africa endangered Native American peoples
C. he asserted that Indians should be forced into slavery
D. He described how the Spanish made forced laborers of Indians of all ages. |
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| A. He believed that Indians ought to be allowed to continue to practice their native faiths as a true sign of Christian love and toleration |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
A. Pizarro's conquest of the Incas; Balboa's expedition to the Pacific, Vespucci's explorations along South America
B. Vasco de Gama expedition to India; Bartolomeu Dias's arrival at the Cape of Good Hope; Portuguese traders' appearance at Benin
C. Cortes's conquest of the Aztecs; Las Casas's Destruction of the Indies; Spanish abolition of Indian enslavement
D. Pueblo Revolt; Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo's exploration of Pacific coast; Samuel de Champlain's founding of Quebec |
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| C. Cortes's conquest of the Aztecs; Las Casas's Destruction of the Indies; Spanish abolition of Indian enslavement |
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Which of the following was not a prominent cultural belief among Indian societies of North America?
A. Land was there for the use of the tribe as a whole,not for the enrichment of individuals
B. Spiritual power resided in all aspects of the natural world
C. Only holders of property should take part in tribal governance
D. Hunting and fishing were for men; farming was largely for women |
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| C. Only holders of property should take part in tribal governance |
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In the 1500's and 1600's, the Spanish in Central and South America relied primarily on which of the following groups to work fields and mines?
A. Indians
B. African slaves
C. Indentured servants
D. Wage laborers |
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The chief goal of fifteenth-century Portuguese expansion was:
A. The establishment of a trading empire in Asia
B. Sanctuary for persecuted religious sects
C. Further knowledge about African and Asian culture
D. Hard evidence that the world was round |
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| A. The establishment of a trading empire in Asia |
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At the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans, Native Americans had not developed:
A. Agriculture
B. Wheeled transportation
C. Structures of political power and governance
D. Religious beliefs and rituals |
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| B. Wheeled transportation |
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A significant outcome of the Portuguese arrival in West Africa was:
A. A decline of Portuguese interest in finding a sea route to Asia
B. The abolition of slavery along the west coast of Africa
C. An expansion of Africa's internal slave trade
D. Large-scale immigration from West Africa to Western Europe |
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| C. An expansion of Africa's internal slave trade |
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Which is not an achievement of the Indians of North America in the thousands of years before Columbus's arrival?
A. In the Ohio River Valley, Indians built large earthen burial mounds
B. Near present-day St. Louis, 10,000 or more people built giant earthen mounds
C. People built a series of giant semicircular mounds in present-day Louisiana
D.People in present-day Arizona constructed a large circle of red-earthen boulders |
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| D. People in present-day Arizona constructed a large circle of red-earthen boulders |
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In which country did the reconquista occur?
A. Mexico
B. Spain
C. France
D. Brazil |
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The expansion of tobacco cultivation in the early 1600's led to an increase in demand for which of the following labor groups?
A. African Slaves
B. Native Americans
C. Indentured Servants
D. Mestizos |
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Which of the following was not a significant feature of indentured servitude in seventeenth-century Virginia?
A.Indentured servants never compromised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves.
B. Unlike slaves, indentured servants were held in bondage only for a limited period of time.
C. Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters.
C. Like slaves, indentured servants could be bought and sold, beaten, and denied permission to marry by their masters.
D. Although servants could anticipate some kind of "freedom dues" (often a piece of land) upon completion of their indenture, many died before their terms expired. |
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| A. Indentured servants never comprised more than a small percentage of Virginians, the great majority of whom arrived either as free settlers or slaves |
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Cecilius Calvert envisioned Maryland as a refuge for:
A. Indentured Servants
B. The Indians
C. African-Americans
D. Catholics |
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Having fled religious intolerance in England, the Puritans in Massachusetts:
A. Were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity
B. Were tolerant of other Christian faiths and denominations
C. Were tolerant of Quakers and Catholics, but intolerant of Jews and atheists
D. Frequently established their cities upon hills to protect against Indian attack |
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| A. Were intolerant of persons who disagreed with their version of Christianity |
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Which of the following did not happen in the 1630's?
A. A Pequot War
B. Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts
C. The House of Burgesses was established
D. Anne Hutchinson's Trial |
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| C. The House of Burgesses was established. |
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A key motivation behind early English settlement in the American colonies was:
A. Acquisition of land, and thus a measure of personal independence
B. Escape from the material and spiritual corruptions of England
C. The profits to be made in trans-Atlantic commerce.
D. All of the above |
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The main lure for the majority of migrants from England to the New World was:
A. Religious freedom
B. Land ownership
C. Slave ownership
D. Indentured servitude |
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Which was not a characteristic of Roger Williams's Rhode Island colony?
