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  1. The Three Fifth Compromise originally contains in the constitution referred to the
    A. Proportion of states permitted to practice slavery.
    B. rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation
    C. Number of African Americans who could vote.
    D. Number of adult women who could vote
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B

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  1. Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay official banished Anne Hutchinson?
    A. she challenged gender roles and puritan witchcraft.
    B. she was found guilty of practicing witchcraft.
    C. she preached the doctrine of predestination.
    D. she gave birth to child out of wedlock.
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A

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  1. Parliament enacted the stamp act 1764 primarily to
    A. A regulate trade between the colonies and European nations
    B. strengthen the communication network within the colonies
    C. raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
    D. regulate commercial activity within the colonies
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C

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4.	Competition is a law of nature and can be no more done away with than gravitation…If we do not like survival of the fittest we have only one possible alternative, survival of the unfittest.  The former is the law of civilization; the latter is the law of anti-civilization. Example from which school of thought?
A.	Dialectical materialism
B.	 utopian socialism
C.	 Social Darwinism
D.	Transcendentalism
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C

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  1. James Town, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by
    A. three aristocratic proprietors seeking private gain
    B. A joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors
    C. Sir Raleigh, wishing to gain favor with Elizabeth I
    D. John Smith, seeking to spread Christianity.
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B

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6.	The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina exposition and protest were similar in all that involved a defense of 
A.	 freedom of the seas
B.	 freedom of speech
C.	the institution of slavery
D.	 states’ rights
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D

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7.	Under the articles of confederation in the us central government had no power to 
A.	levy taxes
B.	make treaties
C.	 declare war
D.	amend the articles
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A

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Which of the following conditions in England motivated Puritans to migrate to New England in the 1630s
I. Political Regression of dissident protestants
II. An economic recession
III. Restricting on puritan religious practices
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1,2,3

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D

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9.	Which of the following was least involved in the struggle for women’s rights?
A.	Elizabeth Cody Stanton
B.	Lucretia Mott
C.	Carrie Chapman Catt
D.	Dorothea Dix
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b

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  1. The battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the civil war because
    A. represented the unions deepest thrust into southern territory
    B. forestalled the possibility of European intervention
    C. resulted the border states joining the confederacy
    D. marked the first use of black troops by the union army
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B

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  1. Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing
    A. Pennsylvania
    B. Massachusetts
    C. Maryland
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b

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  1. Which of the following best characterizes the stance of writers associated with the literary flowering in the 1920s, such as Sinclair Lewis and F Scott Fitzgerald
    A. sympathy for protestant fundamentalism
    B. Commitment to the cause of racial equality
    C. Nostalgia for the good old days
    D. criticism of middle class conformity and materialism
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D

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13.	Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by 
A.	spread of corn cultivation
B.	ravages of small pot epidemics
C.	regular contacts with Africa
D.	invention of the spoke wheel
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A

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14.	“We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads. We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible. We demand a graduate income tax. We demand a free ballot.”  Which group used this passage?
A.	American Federation of labor
B.	Union- Labor Party
C.	Peoples party populists
D.	National grange
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C

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  1. In the Dred Scott decision the supreme court
    A. avoided controversy by ruling the Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court
    B. ruled that Congress couldn’t prohibit slavery in federal court only if their master allowed them to do so
    C. ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so
    D. ruled the Kansas Nebraska act was unconstitutional
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A

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  1. The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy trial of 1741 revealed which of the following
    A. increasing resistance to taxation
    B. the mobility of new comers to acquire fertile farmland
    C. overpopulation in urban areas
    D. resistance to slavery
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D

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  1. At the beginning of the civil war, southerners expressed all of the following
    A. the materialism of the north could prevent northern from fighting an idealistic war
    B. Great Britain would intervene on the side of the south in order to preserve its source of cotton
    C. Northern unity against the southern states would eventually break
    D. the South’s superior industrial resources would give it an advantage over the north
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B

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18.	What occurred when large number of puritan families ventured across the Atlantic seeking religious freedom and a fresh start
A.	puritan reformation
B.	great migration
C.	holy experiment
D.	pueblo revolt
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B

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  1. The colony of Georgia was
    A. comparatively the most democratic English colony
    B. established by Spain in order to protect its colony of Florida
    C. established by England as a penal colony
    D. eventually ceded by to Spain in return for Florida
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A

