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  1. After winning the Revolutionary War, what was the Federal Immigration policy?
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a. States determined their own immigration laws

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  1. Which world event excited slaves in America, but caused great concern and paranoia for whites living in the South?
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a. Haitian Revolution

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  1. The Federalist Party platform desires
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a. A centralized federal authority

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  1. Which one of these is a fictional mental illness created to explain laziness among slaves?
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a. Dysaesthesia Aethiopica

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  1. Samuel Cartwright believed that skin color and human attributes could be explained by
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a. Environment

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  1. Thomas Jefferson saw Native Americans as a people that had the capability to be equal to white Americans
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a. True

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  1. Which traits best describe Republican Motherhood
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a. Raising and educating your children

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  1. The attack on the USS Chesapeake near Norfolk, Virginia prompted Thomas Jefferson to…
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a. Embargo

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a. Embargo
9. Which president approved the Louisiana Purchase?

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a. Thomas Jefferson

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  1. This Native American leader formed a great pan-Indian movement in the Western Great Lakes
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a. Tecumseh

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  1. The British justified their impressment of American sailors because…
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a. British sailors were immigrating en masse

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  1. The Hartford Convention of 1814 proposed…
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a. Legislative reforms require 2/3 majority to change laws

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  1. This scandal caused the collapse of the Federalist Party
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a. Hartford Convention

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  1. Americans of 1815 saw the outcome of the War of 1812 as a
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a. Victory

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  1. This technology was stolen from Britain and became a key industry of the early United States
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a. The textile mill

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  1. The War of 1812 caused a change in economic priorities for the nation by…
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a. Promoting inter-state trade

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  1. The Panics of 1819, 1837, and 1857 were caused by speculations from
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a. Land, Labor, and railroads

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  1. American printed currency during these panics are backed by…
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a. Bimetals

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  1. A confidence man is…
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a. A scam artist

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  1. This economic tool was used to inhibit imports and encourage internal economic development in the United States
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a. Tariffs

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  1. This road spanned 620 miles from Baltimore to Illinois
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a. National Road

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  1. The construction of infrastructure during the Market Revolution was done by only the federal and state governments
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a. False

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  1. The construction of railroads was heavily concentrated where?
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a. North

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  1. What is incorporation?
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a. Legal recognition of businesses as individuals

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  1. Industrialization improved the economic circumstances of most individuals
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a. False

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  1. People from these two areas of the world were immigrating to America in massive numbers
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a. Ireland and Germany

27
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  1. In the 1820’s politics tactics focus more on…
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a. Gaining the support and backing of the people

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  1. This federal document helped to create America’s democratic character
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a. Bill of Rights

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  1. How does the North decide to free their slaves?
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a. Gradual Emancipation

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  1. This Compromise was viewed as the means to resolve sectional politics and friction in the U.S. government
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a. Missouri Compromise

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  1. This battle during the War of 1812 received its own holiday and resulted in Andrew Jackson’s popularity
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a. Battle of New Orleans

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  1. Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson created this political party
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a. Democratic Party

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  1. What is the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833?
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a. South Carolina’s attempt to nullify American Tariffs

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  1. What caused people to be skeptical of the Second Bank of the United States?
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a. Private shareholders

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  1. This president served as president for 31 days before dying
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a. William Henry Harrison

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  1. This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions
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a. Circuit riders

37
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  1. This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions
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a. Circuit riders

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  1. The doctrine of Arminianism believes in freewill
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a. True

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  1. The doctrine of Calvinism believes in doing “good works”
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a. False

40
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  1. The Second Great Awakening introduce what practices into worship?
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a. Speaking in tongues

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  1. What jump-started the Women’s Movement in Antebellum America?
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a. The 1840 World Anti-slavery convention in London

42
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  1. Petit Gulf is…
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a. A cotton hybrid

43
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  1. Oklahoma, before it became a state, was…
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a. Indian Territory

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  1. The price of a slave was only tied to the price of cotton
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a. False

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  1. When compared to the white population of the South, black slaves made up how much of the Southern population?
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a. 1/3

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  1. This river helped to both increase the size of cities and commerce overall in the south
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a. The Mississippi River

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  1. The steam boat, New Orleans, travelled from Ohio to Louisiana
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a. False

48
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  1. A main facet Southern honor for men is…
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a. Duels

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  1. The Young America Movement was against the idea of Manifest Destiny
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a. False

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  1. Many of those who are anti-Manifest Destiny argued that Westward expansion would bring unwanted races of people into the country
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a. True

51
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  1. How many Native Americans were evicted from their homelands in the Trail of Tears?
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a. 60,000-100,000

52
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  1. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 gave the President the ability to…
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a. Negotiate treaties with the Native American Tribes

53
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  1. This piece of legislation helped to fund and establish Indian missionary schools
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a. Civilization Fund Act

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  1. This law in 1824 opened the Mexican border and offered arable land to immigrant settlers
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a. Mexico’s General Colonization Law

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  1. This president is responsible for annexing Texas and giving Texas statehood
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a. John Tyler

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  1. This president is responsible for causing the Mexican-American War
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a. James K Polk

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