Download North Star?

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Who were the “midnight judges”?
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Judges who received their appointments
only hours before John Adams left office.
What law did the Supreme Court use in
deciding Marbury v. Madison?
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The Judiciary Act of 1789
What was the motive for the First
Seminole War?
 General Jackson and his troops invaded
Florida without presidential authorization.
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5. Before the War of 1812, why were
Americans reluctant to build new factories
and machinery?
 because British manufacturers could
produce large amounts of goods and
charge lower prices
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The Neutrality Proclamation allowed the
United States to remain neutral to which
countries?
 to all nations at war in Europe
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What event brought on the rallying cry of
the American people “Millions for defense,
but not one cent for tribute!” ?
 the XYZ affair
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What concept influenced the works of
James Fenimore Cooper and Washington
Irving?
 nationalism
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What best describes the occupations of
most people in Europe and the United
States, in the early 1700s?
 farmers
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Why did cities grow rapidly during the mid1800s?
 a.due to immigration and the migration of
rural inhabitants to urban areas
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During the 1800s, what made the growth
in communication, trade, and travel
possible?
 the introduction of steamboats, railroads,
and the expansion of roads and canals
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What caused the slave trade to increase
during the early 1800s?
 because growing and harvesting cotton
and other southern crops required a large
number of field hands
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Why did the American Anti-Slavery
Society split in 1840?
 over the role of women in the abolition
movement
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Why did more poor white men gained
suffrage in the 1820s and 1830s?
 because many states eliminated property
ownership as a qualification for voting.
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What was the purpose of the American
Temperance Society and the American
Temperance Union?
 to urge people to give up or to limit the
consumption of alcohol
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What is significant about the textile mill in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island?
 It was the first successful mill
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What was the function of the Indian
Removal Act?
 to open land in the Southeast to American
farmers
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What was the motive for the First
Seminole War?
 General Jackson and his troops invaded
Florida without presidential authorization.
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With the technical advances of the 19th
century, how could workers more easily
assemble products and replace defective
parts?
 because of interchangeable parts
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What is significant about the textile mill in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island?
 It was the first successful mill
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Who turned the fight for women’s right into
a political movement?
 Susan B. Anthony
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What was the first capitol of the Republic of
Texas?
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Houston
How would you explain why Presidents
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
declined to annex Texas?
 because Texas would have entered the
Union as a slave state
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During the 1800s, what made the growth
in communication, trade, and travel
possible?
 the introduction of steamboats, railroads,
and the expansion of roads and canals
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How would you explain how Eli Whitney
contributed to the Industrial Revolution?
 He introduced mass production and
interchangeable parts
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How would you describe the people John
Brown intended to arm as a result of his
raid on Harper’s Ferry?
 as Slaves who would begin an insurrection
against slaveholders.
How would you explain the Southern
reaction to the abolition movement?
 They united in their defense of slavery.
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What is significant about the publication of
the paper the North Star?
 It was published by abolitionist Frederick
Douglass.
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From 1836 to 1844, the Gag Rule
prevented discussion about which issue in
the U.S. House of Representatives?
 antislavery petitions
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How would you express the reason
Angelina and Sarah Grimké joined the
antislavery movement?
 They rejected the views of their southern,
slaveholding family.
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How would you classify the roles of
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and
Harriet Tubman in the abolition movement
in relation to their race and former social
status?
 Key, since all were former slaves who
spoke for the movement
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How would you describe the views of
Horace Greeley and William Lloyd
Garrison relating to abolition?
 Greely and Garrison were both prominent
leaders in the abolition movement.
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Who was the Underground Railroad
designed to aid?
 slaves
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How would you classify the movement led
by Harriet Tubman?
 She led the Underground Railroad
Movement, a network of people who
arranged transportation and hiding places
for fugitive slaves.
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How would you describe the Underground
Railroad Movement?
 a network of people who arranged
transportation and hiding places for
fugitive slaves.
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Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write her
powerful antislavery novel?
 She read slave narratives and met fugitive
slaves in Ohio, where she lived
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Which controversy resulted in the
Compromise of 1850 and eventually led to
the Civil War?
 maintaining the balance of power of slave
and free states in the Senate.
