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37 Cards in this Set
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After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following? |
the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty |
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Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s? |
They tried to prevent American settlers from influencing Texas’ Mexican culture |
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Slavery and its legitimacy first became a major issue in the United States following which event? |
the Louisiana Purchase |
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The Missouri Compromise led to the formation of Missouri as a slave state as well as the formation of which new U.S. state as a free state? |
Maine |
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The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following? |
in territories acquired from Mexico |
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Which Congressman most vocally opposed the free soil position in the 1840s? |
John C. Calhoun |
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In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery? |
the Utah Territory |
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In the early United States, sectionalism first arose due to conflict over which divisive issue? |
slavery |
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Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin changed the industry of the South in which way? |
It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming |
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In the nineteenth century, which Protestant denomination grew in numbers in the United States due to increased immigration from Europe? |
Lutheranism |
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How did Charles G. Finney’s brand of Christian revivalism differ from those of previous Evangelical leaders? |
He stressed the control that humans have over their own destinies |
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The utopian community begun by Robert Owen in 1825 was founded around which principle? |
cooperative labor |
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Which American reformer founded a utopian community based on the principle of cooperative labor? |
Robert Owen |
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With which movement did the perfectionist reform of the early nineteenth century Christian revivalists take its earliest form? |
temperance |
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How did the abolitionist views of William Lloyd Garrison differ from those of earlier anti-slavery advocates? |
He opposed foreign colonization of former slaves |
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How did abolitionists use the political system to fight slavery? |
by forming third parties that advocated laws against slavery |
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Why did female abolitionists often meet resistance within their own movement? |
Religious leaders often used the Bible to justify female inferiority |
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Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850? |
Free states would be forced to return slaves who escaped to those states |
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In 1856, in which territory did confrontations between free- and slave-state factions become violent?Selected Answer:Kansas |
Kansas |
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Which of the following was a significant difference between the Union and Confederate armies? |
The Union army had far more soldiers than the Confederate army |
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Which statement best describes one advantage the Confederacy had over the Union in the U.S. Civil War? |
The Confederacy’s soldiers were more accustomed to using firearms |
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How did cotton production create the greatest advantage for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War? |
It helped gather support from trade partners in Europe |
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Which slave state remained in the Union during the U.S. Civil War? |
Kentucky |
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union? |
South Carolina |
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Which states were generally the last to secede? |
those bordering the Union states |
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In which border state was the friction between Union and Confederate sympathizers most intense? |
Maryland |
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In 1861, the Confederate states chose whom to serve as their provisional president? |
Jefferson Davis |
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Why was the Presidential election of 1860 particularly complex in its scope? |
The Democratic Party was split among regional lines and nominated two candidates |
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Why was the constitutionality of President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus brought into question? |
It allowed people to be jailed without being charged before a judge |
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Which event officially triggered the U.S. Civil War? |
the Confederate attack on and capture of Fort Sumter |
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During the U.S. Civil War, what did Northerners do to raise money for the war effort that Southerners did not? |
sell government bonds |
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Why did many northerners consider conscription to be unfair during the U.S. Civil War? |
It allowed wealthier draftees to hire substitutes and avoid fighting |
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What made many Southerners disapprove of Jefferson Davis as a leader? |
his belief in the need for a strong centralized government |
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Why did the Cherokee leaders agree to fight with the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War? |
Confederate leaders had promised them weapons and protection from the Union |
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Which woman was noted for supervising army nurses during the U.S. Civil War? |
Dorothea Dix |
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Which of the following sparked the New York City riots of July 1863? |
conscription |
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Which U.S. Civil War event is often credited for Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864? |
the capture and fall of Atlanta |