A. It was a refuge for nonconformists
B. It had no established church
C. It had no religious qualification for voting in the 1600's
D. It required citizens to attend church |
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| D. It required citizens to attend church |
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Among the problems facing the early settlers of Jamestown colony were:
A. high rates of death and disease
B. Over consumption of hearty English foods
C. Constant attacks by French and Spanish pirates
D. All of the above |
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| A. High rates of death and disease |
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The first permanent English settlement in the area now known as the United States was at:
A. Plymouth, Massachusetts
B. Ft. Augustine, Florida
C. Jamestown, Virginia
D. New Amsterdam, New Netherlands |
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Which country was not a main rival of the British in the seventeenth century?
A. Spain
B. Germany
C. The Netherlands
D. France |
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In 1619, the first elected assembly in colonial America was:
A. the House of Burgesses in Virginia
B. The Massachusetts General Court
C. The State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D. The Delaware State House in Christiana |
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| A. The House of Burgesses in Virginia |
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Which of the following was not a significant feature of the Salem witchcraft hysteria of the early 1690's?
A. It reflected a widespread belief in the supernatural
B. Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convinced
C. Accusations of witchcraft tended to befall on women who deviated from prevailing gender norms
D.Many inhabitants accused others of witchcraft in order to deflect suspicion from themselves |
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| B. Many were tried on charges of witchcraft, but no one was actually convinced |
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In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial America's leading commercial port was:
A. Baltimore
B. New York
C. Philadelphia
D. Charleston |
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In the eighteenth century, the largest group of immigrants from continental Europe were:
A. Italians
B. French
C. Germans
D. Dutch |
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Carolina grew slowly until planters discovered what staple crop?
A. Cotton
B. Tobacco
C. Indigo
D. Rice |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
A. Establishment of Dominion of New England; Glorious Revolution in England; Parliamentary Declaration of Rights
C. William Penn receives royal charter; English monarch restored under King Charles II; deposing of Governor Andros
D. Founding of New York; founding of New Netherlands; King Philip's War |
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| A. Establishment of Dominion of New England; Glorious Revolution in England; Parliamentary Declaration of Rights |
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The Dutch primarily settled in:
A. Pennsylvania and New York
B. Connecticut and New Jersey
C. Delaware and Pennsylvania
D. New York and New Jersey |
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| D. New York and New Jersey |
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Which was not a part of the Dominion of New England (1686-88)?
A. New York
B. Vermont
C. New Hampshire
D. Plymouth |
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Which of the following was not central to William Penn's vision for his Quaker colony?
A. The freedom to follow one's own religious conscience
B. The spiritual equality of all; regardless of sex or color
C. Harmonious relations between settlers and Indians
D. A hands-off policy toward private behavior |
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| D. Hands-off policy toward private behavior |
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In 1691, Massacuhsetts was transformed when a new charter, issued by the English government, absorbed Plymouth into Massachusetts and:
A. Made property ownership, not church membership, a requirement for voting in General Court elections
B. Outlawed slavery
C. Deposed its proprietor
D. Required membership in the Plymouth or Pilgrim church for voting in General Court elections |
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| A. Made property ownership, not church membership, a requirement for voting in General Court elections |
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Which was not a characteristic view of mercantilism?
A. Trade should result in more gold flowing into the country than leaving it
B. A country's imports should exceed its exports
C. Colonies should produce raw materials and import finished products
D. Government should regulate economic activity be creating monopolies, special bounties, and by encouraging manufacturing and commerce |
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| B. A country's imports should exceed its exports |
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By the late 1600's the majority of enslaved labor in the West Indies worked on:
A. Cotton plantations
B. Sugar plantations
C. Indigo plantations
D. silver mines |
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Which colony was founded by a leader who hoped women and blacks would be given along with all persons?
