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The Land Ordinance of 1785 was

A law establishing a plan for surveying the Western Lands

the # of electors a state has in the electoral college equals

# of senators and representatives that state has in Congress

Important aspect of post-columbian exchange

animals helped resist the Native Americans

Slavery evolved in the 17th Century British North America

because indentured servants decreased and cheap labor was needed

President Jackson pushed through the Indian Removal Act of 1830

because these tribes inhabited some of the most fertile farm land & locations & he believed white settlers had rights to the land

What did federalists promise to add to the constitution if it was ratified?

bill of rights

John Smith's writing was useful to historians

by the role that appeals and advertising played in encouraging men & women to participate in colonization efforts

In George McClellan's race for the presidency, he stated he would

call for negotiations ending the war

Because of his speech in Congress, Sumner was

caned by Preston Brooks in the Congressional chamber

A republic is a government in which

citizens rule through their elected representatives

George Washington's Farewell address concerns

controversy regarding the support for the revolutionary government of France

3/5 Compromise

count slaves in a population

Shays Rebellion occurred as a result of

foreclosures on the lands of farmers in Massachusetts

What describes the phrase " We have probably had too good an opinion on human nature"?

framers of Articles of Confederation made a mistake in allowing for too great a degree of democracy in the new republic

Republicanism is the idea that

governments should be based on the consent of the people

Washington's references to "expedients of the party" and " to inhabitants of our Western country" indicates

he fears Westerns' regional identify might be exploited for partisan political purposes

Dred Scott sued for his freedom, arguing that

he had been a resident of a state where slavery was illegal

The politician most notable for drafting the Missouri Compromise was

henry clay

The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 effected

increased conflict between British and Indians

Which of the following most directly led to the creation of the American Party (aka: Nativists)?

increased number of Irish immigrants in the United States

What did the Townshend Acts bring about?

indirect taxes on imported goods

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was unpopular in the Northern states because

it could increase the number of slave states

The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution?

limited powers of the Articles of Confederation

Which of the following was an advantage the South had in the Civil War

military leadership

The missouri compromise was necessary because

missouri wanted admittance as a free state which would offset the free/slave state balance

Shay's Rebellion contributed to the belief among political leaders that

nation needed a stronger national government

Enlightenment ideals would have a positive effect on the colonies by

The Glorious Revolution

What prompted this speech by Charles Sumner to Congress in 1856?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, authored by Stephen Douglas

Based on the excerpt of Henry Grady's New South, which of the following statements best describes the change in the description of the American identity?

The South had done away with the hierarchical plantation system & replaced it with a more egalitarian society

Under Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on

one vote per state

The Free Soil Party's platform could best be described as

opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories

The Dred Scott decision ruled that

African-Americans were not citizens and did not have legal protection

The partisan conflict Washington was alluding to ion his Farewell Address was between American supporters of which two European powers

Britain&France

The Declaration of Independence and Common Sense were written in response to

British government's attempt to assert control over the NA colonies

The system that maintains the separation of powers among the branches of the federal government is called

Checks and Balances

written by Thomas Paine that inspired colonists to break w/ England

Common Sense

Major weakness of Articles of Confederation that sparked commotion about Washington address

Congress couldn't levy taxes

In Washington's letter to John Jay, he reflects which continuities of American History?

Debate about balance between liberty & order

Document written by Jefferson declaring America's independence

Declaration of independence

Which of the following statements best describes the event in the political cartoon?

Despite the right to vote granted to Freedmen in the 15th Amendment, white supremacists intimidated them to vote for their candidates

Great Compromise

Determine a state's representation in Congress

The use of total warfare during the Civil War was best illustrated by

the March to the Sea under Sherman

Which of the following Spanish practices is de Las Casas referring to?

Encomienda System

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Established procedures for western lands to become territories and eventually states

It is important to remember that "fertile and extensive new lands" had been " largely emptied of native people and their diseases

European conquest was due to disease

How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?

First Continental Congress drew up a declaration of colonial rights

Concepts such as those expressed in the previous excerpt led to which of the following developments in American identity?

Further division of the nation based on sectional political issues

Which Enlightenment political ideas is represented in this passage by Ben Franklin?

Governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed

The main purpose of the Federalist Papers was to

Illustrate the need for a strong national government

The illustration depicts which outcome from the Early Atlantic World?

Interactions between Europeans and Native Americans led to death w/ diseases

Which of the following best explains how the environment of the Great Plains Indians would have been impacted by 16th Century European contact?

