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| Why did the English drive the Dutch from New York? |
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| How did the rapid spread of English settlements affect Native Americans? |
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| Which of the hollowing was a driving force in Puritan settlements? |
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| Which three colonies were founded in an attempt to escape religios persecution? |
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| Which of the following best describes teh Northwest Passage? |
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| a water route across North America |
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| While Europeans regarded land as property, Native Americans |
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| What was Columbus searching for when he sailed from Spain? |
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| a western route to the Indies |
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| a military struggle in whcih the Britisth fought against the French and their Native American allies |
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| fighting that marked the beginning of the ZRevolution |
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| statement of the reasons for the colonies to separate from Britain |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| British policy of the early 1700s that allowed the American colonies great freedom in governing themselves |
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| revival of religios feeling that stirred colonial society in the mid 1700s |
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| economic society designed to increase antion's wealth, largely through the accumulation of bullion |
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| colonists that remained loyal to England |
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| American author and invenor--was ambassador to France during the American Revolution |
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| commander of colonial army |
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| wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| "give me liberty or give me death" |
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| The phrase "Life, Liverty, and the Purusit of Happiness," as found in the Declaration of Independence, refers to |
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| Which of the following was a result of a land shortage in the British colonies? |
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| Colonists pushed westward into Native American lands |
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| What effect did the Great Awakening have on religious life in the colonies? |
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| it helped make religion in the colonies more democratic |
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| Which of the following helpedd the colonial legislatures come to dominate |
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| the legislatures set the salaries for royal officials |
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| What was a major advantage of the American side in the Revolutionary War? |
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| patriot forces were fighting on their own territory |
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| The Results of the Battle of Saratoga? |
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| convinced the French to ally themselves with the Americans |
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| Why did many colonists protest the Stamp Act? |
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| the act taxed the colonists without their consent |
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| What major role did West Africans play in the European settlement of the Americans? |
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| they supplied the labor needed to cultivate cash crops |
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| What was the major work of enslaved African Americans in Virginia and MAryland? |
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| Britain did not want the colonies to manufacture goods because |
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| In the pampphlet Common Sense, the auhtor argues that the colonies should |
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| The main reason so many Africans died during the Middle Passage was |
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| Enslaved people in the coastal plain of South Carolina and Georgia cultivated |
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| One of the bigest problems facing Washington and his troops was |
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| Which of these is an accurate statement about the British colonies? |
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| politics and society were dominated by landowning men |
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| In their attitides toward the Revolutionary War, John Adams estimated that colonists were split |
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| 1/3 Patriots, 1/3 Loyalists, 1/3 neutral |
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| Which statement best describes British-American relations after the french and Indian War? |
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| the colonists began to question British authority |
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| The american won teh Revolutionary War mainly because |
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| they had the determination to outlast the British |
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| The First Continental Congress voted to |
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| The idea of natural rights is best defined as |
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| rights belonging to all people because they are human |
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| In colonial America, amrried women were |
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| The Sugar Act and Stamp Act are examples of how the |
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| British tried to raise money in the colonies |
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| American victory in the Revolutionary War led to |
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| the spread of the idea of libertu at home and abroad |
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| In the Ohio River Valley, British expansion collided with |
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| French and Native American interests |
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| According to Locke, people formed governments |
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| to protect their natural rights |
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| The cause of teh french and Indian War was |
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| Franec and Britain's competing claims over land |
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| What was a major outcome of the French and Indian War? |
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| the French surrendered all of Canada to the British |
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| government rub by the people through their elected representatives |
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| plan of government that describes the different parts of the government and their duties and powers |
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| the power to prohibit an act from becoming a law |
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| James MAdison is called the "Father of the Constitution" because he |
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| The 3/5 Compromise resolved the issue of |
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| In 1786 which person would most likely favored Shay's Rebellion? |
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| According to the Great Compromise, the number of representatives in the Senate |
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| The Electoral college was created to |
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| The Antifederalists argued against the Consitution becuase they felt |
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| The Nationalists believed that the central government should |
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| Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? |
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| there as no national court system |
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| The Federalist was written |
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| to persuade New York to support the Consititution |
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| The main arguement against the Bill of Rights was that |
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| The main arguement in support of the Bill Rights was that |
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| they would protect the people from a tyrannical goverment |
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| How many U.S. Representatives are there in Tennessee? |
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| What states do you think supported the New Jersey Plan and why? |
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| Small states like Vermont, Delaware, Rhose Island, Georgia, adn Kentucky supported the Nwe Jersey PLan because they feared their voie would nto be heard because they were small states based on population |