A. Rhode Island
B. Connecticut
C. Pennsylvania
D. There was no such British colonial leader |
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Olaudah Equiano was:
A. A slave who purchased his freedom
B. A sailor in the Royal Navy
C. Able to read and write
D. All of the above |
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The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War) was fought between:
A. the French and Indians
B. The Iroquois and French
C. The Iroquois and Spanish
D. The British and French |
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| D. The British and French |
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The Stono Rebellion in South Carolina:
A. Was a slave revolt
B. Was a rebellion of convict laborers
C. Displaced Governor Berkeley from office
D. Was lead by George Washington's grandfather |
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During the 1700's, voting in the colonies was restricted to:
A. All adult white men; women were excluded
B. Men who owned property
C. Men of proper religious faith
D. Men, women, and occasionally slaves |
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| B. Men who owned property |
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The leading promoter of the Great Awakening was:
A. George Whitefield
B. Neolin
C. Junipero Serra
D. Benjamin Franklin |
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The country whose trading posts ringed British mainland colonies to the North and West in the eighteenth century was:
A. Spain
B. The Netherlands
C. France
D. Ireland |
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Which of the following was not a religious pattern of colonial slavery?
A. In the Chesapeake, slaveholding was common among was common among small farmers and large planters alike
B. Field slaves in the rice-producing colonies had less regular contact with whites than did those in the tobacco-producing colonies
C. In the northern colonies, slaves could be found in a wide range of trades both urban and rural
D. In the colonial backcountry, black slaves tended to outnumber free whites |
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| D. In the colonieal backcountry, black slaves tended to outnumber free whites |
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Which was not an element in the Triangular Trade?
A. British-made goods were shipped to Africa
B. Colonial products, including tobacco, sugar, and rice, were shipped to Europe
C. Slaves were shipped to the New World
D. Tea and luxury goods were shipped to Britain from Asia |
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| D. Tea and luxury goods were shipped to Britain from Asia |
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The movement that sought to apply the scientific method of careful investigation based on research and experiment to politics and social life was:
A. Romanticism
B. Emersonianism
C. the Enlightenment
D. The Great Awakening |
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True or False
The Tea Act raised the price of British tea in the colonies |
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True or False
The 1764 Sugar Act provoked the colonists by increasing the tax on molasses imported into North America |
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True or False
More Americans than Frenchmen participated in George Washington's decisive victory at Yorktown |
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True or False
By substituting "pursuit of happiness" for "property," Jefferson's Declaration of Independence significantly broadened the American conception of freedom |
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True or False
Some slaves gained their freedom by serving as soldiers during the Revolution |
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True or False
By "unalienable rights" Thomas Jefferson meant rights so basic that no government could take them away |
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True or False
As tensions between Britain and the colonies mounted, social conflict within the colonies faded |
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True or False
During the Revolution, the British took great care not to disrupt the lives of American civilians |
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True or False
At Trenton, Washington staged a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in the service of the British |
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Phillis Wheatley, a slave during the revolutionary era, is celebrated in American history for being:
A. A published poet and slave
B. The inventor of the cereal Wheaties
C. the mother to four of Thomas Jefferson's children
D. A signer of the Declaration of Independence |
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| A. A published poet and slave |
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Three months after independence was declared in 1776, which state adopted a new state constitution with only a one-house legislature?
A. South Carolina
B. New York
C. Rhode Island
D. Pennsylvania |
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The estimated percentage of free Americans who remained loyal to the British during the Revolution was:
A. 5-10 percent
B. 20-25 percent
C. 40-45 percent
D. 55-60 percent |
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Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) argued that:
A. The "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fair than government intervention in the economy
B. Mercantilism was crucial to the development of international trade and hence the growth of the wealth of all nations
C. Britain and Scotland were destined to be the richest nations in the world for four hundred years
D. Workers' control of the means of production, distribution, and exchange would ensure the greatest wealth for all among nations |
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| A. The "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fair than government intervention in the economy |
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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on religion in America?
A. A trend toward the elimination of publicly established churches
B. A spreading conviction that one's religion was a private matter, beyond the proper reach of government policy
C. A marked decline in the influence of religion in American society
D. An easing of intolerance toward Catholics, Jews, and dissenting Protestants |
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| C. A marked decline in the influence of religion in American society |
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The first antislavery tract in America was:
A. Uncle Tom's Cabin
B. The Selling of Joseph
C. The Liberator
D. "Remember the Ladies" |
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In the early 1770's "freedom petitions" were:
A. Women's petitions to the General Court for subvention of "coverture."
B. Colonists' petitions to the king and Parliament demanding freedom from taxation
C. Indians' petitions to the Virginia House of Burgesses and to other colonial legislatues
D. Slave petitions urging slavery's end, presented to New England courts and legislatures |
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| D. Slave petitions urging slavery's end, presented to New England courts and legislatures |
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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on the issue of slavery in America?