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20.	Which of the following is the correct chronological order?
I.	The Peace of Paris (1)
II.	The Tea Act (3)
III.	The Albany Congress (5)
IV.	Navigation Law of 1660 (2)
V.	The Molasses Act (4)
A.	1,2,3,4,5
B.	2,5,1,4,3
C.	5,4,1,3,2
D.	1,2,5,4,3
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B

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  1. The essential disagreement between Hamilton and Jefferson over the proposed Bank of the U.S. was
    A. whether the bank would be controlled by private citizens or foreign investors
    B. where it would be economically wise to create a national currency.
    C. whether the bank violated the Bill of Rights
    D. whether the bank would be under control of the Federal government or the states
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D

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22.	The\_\_\_ was signed for the annexation of Florida
A.	Jay treaty
B.	Treaty of Ghent
C.	Pickney’s Treaty
D.	Adam-Onis Treaty
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D

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23.	Which of the following imperial powers originally settled the Hudson River Valley?
A.	Holland
B.	England
C.	France
D.	Sweden
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A

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  1. Under Britain’s mercantilist policy
    A. Britain and the other imperialist powers worked out a trade agreement that would prevent conflict.
    B. the colonies were expected to export more finished goods than they imported
    C. trade restrictions on the colonies were forbidden
    D. the colonies were expected to supply Great Britain with raw materials
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D

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25.	Powers granted to the federal government under the U.S.  Constitution are expressed as 
A.	enumerated powers
B.	checks and balances
C.	executive powers
D.	reserved powers
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A

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  1. By the late nineteenth century
    A. the U.S. economy ranked fourth in the industrialized world
    B. the United States had bypassed France and Germany in Industrial output, but still lagged behind Great Britain.
    C. the U.S economy was producing as much as Britain, France and Germany in industrial output, but still lagged behind Great Britain.
    D. the U.S. economy had not grown significantly since the 1860s
A

A

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  1. Hiram Revels
    A. was the leader of the radical Republicans in the House of Representatives.
    B. was the first black American elected to Congress
    C. was instrumental when organizing the KKK
    D. was head of the freedmen’s Bureau
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B

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  1. Which of the following is a true statement about the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War?
    A. it resulted in the return of all property confiscated from loyalists by individual American states during the war.
    B. it recognized United States sovereignty over territory east of the Mississippi, between the Great Lakes and Florida
    C. It led to the speedy withdrawal of all British troops from American soil.
    D. the only parties to the treaty were Great Britain and the allied nations, the United States and France.
A

B

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29.	Members of the Hudson River School were best known for their painting of 
A.	portraits
B.	battle scenes
C.	sporting scenes
D.	landscaping
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D

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  1. The Union membership card pictured to the right is designed to accomplish which of the following?
    A. encourage United Sates workers to unite against foreign competition
    B. assure the public that strikes and walkouts were not part of the union policy
    C. link the union membership with patriotic and religious images
    D. point of the dangers of working as a longshoreman
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C

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  1. The Northwest Ordinance did which of the following?
    A. provided for the annexation of Oregon Territory
    B. Established reservations for Native Americans
    C. Granted settlers a free homestead of 160 acres
    D. established the terms for settlement and admissions of new sates
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D

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32.	“I have come to his country to introduce an entire new sate of society; to change it from an ignorant, selfish system to an enlightened social system which shall gradually unite all interests into one and remove all causes for contest between individuals.” The statement above was made by which nineteenth century Utopian reformer.
A.	John Humphrey Noyes
B.	Robert Owen
C.	Karl Marx
D.	William Lloyd Garrison
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B

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  1. Which of the following was a characteristic of colonial Pennsylvania?
    A. there was no established church
    B. the founder William Penn endorsed a policy of removing American Indians to the western region of the colony.
    C. Poor farmland in the backcountry aggravated the colony’s economic woes
    D. all white males could vote
A

A

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  1. The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessey v. Ferguson did which of the following?
    A. upheld segregated railroad facilities
    B. declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional
    C. upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections
    D. outlawed segregation in public schools
A

A?

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  1. The primary goal of the Hat, Iron and Wool Act was to
    A. subordinate American capitalism to British capitalism
    B. increase production levels of these items in the colonies.
    C. raise revenue to pay for salaries of British officials serving in the American colonies
    D. prevent British manufacturers from shipping raw materials to America.
A

A

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36.	The opening shots of the American Revolution occurred at 
A.	the battle of Lexington and Concord
B.	Battle of Bunker Hill
C.	Boston Massacre
D.	Battle of Saratoga
A

A

37
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  1. The Compromise of 1850
    A. Banned slavery in Washington D.C.
    B. Allowed Kansas to enter as a slave state
    C. Allowed California to enter as a free state
    D. Gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Teas
A

C?