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| If you had been running for President in 1792, in which three states would you have campaigned most vigorously? Explain. |
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| Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania because they had the highest electroal cotes. |
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| Explain why the "elastic clause" has been important. |
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| gives the government the right to cahnge anything if need be |
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| to see who will probably be the candiate for the republican and democratic parites |
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| Qualification, length of office term, specific duty or responsibility-President |
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| born in the U.S.; may serve 2 4 year terms; can veto laws |
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| have to be a U.S. citizen; length of office terms is 2 years; can be reelected; represents a certain part of a ste in government |
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| 2 senators from each state equalling 50; there are 3 electoral votes from D.C.; and there are 435 representing the varios state's U.S. Representatives |
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| How many electoral voted are needed for a candidate to be elcted President? |
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| the representatives from each state decide on one vote for the presidency |
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| legislation giving the President the power to deport citizens of other countries and giving the government the right to imprison its critics |
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| treaty between the United States and Great Britain aimed at expanding trade between the two countries |
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| resolutions stating that the states had the right to judge whether a federal law agreed with the Consititution |
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| Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions |
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| belief that the Constitution should be interpreted exactl as it is written |
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| Opposition to Jay's Treaty and other Federalist acts led to |
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| Hamilton's debt plan consolidated the nation's war debts into one debt to be paid off by |
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| Jefferson reduced the influence of the federal government by |
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| On which issue did Thomas Jefferson reverse his opinion of strict cosntruction of the Constitution |
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| the purchase of the Louisiana Territory |
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| The primary purpose for our purchase of the Louisiana Territory was to provide |
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| The Treaty of Ghent failed to prevent the BAttle of New Orleans because |
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| Darthmouth College v Woodward |
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| law providing Native American in the Louisiana Purchase in exchange for their lands |
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| Jackson and his fellow Democrats tried to be true to |
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| Which was an effect of the Panic of 1819? |
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| Andrew Jackson found his greatest support among |
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| He sided with Georgia in defiance of the Supreme Court |
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| Francis Cabot Lowell led a group of businessmen who |
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| By the mid-1800s many average Americans were able to |
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| Nationwide communication in the early 1800s was made possible by |
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| led the reform for public education |
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| the nation's most influential African American abolitionist--published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star |
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| a former slave who became a powerful speaker for abolition and women's rights |
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| stressed the importance of women to the welfare of the US in A Treatise on Domestic Economy |
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| organized the first convention to discuss the quesion of women's rights along with Lucretia Mott |
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| What was teh focus of early American public schools? |
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| Which organization proposed shipping American slaves back to Africa? |
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| American Colonization Society |
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| What happend to most utopian communities in the early 1800s? |
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| they fell victim to laziness, selfishness, and infighting |
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| Abolitionists all agreed about |
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| Whcih group was most active in the refroom movements of the 1830s and 1840s |
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| Southern members of COngress resisted antislavery efforts by |
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| The Seneca Falls Convention was important because it |
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| What was the impact of the temperance movement? |
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| Alcohol consumption dropped |
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| What was the main goal of public education reformers? |
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| to train the young to be informed, responsible citizens |
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| The aim of the temperance movement was to |
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| eliminate all consumption of alcohol |
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| Catharine Beecher believe that women should spend their energy |
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| What did prison refromers hope to achieve? |
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| more humane conditions in prisons |
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| The women's movement compared the status of women with that of |
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| enslaved African Americans |
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| One main source of division in the abolitionist movemetn was |
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| the right of women to speak at meetings |
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| In the early 1800s most Americans thought that women should not |
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| a deadly disease for the prisoners |
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| Mexico claimed this as the Texas boundary |
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| vast grassland that lies between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
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| town in western Missouri that marked the beginning of the Oregon trail |
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| British and U.S. agreed to joint occupation of Oregon |
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| he led the first group of AMerican settlers to Texas in 1822 |
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| site of discovery that set off the California Gold Rush |
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| this President viewed teh Mexican War as a chance for the US to expand its territories |
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| Mexican territory in which settlers' uprising became known as the Bear Flag Revolt |
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| he led an expedition into California as the Mexican War began |
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| The Oregon Country was especially attractive to people seeking |
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| The journey along the Oregon Trail could take |
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| Most pionerrs traveling to the West Coast were |
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| The 49th parallel divided the Orgeon Country between the US and |
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| In the 1830s, many American in Texas opposed the MExican government's attempt to |
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| In the early 1800s, the US built strong ties with Texas, New Mexico, and California through |
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| During the Texas War for Independence, a small Texas army was defeated and slaughtered at |
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| Which of the following contributed to the success of the Spanish missions in California? |