A. Some patriots saw slavery as incompatible with American liberty
B. Some patriots saw the abolition of slavery as incompatible with American liberty
C. In the rhetoric of many patriots, "slavery" referred to the status of the colonies, not that of African-Americans
D. Ironically, the arrival of independence was accompanied by an expansion of slavery throughout the United States |
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| D. Ironically, the arrival of independence was accompanied by an expansion of slavery throughout the United States |
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Who developed the state constitution that gave the governor an effective veto over laws passed by the legislature, included a two-chamber legislature and powerful judiciary, and was subsequently an important model for the U.S. Constitution?
A. James Madison
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. Benjamin Franklin |
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For most free Americans in the new republic, equality meant:
A. Equal opportunity rather than equality of condition
B. Equality of voting rights for men and women
C. Equality for all ethnic groups and races
D. Equality for women with men |
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| A. Equal opportunity rather than equality of condition |
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What famous American woman wrote to her husband that the Second Continental Congress should "remember the ladies" when they drew up a "Code of Laws"?
A. Martha Washington
B. Dolly Madison
C. Abigail Adams
D. Helen Field |
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Which of the following was not a course adopted by African-Americans to advance the cause of emancipation during the revolutionary era?
A. Assassination of proslavery public figures
B. Petitions advocating freedom
C. Lawsuits challenging the legality of slavery
D. Enlistment as soldiers on each side during the Revolutionary War |
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| A. Assassination of proslavery public figures |
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True or False
Twelve of the first sixteen presidents owned slaves |
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True or False
By 1790, there were no slaves in New England |
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True or False
Alexander Hamilton was an Anti-Federalist |
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True or False
Under the Articles of Confederation, national government consisted of a weak legislative branch and a strong judicial branch |
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True or False
The founding fathers meant "We the people" to refer to all Americans |
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True or False
Fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of the population attended college in the late eighteenth century |
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True or False
As originally written, the Constitution acknowledged and tacitly supported the institution of slavery |
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True or False
Shay's Rebellion was inspired by a belief that the Massachusetts government was not doing enough to protect indebted farmers from losing their land |
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True or False
The 1790 Naturalization Act barred non-white foreigners from attaining American citizenship |
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"Impressment," as practiced by the British, was:
A. The gentlemanly virtue of chivalric honor toward women meant to impress
B. The act of formally publishing-impressing-a legal document
C. Kidnapping sailors
D. Stamping a document so as to indicate that the tax or tariff on it has been paid |
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George Washington was elected the first President of the United States:
A. In a bitterly divisive contest
B. Over the opposition of Alexander Hamilton
C. By a narrow majority after running an active, democratic campaign
D. Unanimously by the electors of the Electoral College |
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| D. Unanimously by the electors of the Electoral College |
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With the Louisiana Purchase,
A. Louisiana entered the Union as the eighteenth state
B. The size of the nation was doubled
C. The country was bankrupted
D. France gained control of New Orleans |
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| B. The size of the nation was doubled |
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Who was the great war hero to emerge from the War of 1812?
A. William Henry Harrison
B. Daniel Boone
C. Davey Crockett
D. Andrew Jackson |
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In the "XYZ" affair of 1797:
A.French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes
B. Thomas Jefferson's affair with a slave was kept private
C. Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton
D.The British legation was excoriated for the British system of impressment |
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| A. French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes |
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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, written respectively by Madison and Jefferson, attacked what federal law?
A. Judiciary Act
B. Marbury v. Madison
C. Sedition Act
D. Alien Act |
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"The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Frances Scott Key, commemorates what event in the War of 1812?
A. Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans
B. Perry's defeat of the British naval forces on Lake Erie
C. Fort McHenry's ability to withstand the British bombardment
D. The American frigate Constitution's defeat of the British warship Guerriere |
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| C. Fort McHenry's ability to withstand the British bombardment |
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Which of the following was not a major development during Jefferson's presidency?
A. An act declaring all Indian lands between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River off-limits to white settlement
B. The assertion by Chief Justice Marshall of the principle of "judicial review"
C. The imposition of an embargo on American trade with foreign nations
D. A doubling of the size of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase |
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| A. An act declaring all Indian lands between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi River off-limits to white settlement |
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The two political parties of the mid-1790's were the:
A. Whigs and Democrats
B. Republicans and Federalists
C. Federalists and Whigs
D. Democrats and Whigs |
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| B. Republicans and Federalists |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was which of the following?
