Question 1

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Accepted Answer

By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

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By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

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By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

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By creating a segregated public education system

Question 2

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

Accepted Answer

Civil War

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Popular Sovereignty

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Manifest Destiny

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American Revolution

Question 3

The economic growth demonstrated by this recruitment letter was primarily a result of —

Accepted Answer

the new production methods of industrialization

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the abolition of the slave trade

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the passage of strict federal labor laws

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the expansion of the cottage industry system

Question 4

Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?

Accepted Answer

The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people

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The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional

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The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions

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The division of power between a federal government and state governments

Question 5

Which reason best completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

British impressment of U.S. sailors

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Interest in conquering territories in South America

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Requirements of an alliance with France

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Abolition of state militias

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