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Why did southern leaders refer to cotton
as “King Cotton”?
 because of the importance of the cotton
trade to the South’s economy
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How would you describe the Fugitive
Slave Act?
 As part of the Compromise of 1850.
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When Stephen Douglas introduced the
Kansas-Nebraska bill, how did southern
senators react?
 They agreed to abandon their plan for a
southern railroad route if the new territory
west of Missouri was opened to slavery.
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What motivated Thomas Jefferson to send
Lewis and Clark to the Louisiana
Purchase?
 to learn about the West and find a river
route to the Pacific Ocean.
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What treaty that ended the Mexican War?
 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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Which party was united by its followers’
opposition to the expansion of slavery?
 The Republican Party
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How would you describe the major issue
dividing the parties in the election of 1860?
 as slavery
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Which presidential candidate opposed the
spread of slavery but promised not to
support abolishing it where it already
existed?
 Abraham Lincoln
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What was ordered by the Emancipation
Proclamation?
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It called for all slaves in areas rebelling
against the Union to be freed
What was the main idea of The Morrill Act
of 1862?
 the granting of public lands to states for
land-grant colleges
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How did German immigrant Levi Strauss
earn his fortune in California?
 by making durable denim work pants to
sell to miners
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How did California enter the Union?
 As a free state.
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What was the main result of Lincoln
suspending writs of habeas corpus?
 A person could be imprisoned indefinitely
without a trial
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Which Confederate attack ignited the Civil
War?
 The attack on Fort Sumter
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How would you classify the military
leadership of the Southern army?
 The South had more skilled military
leaders than the North
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What can be said about the significance of
the Union capture of the City of
Vicksburg?
 They would control the Mississippi River
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Which city was the location of the first
capital of the Confederacy?
 Montgomery
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Which Northern Alabama county
disagreed with Alabama’s decision to
secede from the Union?
 Winston County
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Why did Lincoln want to prevent Maryland
from seceding?
 Washington D.C. would be surrounded by
confederate territory
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Why didn’t Robert E. Lee accept
command of the Union troops?
 He could not fight against Virginia and the
south
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What was the purpose of Sherman’s
“March to the Sea” through Georgia?
 To destroy anything that may be of use to
the enemy
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Who was promised 40 acres and a mule”
by General Sherman?
 Freed slave families in the South
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What was the most important
transportation advantage held by the North
during the Civil War?
 More miles of Railroad tracks
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How would you classify the Southern
belief that the cotton trade would win them
foreign support during the Civil War?
 Cotton diplomacy
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What Mississippi city did Grant surround in
1863?
 Vicksburg
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What river was strategically important for
the control of commerce and troops in the
Cofederacy?
 Mississippi River
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Same as #53
How would you summarize the importance
of the capture of Chattanooga by Union
forces during the Civil War?
 The Union would control a major Railroad
running south to Atlanta
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What best identifies where Lee’s attempt
to launch an offensive into Union territory
ended in defeat?
 Gettysburg
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Why did the Union navy want to blockade
the South?
 To cut off Southern trade and hurt the
economy
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What was the reaction of many
southerners to Lincoln’s election?
 They believed Lincoln would abolish
slavery
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How would you describe the attitude of the
Radical Republicans toward the
citizenship of former slaves?
 They should be granted citizenship,
including the right to vote
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What were the features of Lincoln’s plan
for Reconstruction?
 Lenient and fair treatment for the South
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How would you classify people known as
carpetbaggers?
 Northern-born Republicans who came
South after the war
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What best describes the sharecropping
system?
 Sharecroppers provided landowners with
their labor in exchange for part of the crop.
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Describe the purpose of the Freedmen’s
Bureau?
 To provide relief for all poor people in the
South
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How would you identify the action that
signaled the end of Reconstruction?
 The passage of the Compromise of 1877
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What abolished slavery throughout the
United States?
 The adoption f the 13th amendment
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What is the main idea of the Jim Crow
Laws?
 To segregate blacks and whites
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What laws were the 14th amendment
designed to protect?
Civil Rights act of 1866
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What amendment protects the suffrage of
African American men?
 15th amendment
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What was the main effect of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
 It made the Civil War a war against
slavery, and the British did not
intervene on the side of the
Confederacy.
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