A. A southerner
B. A transcendentalist
C. Pro-slavery
D. The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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"Manifest Destiny" was:
A. The name of the frigate invented by Robert Fulton
B. The famous list of the cargo-manifest destiny- carried by HMS Destiny
C. A passenger list kept onboard a ship
D. The idea that the USA had a God-given mission to expand westward |
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| D. The idea that the USA had a God-given mission to expand westward |
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Democracy in America was written by:
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Alexis de Tocqueville
D. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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American industrialization first took off in:
A. The deep south
B. The upper south
C. New England
D. The Great Lakes region |
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Of the following projects, New York City's commercial ascent was owed chiefly to:
A. The Erie Canal
B. The National Road
C. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
D. The telegraph network |
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Which was not an innovation associated with the market revolution of the first half of the nineteenth century?
A. Canals
B. Railroads
C. Steamboats
D. Telephones |
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What 1793 Invention spurred the rise of the cotton kingdom and fueled demand for slaves?
A. McCormick Reaper
B. Steam Engine
C. Cotton Gin
D. A nitrogen-fixing process in which nitrogen could be mechanically made |
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Which of the following was not a feature of westward expansion during the early- to mid-1800's?
A. Westward expansion breathed fresh life into the system of southern slavery
B. Economically, the northern frontier was far more diversified than the southern frontier
C. Western farmers focused increasingly on producing grains and livestock for urban markets in the East
D. Cities had no significant presence in the expanding West |
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| D. Cities had no significant presence in the expanding West |
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The 1825 completion of the 363-mile Erie Canal connected:
A. Lake Erie with Lake Ontario
B. The Great Lakes with New York City
C. Lake Champlain with Erie, Pennsylvania
D. Erie, Pennsylvania with Columbus, Ohio |
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| B. The Great Lakes with New York City |
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Chicago's spectacular growth, 1830-1860, was due to:
A. Canals
B. The Steel Plow
C. Railroads
D. Steamboats |
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Which of the following was not a mounting source of concern over the effects of the market revolution?
A. The ongoing cycle of boom and bust
B. The rising inequalities of wealth
C. America's failure to attract many newcomers from Europe
D. The increasing dependence of workers upon wage labor |
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| C. America's failure to attract many newcomers from Europe |
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Which was not an aspect of women's changing role in the context of the expansive and dynamic growth of the market economy in the nineteenth-century America?
A. Some women followed work as moved from the household into factories
B. Many women embraced the view that a woman's role was to shape a nurturing and loving private home environment shielded from the competitive tensions of the market economy
C. A woman's role was often seen to be that of sustaining nonmarket values of love, friendship, and mutuality, providing men shelter from the competitive marketplace
D. In the new, competitive, capitalist marketplace, women were to grow increasingly into captains of industry, becoming leaders of some of the nation's most important industries |
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| D. In the new, competitive, capitalist marketplace, women were to grow increasingly into captains of industry, becoming leaders of some of the nation's most important industries |
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True or False
During James Madison's Presidential terms, two-party competition completely disappeared |
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True or False
President Andrew Jackson's critics called him"King Andrew" |
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True or False
The Second Bank of the U.S. held all the funds of the federal government |
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Term
True or False
In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote |
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True or False
Martin Van Buren's Presidency was occupied to a large degree in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837 |
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Term
True or False
Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state of the Union after 1800 |
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Definition
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Term
True or False
Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820's and 1830's |
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson |
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The Panic of 1819 left many Americans uneasy about the Market Revolution |
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In the years before the Civil War, the wealthiest Americans were:
A. Manufacturers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York
B. Planters in South Carolina and Mississippi
C. Railroad magnates
D. New York mercantile jobbers |
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| B. Planters in South Carolina and Mississippi |
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Which of the following was not a frequent mode of slave resistance?
A. Deadly assaults on slaveholders
B. Theft of food
C. Sabotaging the efficiency of the plantation
D. Escape |
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| A. Deadly assaults on slaveholders |
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The most influential African-American of the nineteenth century and the nation's leading advocate of racial equality was:
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Nat Turner
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Fredrick Douglass |
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Which of the following was not true of the plain white folk of the Old South:
A. Like slaves, they had few civil or political rights
B. Most were only marginally connected to the market revolution
C. While some remained mired in poverty, others attained material comfort and self-sufficiency
D. While some resented the planter elite, most still supported the system of slavery |
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| A. Like slaves, they had few civil or political rights |
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Slaves made up a significant portion of the Old South's:
A. Field Laborers
B. House Servants
C. Skilled Artisans
D. All of the above |
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By 1860, more than half the United States' exports were in:
A. Steel
B. Iron
C. Cotton
D. Slaves |
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In the Old South, the percentage of white families that owned slaves was:
A. 10 percent
B. 25 percent
C. 40 percent
D. 60 percent |
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Cotton was "King" during the first half of the nineteenth century. Three-fourths of the world's supply came from the United States, and textile manufacturers in New England, Great Britain, France, and Russia depended on the American cotton supply. Define "textile."
