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1
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After winning the Revolutionary War, what was the Federal Immigration policy?

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States determined their own immigration laws

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

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Haitian Revolution

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3
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The Federalist Party platform desires

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A centralized federal authority

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

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Dysaesthesia aethiopica

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5
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Samuel Cartwright believed that skin color and human attributes could be explained by

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Environment

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

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True

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7
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Which traits best describe Republican Motherhood

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Raising and educating your children

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The attack on the USS Chesapeake near Norfolk, Virginia prompted Thomas Jefferson to…

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Embargo

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9
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Which president approved the Louisiana Purchase?

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Thomas Jefferson

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10
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This Native American leader formed a great pan-Indian movement in the Western Great Lakes

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Tecumseh

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11
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The British justified their impressment of American sailors because…

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British sailors were immigrating en masse

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12
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The Hartford Convention of 1814 proposed…

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Legislative reforms requiring a 2/3rds majority to change laws

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13
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This scandal caused the collapse of the Federalist Party

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Hartford convention

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Americans of 1815 saw the outcome of the War of 1812 as a

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Victory

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This technology was stolen from Britain and became a key industry of the early United States

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Textile mills

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16
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The War of 1812 caused a change in economic priorities for the nation by…

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Promoting inter-state trade

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17
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The Panics of 1819, 1837, and 1857 were caused by speculations from

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Land, Labor, Railroads

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18
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American printed currency during these panics are backed by…

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Bimetals

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19
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A confidence man is…

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A scam artist

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20
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This economic tool was used to inhibit imports and encourage internal economic development in the United States

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Tariffs

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21
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This road spanned 620 miles from Baltimore to Illinois

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National road

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22
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The construction of infrastructure during the Market Revolution was done by only the federal and state governments

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False

23
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The construction of railroads was heavily concentrated where?

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North

24
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What is incorporation?

A

Legal recognition of businesses as individuals

25
Q

Industrialization improved the economic circumstances of most individuals

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False

26
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People from these two areas of the world were immigrating to America in massive numbers following the market revolution

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Ireland and Germany

27
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In the 1820’s politics tactics focus more on…

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Gaining the support and backing of the people

28
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This federal document helped to create America’s democratic character

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Bill of rights

29
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How does the North decide to free their slaves?

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Gradual emancipation

30
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This Compromise was viewed as the means to resolve sectional politics and friction in the U.S. government

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Missouri compromise

31
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This battle during the War of 1812 received its own holiday and resulted in Andrew Jackson’s popularity

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Battle of New Orleans

32
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Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson created this political party

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Democratic party

33
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What is the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833?

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South Carolinas attempt to nullify American tariffs

34
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What caused people to be skeptical of the Second Bank of the United States?

A

Private shareholders

35
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This president served as president for 31 days before dying

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William Henry Harrison

36
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This evangelist practice led to mass Methodist conversions

A

Circuit riders

37
Q

The doctrine of Arminianism believes in freewill

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True

38
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The doctrine of Calvinism believes in doing “good works”

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False

39
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The Second Great Awakening introduce what practices into worship?

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Speaking in tongues

40
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What jump-started the Women’s Movement in Antebellum America?

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The 1840 world anti-slavery convention in London

41
Q

Petit Gulf is…

A

A cotton hybrid

42
Q

Oklahoma, before it became a state, was…

A

Indian territory

43
Q

The price of a slave was only tied to the price of cotton

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False

44
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When compared to the white population of the South, black slaves made up how much of the Southern population?

A

1/3

45
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The steam boat, New Orleans, travelled from Ohio to Louisiana

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False

46
Q

A main facet Southern honor for men is…

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Duels

47
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The Young America Movement was against the idea of Manifest Destiny

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False

48
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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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True

49
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This law in 1824 opened the Mexican border and offered arable land to immigrant settlers

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Mexico’s general colonization law

50
Q

This president is responsible for causing the Mexican-American War

A

James k. Polk

51
Q

How many Native Americans were evicted from their homelands in the Trail of Tears?

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60,000-100,000

52
Q

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 gave the President the ability to…

A

Negotiate treaties with the native American tribes

53
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This piece of legislation helped to fund and establish Indian missionary schools

A

Civilization Fund Act

54
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This president is responsible for annexing Texas and giving Texas statehood

A

John Tyler

American History (3 decks)

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