Question 1

true

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The Great Compromise called for a bicameral legislature.

Question 2

false

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The Articles of Confederation called for a strong central government.

Question 3

true

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Large states and small states brought different points of view to the constitutional convention

Question 4

false

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A key aspect of Republicanism is the power of the judiciary to limit the power of the king or queen.

Question 5

false

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Abolitionists in the North greeted the Emancipation Proclamation with enthusiasm.

Question 6

true

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At the beginning of the Civil War, Southerners had revolutionary zeal.

Question 7

false

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Ulysses S Grant was known as an indecisive and non committal leader.

Question 8

false

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General McClellan was known for pushing his troops really hard.

Question 9

false; Harriet Stowe

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Louisa May Alcott wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Question 10

false

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Abraham Lincoln won the Senate seat as the result of his victory in 1858.

Question 11

false

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Abraham Lincoln received a Harvard degree.

Question 12

true

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John Brown and his followers raided Harpersbury.

Question 13

true

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Many Texans had never considered themselves to be Mexican citizens.

Question 14

true

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When President Santa Ana demanded surrender, William Travis responded with a strongly worded letter of refusal.

Question 15

false

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Before the Texas revolution, the governments of the US and Mexico trusted each other.

Question 16

false

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Henry David Thoreau was a trandentalist (he held that the best government governs best).

Question 17

false

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The abolition movement was in the South.

Question 18

true

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King Cotton was the main money crop in the United States and increased the economy.

Question 19

False

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The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state

Question 20

false

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Alexander Hamilton's plan to solve the nation's debt problems was with several state banks.

Question 21

true

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One result of the difficult presidential election of 1800 was the passage of the 12th amendment, which allowed people to vote for President and VP.

Question 22

false

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George Washington's recognition of the new government of France led the United States to support France in its war against Great Britain.

Question 23

false

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George Washington referred to the heads of the executive departments in his administration of bureau.

Question 24

Nationalism

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Henry Clay: "I have heard something said about the allegiance of the South; i have heard no North, South, East, West own allegiance. It's to the country".

Question 25

clear the lands for more settlement for white people

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The government wanted to remove Native Americans from areas like the southeast to...

Question 26

1st Amendment

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You're right to say what you want is protected by what amendment?

Question 27

Congress regulated trade too heavily

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What was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Question 28

to protest foreclosures on farms for failure to pay taxes

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Why did farmers rebel at a courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1786?

Question 29

Delaware

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Which was the first state to ratify the Constitution?

Question 30

America's first national constitution

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The Articles of Confederation were ...

Question 31

to carry out the law

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What is the role of the executive branch?

Question 32

too much government power

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What did the Bill of Rights protect against?

Question 33

individuals in states

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The Bill of Rights was designed to protect...

Question 34

James Madison

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Who was known as the father of the Constitution?

Question 35

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay

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Who were the actual writers of the federalist papers?

Question 36

The President

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Under the Constitution, who has the power to elect judges?

Question 37

proposed a national government in which there would be three branches (legislative, judicial, executive)

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The Virginia Plan...

Question 38

an association of independent sovereign states with certain common goals.

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A confederation is defined as...

Question 39

issue the Emancipation Proclamation

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Lincoln waited until the Union had won a victory at the battle too...

Question 40

The war would not be short

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The Battle of Bull Run is evidence that...

Question 41

Border states would secede

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Lincoln feared that if he made slavery the issue of the Civil War...

Question 42

N/A

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This is a table: Union and Confederate volunteers from Kentucky. The table is evidence that Kentucky:

Question 43

Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri

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What were the 4 border states besides Delaware?

Question 44

force Jefferson Davis's hand to attack the Union.

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The Crisis of Fort Sumter gave President Lincoln an opportunity to...

Question 45

Freeing the slaves would weaken the confederate war effort.

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Why did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Question 46

To show the Union that they can do what they wish in the South.

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Why did George T. Sherman march to the sea?

Question 47

the 13th Amendment

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What ended slavery throughout the United States?

Question 48

Force confederates whether to start or attack the war

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Why did Abraham Lincoln inform Jefferson Davis he was sending food to Fort Sumter in 1861?

Question 49

He was willing to violate the Constitution in order to save the Union.

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How did Abraham Lincoln justify suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War?

Question 50

They would remain slaves because Kentucky was a border states and slaves weren't free in the border states.

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"On the first day of January 1863 all persons held as slaves the people therefore should them set free" What did the Emancipation Proclamation mean for slaves?

Question 51

expansion of slavery into new territories

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By 1850 the national debate over slavery centered on...

Question 52

Lincoln was elected as president

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Succession of the southern states began a few weeks after...

Question 53

Prediction not a position

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"A house divided inside itself cannot stand" - Abraham Lincoln

Question 54

the Lincoln-Douglas debates

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"A house divided inside itself cannot stand" " was said during?

Question 55

changed, although he generally opposed slavery

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Throughout his life Lincoln's views on slavery were.....

Question 56

the Dred-Scott Decision

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This event in 1857 caused a great controversy which split northern and southern democrats.

Question 57

The attack on Charles Summer

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An empty chair in the senate chamber... was a reminders of?

Question 58

The sack of Kansas

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John Brown's terrorism at Pottotomy was revenge for

Question 59

State constitution

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The final decision on if Kansas would be a slave or free state was dependent on

Question 60

The Whig Party

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The Kansas-Nebraska created a division that killed which political party?

Question 61

Popular Sovereignty

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Senator Stephen Douglas proposed that the issue of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Act would be settled by...

Question 62

the Fugitive Slave Act

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The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 was...

Question 63

with outrage and protests

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Northerners reacted to the Kansas-Nebraska Act...

Question 64

Free-soilers

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People who opposed the spread of slavery through the new states were called ...

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