A. Tiles, usually made of ceramic and cotton, used in building houses, manufacturing plants, and government buildings
B. Woven Cloth
C. A small book or text, usually on a topic of general interest to the reading public
D. Steam engine-powered factory or manufacturers |
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Which of the following does not apply to the comparative experience of slaves and free blacks in the Old South?
A. Social hierarchies could be found within each group
B. Like slaves, free blacks were legally bared from voting, carrying firearms, or testifying in court
C. Between 1800 and 1860 the material conditions of free blacks steadily improved, while those of slaves steadily deteriorated
D. As with slaves, most free blacks worked as field hands |
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| C. Between 1800 and 1860 the material conditions of free blacks steadily improved, while those of slaves steadily deteriorated |
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Between 1844 and 1840, about how many northerners joined abolitionist groups?
A. 400
B. 600
C. 900
D. 100,000 |
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American reform efforts during the 1820's and 1830's:
A. Raised and addressed a variety of issues, such as alcoholism, crime, prison life, illiteracy, labor conditions, women's rights, and slavery
B. Enjoyed their greatest support among immigrants, Catholics, and the poor
C. Were united in their repugnance for the market revolution
D. Found greater support in the South than in the North |
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| A. Raised and addressed a variety of issues, such as alcoholism, crime, prison life, illiteracy, labor conditions, women's rights, and slavery |
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Which was not among the institutional asylums built during the 1830's and 1840's?
A. Poorhouses for the destitute
B. Insane asylums
C. Settlement houses in cities
D. Orphanages for children without families |
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| C. Settlement houses in cities |
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Which was not a movement Abby Kelley was associated with?
A. Abolitionism
B. Tariff reform
C. Pacifism
D. Women's rights |
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The nineteenth-century view that there should be an immediate end to slavery and incorporation of the freed persons into the republic as equal citizens is called:
A. Colonization
B. Abolitionism
C. Gradual Emancipation
D. Fourierism |
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The Liberator, the abolitionist journal, was published in Boston in 1831 by:
A. David Walker
B. Thaddeus Stephens
C. William Lloyd Garrison
D. Lucretia Mott |
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| C. William Lloyd Garrison |
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The region of the United States that came to be known as the "burned-over district" as a consequence of the many religious revivals that flourished there in the early nineteenth century was:
A. North Carolina and southern Virginia
B. South Carolina and North Carolina
C. Arkansas and southern Kentucky
D. Upstate New York and northern Ohio |
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| D. Upstate New York and northern Ohio |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
A. Founding of American Colonization Society; establishment of Liberia; William Lloyd Garrison's Thoughts on African Colonization
B. Launching of The Liberator; David Walker;s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World; founding of American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
C. Founding of Liberty party; adoption of "gag rule" by House of Representatives; founding of American Anti-Slavery Society
D. Seneca Fall Convention; Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes; Margaret Fuller's Woman in the Nineteenth Century |
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| A. Founding of American Colonization Society; establishment of Liberia; William Lloyd Garrison's thoughts on African Colonization |
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Which of the following was not true of race relations within the abolitionist movement?
A. Blacks played a prominent role in the movement
B. Virtually no traces of racial prejudice found their way into the movement
C. Overall, white abolitionists proved extraordinarily receptive to the principle of racial equality
D. Over time, black abolitionists such as Martin Delany and Henry Highland Garnet grew increasingly restless for an independent role within the movement |
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| B. Virtually no traces of racial prejudice found their way into the movement |
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Which of the following was not an area of public activism open to women during the 1830's and '40's?
A. Petition drives
B. Public Meetings
C. Political Party Conventions
D. Voluntary reform associations |
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| C. Political Party Conventions |
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The number of voluntary reform communities established in the decades before the Civil War that historians often call "utopian" communities-numbered about:
A. One hundred
B. Twenty-five
C. Thirty-seven
D. Forty-three |
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Beginning in 1816, the American Colonization Society:
A. Developed museums and interactive outdoor displays to show Americans what life had been like in the colonies
B. Wished both to abolish slavery and send American blacks to Africa
C. Established a colonial heritage society in which voluntary organizations and individuals could seek to trace their family roots back to colonial times
C. Continued the tradition of the voluntary organizations of colonial-era Sons and Daughters of Liberty |
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| B. Wished both to abolish slavery and send American blacks to Africa |
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"David Wilmot proposed a resolution in Congress prohibiting slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico." Define "prohibiting."
