Review up to the Causes of the Civil War
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- Q1What colony was Jamestown founded in?New NetherlandsNew EnglandRhode IslandVirginia30s
- Q2What is NOT considered a cash crop from Colonial America?CottonPeanutsTobaccoIndigo30s
- Q3Who was the hero of Jamestown that said "if you don't work, you don't eat"?John RolfeJohn SmithJohn KennedyJames Smith30s
- Q4This state had a lot of killing due to pro and anti slavery supporters fighting before the Civil War.WyomingVirginiaMissouriKansas30s
- Q5I was a slave, sued my master for freedom. I went to Illinois. The Supreme Court ruled against me.Jefferson DavisDred ScottCrispus AttucksFrederick Douglass30s
- Q6This made California a free state, but also put the Fugitive Slave Law into effect.The Bill of RightsThe Compromise of 1850The Missouri CompromiseDred Scott v. Sandford30s
- Q7This lady wrote a book that showed what slavery was really like. It helped start the Civil War.Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet TubmanElizabeth Cady StantonLucretia Mott30s
- Q8What battle was considered the turning point of the American Revolution?Battle of ConcordBattle of LexingtonBattle of TrentonBattle of Saratoga30s
- Q9The most important factor in the growth of the cotton industry was ____Triangular TradeSlave LaborBill of RightsStates' Rights30s
- Q10Resources, better transportation, and technological advances were part of what era in American history?The Revolutionary EraWestward ExpansionEra of Good FeelingsIndustrialization30s
- Q11During the Mid-1800s, the factory system in the U.S. contributed to the rapid growth of __________urbanized citiesgold miningrural revivalssteam engines30s
- Q12By 1832 South Carolina opposed many tariffs. They threatened to leave. This was known as the __________Spoils SystemBank WarsNullification CrisisWar of 181230s
- Q13The Temperance Movement urged Americans to:Reform PrisonsGive women the right to voteStop consuming alcoholMake children go to school30s
- Q14The system by which each branch of the U.S. government limits the power of the other branches.Limited GovernmentChecks and BalancesFederalismPopular Soveriegnty30s
- Q15The first 3 words of the Constitution, "We the People," expresses what principle of the Constitution?Individual RightsLimited GovernmentFederalismPopular Sovereignty30s