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38.	Which of the following would NOT be used by a supporter of the capitalist system as it existed in the Gilded Age?
A.	Reform Darwinism
B.	Social Darwinism
C.	The novels of Horatio Alger
D.	Water for elephants
A

A…D

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  1. Which of the following best describes the position of slavery of most northerners during the sectional crisis of the 1850s?
    A. They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories.
    B. They were active supporters of complete abolition.
    C. They favored continued importation of slaves from Africa.
    D. They advocated expansion of the slave system to provide cheap labor for northern factories.
A

A

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40.	Which of the following did NOT attempt to disenfranchise black voters?
A.	Force Act
B.	Literacy test
C.	Grandfather clause
D.	Poll tax
A

A

41
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  1. Popular Sovereignty was the idea that
    A. The government of each new territory should be elected by the people
    B. The American public should vote on whether to admit states with or without slavery
    C. It was for the citizens of a territory to decide if their territory would enter the Union as a slave or free state
    D. The U.S. should assume popular control of the territory acquired from Mexico.
A

C

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42.	The major turning point of the American Civil Way occurred at the battle of
A.	Monitor and Merrimac
B.	Second Bull Run
C.	First Battle of Bull Run
D.	Gettysburg
A

D

43
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  1. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Second Great Awakening?
    A. It promoted individualism
    B. It was not experienced by southerners
    C. It placed reason over faith
    D. It challenged the Enlightenment’s reliance on reason
A

C

44
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  1. The Specie Circular
    A. Sought to address the problems associated with the Panic of 1819
    B. Was a primary factor in the development of the New Market economy
    C. Was an attempt by Jackson to remedy the problems associated with the destruction of the bank
    D. Was used by the Charles River Bridge Company top raise funds to build a bridge
A

C

45
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  1. Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their conditions EXCEPT
    A. Seek regulation of railways
    B. Limit production of crops
    C. Organize cooperative marketing societies
    D. Form a third political party
A

B

46
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46.	Immigrants to the U.S. in the last quarter of the 1800s came primarily from 
A.	Latin America
B.	Asia 
C.	Canada
D.	European farms and villages
A

D

47
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  1. Which of the following is true of the slave system in the 1700s in British North America?
    A. Slave system was legal only in the southern colonies
    B. Indentured servants increasingly replaced slaves in southern colonies
    C. Slave-owners increased legal power over their slaves
    D. Most slaves worked on cotton plantations
A

C

48
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  1. The Embargo Act of 1807 has which of the following effects on the US?
    A. Severely damaged American manufacturing
    B. Enriched many cotton plantation owners
    C. Disrupted American shipping
    D. Had little economic impact
A

C

49
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  1. Prior to the 1760s, Britain’s Navigation Acts
    A. Were effective in raising enormous revenue for the Crown
    B. Were only loosely enforced in the American colonies
    C. Successfully ended smuggling in the American colonies
    D. None of the above
A

B

50
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50.	John Winthrop is associated with which colony?
A.	New Amsterdam
B.	Massachusetts Bay Colony
C.	Jamestown
D.	Quebec
A

B

51
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  1. Which of the following best accounts for the success of the American Federation of Labor in organizing labor in the late 1800s?
    A. Its policy of organizing only skilled workers
    B. Its organization of all workers within a single industry into one union
    C. Its policy pf racial inclusiveness
    D. Its campaign for minimum wage
A

A

52
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52.	During the gilded Age, which of the following groups generally voted Republican?
A.	Black northerners
B.	Southern Protestant Farmers
C.	Roman Catholic immigrants
D.	Confederate war veterans
A

A

53
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  1. Alexander Hamilton’s economic program was designed primarily to
    A. Prepare the US for war in the event that Britain failed to vacate its posts in the Northwest
    B. Provide a platform for the fledging Federalist Party’s 1792 Campaign
    C. Establish the financial stability and credit of the new government
    D. Ensure northern dominance over the southern states in order to abolish slavery
A

C

54
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  1. In adopting the 14th Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with
    A. Protecting the powers of the southern state governments established under Andre Johnson
    B. Ending slavery
    C. Guaranteeing all citizens the right to vote
    D. Protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves
A

D

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  1. The principal motivation shaping the earliest settlements in New England was
    A. The desire for political freedom
    B. Religious commitment and devotion
    C. Economic opportunity and the chance for a better life
    D. A spirit of adventure and interest in exploration
A

B

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