A. Requiring
B. Suggesting
C. Forbidding
D. Allowing |
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In the term "popular sovereignty" define sovereignty:
A. Power in decision-making
B. A gold coin worth $2
C. King and Parliament
D. Frenetic |
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| A. Power in decision-making |
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The population rush into California in 1848 was a result of:
A. Abolition of slavery
B. Free health care
C. The discovery of silver
D. The discovery of gold |
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According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act:
A. Fugitive slaves arriving in Kansas or Nebraska would thereafter be free
B. The question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories would be decided by local (white) settlers
C. Blacks had no claim to the rights of American citizens
D. Kansas would be admitted to the union as a slave state, and Nebraska as a free state |
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| B. The question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories would be decided by local (white) settlers |
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One of the leading figures of the Democratic party in the 1850's was:
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Stephen Douglas
C. Charles Sumner
D. Fredrick Douglass |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
A.Battle of the Alamo; Fugitive Slave Act; Wilmot Proviso
B. Kansas-Nebraska Act; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Dred Scott decision
C. Outbreak of Mexican War; Compromise of 1850; "Bleeding Kansas"
D. Raid on Harpers Ferry; founding of Republican Party; election of Lincoln as president |
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| C. Outbreak the Mexican War; Compromise of 1850; "Bleeding Kansas" |
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In the mid-1850's, the republican party sought:
A. Lower tariffs
B. The abolition of slavery
C. To prevent the spread of slavery
D. To end slavery in the border states |
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| C. To prevent the spread of slavery |
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Which of the following was not a significant theme of public protest against America's war on Mexico?
A. U.S. acquisition of Mexican territory would hasten the spread of slavery
B. Wars of aggression in pursuit of territory were unworthy of a democratic republic
C. The citizens had a right, even a duty, to break the law in defiance of an unjust policy
D. The Mexican military was like to overpower U.S. forces; it was foolhardy to challenge Mexico |
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| D. The Mexican military was likely to overpower U.S. forces; it was foolhardy to challenge Mexico |
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Henry Clay lost the 1844 election because:
A. He was a slave-owning Democrat who alienated voters in the North
B. James G. Birney, running on the Liberty Party ticket, received 16,000 votes in New York
C. He was a member of Martin Van Buren's barnburners
D. The annexation of Texas two weeks before the November 1844 election spelled disaster |
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| B. James G. Birney, running on the Liberty Party ticket, received 16,000 votes in New York |
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Which was not a part of the Irish experience on their arrival in the United States in the late 1840's and 1850's?
A. Nativists asserted that the Irish's subservience to the Catholic Church threatened the nation's democratic institutions
B. Soon after their arrival most irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party
C. As Roman Catholics the Irish experienced severe discrimination
D. Most Irish did not align themselves with the temperance and antislavery |
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| B. Soon after their arrival most Irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party |
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In the 1844 Presidential Election:
A. James K. Polk, a slaveholder, was the Democratic Party's nominee
B. Henry Clay won the election by a narrow margin
C. Martin Van Buren won election narrowly on the slogan, "fifty-four forty or fight."
D. James G. Birney was Henry Clay's vice president |
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| A. James K. Polk, a slaveholder, was the Democratic Party's nominee |
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When California became a state in 1850:
A. It entered the Union as a slave state
B. It entered the Union under the Le Compton Constitution
C. It entered the Union as a free state
D. John Sutter became its first Governor |
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| C. It entered the Union as a free state |
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The Civil War is sometimes called "the first modern war" because it used weapons and other technological advances of the industrial revolution. Which of the following was not one of these advances?
A. Rifles
B. Radios
C. Ironclads
D. Railroads |
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In what 1863 speech did Lincoln assert that the sacrifices of the Union soldiers would ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"?
A. Second Inaugural
B. Freeport Speech
C. Gettysburg Address
D. Emancipation Proclamation |
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Which of the following best describes Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
A. Nonexistent
B. Relatively lenient
C. Completely unsupported
D. Ruthless |
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December 1865:
A. Abolished Slavery throughout the Union
B. Asserted that the nation would proceed "with malice toward none"
C. Asserted that black men could vote
D. Asserted that African-Americans were American citizens |
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| A. Abolished slavery throughout the Union |
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Who was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
A. George B. McClellan
B. Ambrose Burnside
C. Robert E. Lee
D. John Pope |
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Which is not true of the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862?