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| Which statement best describes the relationship between emigrating pioneers and Native Americans in the 1840s? |
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| Native Americans and pioneers usually traded with each other |
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| What issue became a major problem for the US government after the Mexican War? |
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| whether slavery should be allowed in the western territories |
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| What group formed the majority of those who went to California in the 1849 gold rush? |
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| According to John J. O'Sullican it was the country's manifest destiny to |
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| spread liberty across the continent |
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| The annexation of Texas was opposed by |
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| One important result of the Mexican WAr was that |
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| the Rio Grance became the accepted American-Mexican border |
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| By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the US acquired |
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| California and New Mexico |
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| Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| Texas, Louisiana, Mississipp, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina |
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| site of teh first clash of the Civil War |
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| In the election year of 1860, the Democratic party |
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| split into nothern and southern divisions |
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| The Kansas-Nebraska bill gave Kansas voters the right to |
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| "Bleeding Kansas" earned its name from clashed over |
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| Angered by insults aimed at his unvle, Preston Brooks used a cane to beat |
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| The decision in the case Scott v Sanford protected the rights of |
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| The goal of the Lecompton constitution was to |
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| establish slavery in Kansas |
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| In the 1858 Illinois Senate race, Stephen Douglass defeated |
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| By attacking the federal arsenal at Harper's ferry, John Brown |
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| Southern states began to secede following the election of 1860 because |
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| States from the Upper South seceeded when |
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| Lincoln called for volunteers |
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| Finished the war as Lincoln's Commander-in-Chief |
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| Wrote a comprehensice diary about civilians life during the Civil War |
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| Illinois senator who was an advocate of the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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| President of the Confederacy |
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| Lee's capable gneral, he was killed accidentaly by his own men at Chancellorsville |
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| Thomas "Stonewall Jackson" |
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| Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia |
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| Known as the "great compromiser", he proposed the Compromise of 1850 |
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| Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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| shot Lincoln at Ford's theater |
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| proposed to admit California as a free state while allowing New Mexico and Utah to decide for themselves whether slavery would be legal |
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| conflict in whcih one side inflicts continuous losses on its enemey to wear down enemy strength |
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| name given to Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri |
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| person who wanted the South to leave the Union |
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| nation created by states of the Lower South when they seceded from the Union |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| belief that native-born Americans should receive better treatment than immigrants |
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| letting the people of a territory decide whether to allow slavery in their area |
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| property seized from onse side in a war that becomes the property of the other side |
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| addition to the Constitution that ended slavery |
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| paper money not backed by gold |
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| emergency rule by military auhtority |
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| antiwar Northern Democrats |
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| law that ordered all citizens to asssist in the return of runaway enslaved people |
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| without Southern opposition in Congress, Republicans were able to |
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| raise tariffs to protect Northern industries |
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| Which of the following was a strategy of the Confederate government? |
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| seeking support from Britain and France |
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| promised the nation a new birth of freedom |
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| Which of the following was an advantage the South had in the Civil War? |
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| more experienced generals |
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| Lee crossed into Pennsylvania because he wanted a |
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| Union forces sought to capture the strongholf of Vicksburg, a city on |
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| a bluff overlooking the Mississippi |
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| In the election year of 1860, the Democratic party |
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| split into northern and southern divisions |
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| Lincoln's call for volunteers to defend Fort Sumter led directly to |
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| the succession of the Upper South states |
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| Abolitionists objected to the Dred Scott decision because it |
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| meant Congress had no power to ban slavery anywhere |
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| In 1860 & 1861, seven southern states seceded from the union in protest of the |
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| election of republican Abraham LIncoln as President |
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| The Civil War bgan with the |
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| Confederate attack on Fort Sumter |
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| After the Emancipation Proclamation, many African Americans |
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| rushed to join the Union Army |
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| The Confederate was effort was hurt by Southerners' fierce devotion to |
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| During the Civil War both the Confederate and Union governemnets created |
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| Many Southern whites criticized northern business owners for |
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| Many norhtern whites objected to slavery becayse they believed it |
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| violated principles of the Christian religion |
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| Who were the main supporters of the new Republican party? |
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| "Bleeding Kansas" eaned its name from classhes over |
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| The Emancipation Proclamation freed |
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| enslaved people living in area controlled by the Confederacy |
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| What was the first major battle of the Civil War? |
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| the 1st Battle of Bull Run |
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| Which of the following was an advantage the North had over the South? |
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| more money to spend on war |
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| Grant's victory @ Vicksburg |
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| cut the Confederacy in two |
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