Intro of the horse allowed to hunt easier

American diplomat negotiated a hated treaty in which the British agreed to evacuate its forts, but not to discontinue their impressment of the american sailors

John Jay

The situation portrayed in the cartoon most directly led to

Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

colonists who supported Britain during the Revolutionary War

Loyalists

Major contrast between New England and French colonies

NE is larger & more gender balanced

During the Civil War, "Copperheads" referred to

Northern supporters of the Confederacy

colonists who sided with Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson during the Revolutionary War

Patriots

In reference to Western Territories, which impacted migration West in the pre-revolutionary years?

Proclamation of 1763

Who would reject the ideas of Peter Fontaine?

Quaker in Pennsylvania

Which of the following groups would most likely object to the perspective of Lincoln?

Radical Republicans

Which of the following groups would most likely support the perspective of the cartoon?

Radical Republicans

Which of the following actions from the mid to late 19th century most closely parallels the ideas expressed in the passage of Lincoln's address?

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

Anti-Federalists supported

adding a bill of rights to the Constitution

Advocates of the ideals of the Enlightenment, such as those expressed in the previous excerpt, would have most likely agreed with which of the following movements?

Republicanism

Joseph, a Spanish speaking Pueblo Indian reflects

Resistance by American Indians to Spanish colonial practices

Sumner's incendiary words & condemnations were directed to

Southern slave expansionists

Aftermath of Pueblo Revolt

Spain and Great Britain allied to establish European control over North America

The aforementioned events most clearly reflect which of the following continuities in United Stated history?

Tensions between liberty & authority

Based on the Land Ordinance of 1784, Jefferson intended

That the US, under Articles of Confederation, should create equal with the original 13 colonies

The alignment of free & slave states shown on the map directly led to

The formation of the Republican Party

Which of the following events from early British North American colonial history would reflect the sentiments of the previous quote?

The ideas expressed by Anne Hutchinson

Before encountering the Europeans in the late 15th century, American Indian nations on the Atlantic coast developed what type of settlements?

The northeast Indian nations' economic system was based on hunting and gathering, sedentary

Which of the following best explains the Republican stance on slavery?

They adopted the Free Soil position of not allowing slavery to spread from where it existed

Why were Democratic-Republicans outraged by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

They believed the laws violated freedom of speech

Which of the following was written after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 & raised awareness of the treatment of slaves in the South?

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The situations described in the massage most clearly relate to

Union concern over the allegiance of the border states

states have rights to consider void any act of Congress the deem unconstitutional

Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

event angered Americans and led to an undeclared naval war w/ France

XYZ Affair

Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act most likely supported

a Free-Soil position

Washington's fear, along with other politicians fears of a rebellion sweeping the nation led to

a debate over a stronger central government

The situation illustrated in the map was most clearly

a source of increased sectional conflict in the antebellum years

Paine and Jefferson expressed ideas

about the Enlightenment

The Articles of Confederation gave the national government the power to

declare war

Richard Hakluyt expressed

economic policy of mercantilism

By following Richard Hakluyt, England was able to

establish colonies along the Atlantic coastline of North America

Patterns of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted from

orientation of British colonies toward producing commodities for exports to Europe

The Missouri Compromise did all of the following except

outlaw the fugitive slave laws inside the state area ceded by France

The ideas expressed in the passage about Lincoln's Inaugural address most directly led to the political controversies of the 1860's & 1870's over the

process of reconstructing the United States in the aftermath of war

Alexander Hamilton

proposed the governments assume to debt of the states

The previous beliefs most clearly reflect which of the continuities in United States history?

social change more difficult to achieve than political change

Bartolome de Las Casas is most known for

speaking out against the atrocities by the Spanish against the native peoples of the Americas

The testimony of Josephe indicated Pueblo Indians

targeted symbols of the Spanish as well as Spanish political and economic systems

Peter Fontaine justified in "A Defense of Slavery in Virginia"

that slavery is just a business transaction

Based on the below painting the group depicted most likely would come from...

the American Great Plains west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.

The action taken by the states mentioned in the cartoon most clearly shows the influence of which of the following?

the democratic philosophy of the Declaration of Independence

The controversy highlighted in the passage above most directly led to

the establishment of martial law in some areas

Which of the following pieces of evidence would counteract the ideal of the new South as described by Henry Grady?

the existence of sharecropping & the crop-lien system

One of the immediate effects of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was

the passage of "personal liberty laws" in northern states

Reaction in the North to the Fugitive Slave Act was similar to American reaction to which of the following?

the passage of the Stamp Act

Supreme Court's power to judge the constitutionality of a law

was made explicit in the case Marbury vs. Madison


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