A. It was the bloodiest day of fighting in American history; more died at Antietam than at D-Day in World War II
B. Nearly 4,000 were killed and 2,000 of those wounded later died
C. Southern forces under the command of General Robert E. Lee were repelled in their northern advance by General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac
d. General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac followed their victory at Antietam with a rapid "lightening strike" into the South |
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| D. General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac followed their victory at Antietam with a rapid "lightening strike" into the South |
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Northerners opposed to the Union cause were known as:
A. Blacklegs
B. Copperheads
C. Diamondbacks
D. Lobsterbacks |
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What military action started the American Civil War?
A. The Confederate States Army invasion of Pennsylvania
B. The Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter
C. The Union Army's invasion of Tennessee
D. The Union Army's siege of Vicksburg |
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| B. The Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter |
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The Homestead Act:
A. Took effect on January 1, 1863 and offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West
B. Assisted states in establishing "agricultural and mechanical colleges"
C. Guaranteed all freed men the right to thirty acres and a mule
D. Offered people a rail ticket to the West, under the proviso, "Go West Young" |
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| A. Took effect on January 1, 1863 and offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West |
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A "civil war" refers to:
A. a war in which, because they are basically on the same side, people are courteous and generally kind, even as they are driven to disagree
B. A war between political factions or regions within the same country
C. A short, painful war
D. One in which norms of polite social intercourse are persistent and courtesy is common |
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| B. A war between political factions or regions within the same country |
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Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation immediately following:
A. The attack on Fort Sumter
B. General Fremont's Missouri emancipation decree
c. The battle of Antietam
D. the New York City draft riots |
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| C. The battle of Antietam |
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George E. Pickett's crack division marched across an open field toward Union forces and into withering gunfire in July 1863 at:
A. Fredericksburg
B. Vicksburg
C. Chancellorsville
D. Gettysburg |
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Upon Lincoln's assassination, __________ became president.
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. John Addams
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Andrew Johnson |
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During Reconstruction, the black church functioned as a vital setting for:
A. Political mobilization
B. Worship
C. Schooling
D. All of the above |
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
A. Prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race
B. Guaranteed freed slaves citizenship
C. Ended slavery and indentured servitude
D. Made the income tax constitutional |
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| A. Prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race |
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The phrase, "forty acres and a mule," derived from:
A. Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan
B. The Wade-Davis Bill
C. Sherman's Field Order 15
D. The Emancipation Proclamation |
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| C. Sherman's Field Order 15 |
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The Black Codes were:
A. Codes of honor by which newly freed black Americans lived
B. Laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves
C. Secret codes used by freed blacks in regions where the KKK was strongest
D. A secret code combining elements of Creole and Pidgin English |
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| B. Laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves |
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Who among the following was not a leader of the Radical Republicans?
A. Charles Sumner
B. Thaddeus Stevens
C. Andrew Johnson
D. Benjamin Wade |
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In the summer of 1865, President Andrew Johnson ordered nearly all land in federal hands to be:
A. Given to freed blacks
B. Given to poor blacks and whites
C. given to the railroads
D. Returned to its former owners |
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| D. Returned to its former owners |
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Which of the following was not a central thrust of the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution?
A. Redistribution of the former slaveowners' land among the freed slaves
B. Equal citizenship for blacks and whites
C. The right to vote, regardless of race
D. Empowerment of the federal government to protect citizens' rights |
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| A. Redistribution of the former slaveoweners' land among the freed slaves |
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Following the Civil War, white and black farmers in the south:
A. Experienced extremely high prices for cotton
B. Experienced rapidly rising prices on all agricultural crops
C. Saw the price of cotton fall steadily
D. Saw a leveling off of the price of cotton to pre-war levels |
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| C. Saw the price of cotton fall steadily |
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Which was not a principal task of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1870)?
A. The establishment of schools
B. To secure former slaves equal treatment before the courts
C. To support black churches and businesses
D. To provide aid to the poor and aged |
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| C. To support black churches and businesses |
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What was being reconstructed (constructed again) in Reconstruction?
A. The West
B. Slavery
C. The nation
D. The Civil War |
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The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871:
A. Defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses; and under these laws President Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundreds of accused Klansmen
B. Asserted South Carolina's right to nullify any federal law it deemed improper or unjust
C. Sought to sue for peace with Britain and Spain in the wake of the resurgence of international tensions surrounding imperialist filibustering
D. Sought to enforce the Black Codes in places where they were not being properly adjusted |
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| A. Defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses; and under these laws President Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundred of accused Klansmen |
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