Question 1
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The above quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, most focuses on which of the following debates that characterized the new republic?
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The extension of slavery into the territories
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The formation of a national currency
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Loose versus strict interpretation of the Constitution
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The application of the Bill of Rights of states
Question 2
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The above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland, reflected which of the following tendencies of the early Supreme Court?
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To side with big business over labor
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To favor national over state power
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To uphold the sanctity of contract
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To look unfavorably on the institution of slavery
Question 3
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Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the above decision, McCulloch v. Maryland?
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Western farmers
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Jacksonian Democrats
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Know-Nothings
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Former Federalists
Question 4
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The above account, Fourth Annual Report of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York, best reflects what growing reform sentiment during the period 1820 to 1848?
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Belief in the perfectibility of man
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Commitment to egalitarianism
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Acceptance of transcendental philosophy
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Commitment to the philosophy of predestination
Question 5
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Reform movements concerned with all of the following emerged in the same time period, 1820-1848, EXCEPT
Question 6
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During the period 1800-1848, reform movements were most successful in achieving their goals in which of the following?
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The granting of women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment
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Prohibition established through the Eighteenth Amendment
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State laws focusing on improved public education
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Establishment of federal standard for minimum wage and maximum hours
Question 7
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The system that Henry Clay describes above, the American System, was designed to create
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Government ownership of the means of production
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A foreign trade system that favored Great Britain over France
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A national market economy
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Dominance of state government over the national government
Question 8
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The following were components of the American System that Henry Clay envisioned EXCEPT
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Federally funded internal improvements
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Government ownership of railroads
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A second Bank of the United States
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Tariffs to protect infant industries
Question 9
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By 1848, which component of the American System was still used to benefit business?
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A third Bank of the United States
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Providing business with free raw materials from government-owned land
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A protective tariff
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The elimination of corporate income taxes
Question 10
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The above account, Loom and Spindle, 1898, best represents a departure from which of the following beliefs about the role of women in the early nineteenth century?
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Prevalence of the concept of "republican motherhood"
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Aspirations of women to become "career" women
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Aspiration of women to become "visible saints"
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Prevalence of the concept of "the cult of domesticity"
Question 11
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Early industry began in the Northeast for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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Swift-flowing streams that provided a good source of power
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A relatively high population density to supply both labor and markets
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A highly skilled labor force as a result of the apprenticeship system
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An efficient mean of transportation provided by good natural harbors
Question 12
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The original mill girls mentioned above, in Loom and Spindle, were subsequently replaced by which of the following groups?
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Immigrant women
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Native-born children
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Retired farmers
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Immigrant children
Question 13
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What treaty gave the United States Florida?
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Treaty of Paris
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Treaty of Ghent
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Jay's Treaty
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Webter-Ashburton Treaty
Question 14
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How are Hartford Convention Nullification Question and some Marshall court cases connected?
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States rights concerns
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Nativist concerns
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Slavery concerns
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Political compromise
Question 15
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Which of the following glorified women's role as homemakers in the midst of industrialization?
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Republican Motherhood
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Cult of Domesticity
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Bloomerism
Question 16
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Which of the following most strongly advocated sending slaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?
Question 17
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Which 1840s and 1850s set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers resulting in nativist backlash in popular cultire?
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Irish and Germans
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French and Dutch
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Italians and Greeks
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Scots and Welsh
Question 18
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Which of the following was a famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?
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Frederick Douglas
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Sojourner Truth
Question 19
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Which of the following is NOT a result of antebellum technology innovations such as the textile machinery, steam engine, and the telegraph?
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Expanded size and scope of domestic markets
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Heightened isolation of rural Americans
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Increased industrial output and worker productions
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Revolution in farming and agriculture
Question 20
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Which best describes the Lowell System?
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It revolutionized production of steal in the US
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It was so successful that it was eventually adopted throughout the US and England
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It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work textile factories
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It relied exclusively on cheap immigrant labor to undercut competitors
Question 21
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The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
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Catapulted wealth of average Southern white above most Northerners
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Provided raw materials for manufacturing in New England
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Accelerated internal movement of slaves to the West
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Promoted national and international economic ties
Question 22
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Which of the following was least likely influenced by sectional difference?
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White, male suffrage
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Foreign policy
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Tarrifs
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Internal improvement
Question 23
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In 1837, what did South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun call slavery?
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Positive good
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Necessary evil
Question 24
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Which of the following parties championed the "common man"?
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Democrats
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Whigs
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Democratic-Republicans
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Federalists
Question 25
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Which least strengthened economic ties with North and Midwest during antebellum?
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Growth of canals and railroads
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Spread of plantation agriculture
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Federal attempts to create national economy
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Shift to market production
Question 26
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Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT
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the Monroe Doctrine
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the Second Great Awakening
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Beliefs in human perfectibility
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Liberal European social ideas
Question 27
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Majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled
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Along the Great Lakes region
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On farms in the Midwest
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In cities along the east coast
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On homesteads on the frontier
Question 28
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One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the
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Creation of a more economically and socially egalitarian society in the South
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Increasing economic isolation of the South from the rest of the country
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Rapid growth of textile mills and other manufacturing throughout the South
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Increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress
Question 29
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Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of
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Regional interests overriding national concerns
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Fears that improved transportation would lead to more western migration
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Large federal budget deficits undermining the needed funding
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Supreme Court decisions questioning its constitutionality
Question 30
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The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
Question 31
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Is the following true or false about Art and Literature in the early 1800s:
-blended European style with American styles
-not appreciated by Europeans
-was not seen as original, creative, or critically well-received
Question 32
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Indians, women, and religious followers had which of the following in common during the antebellum era?
-developed unique cultures that reflected their interests and experiences
Question 33
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What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?
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They were in direct violation of specific Supreme Court rulings
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Most Northern migrants to the frontier were firmly opposed to each
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They were driven by efforts to exploit the nation's natural resources
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Most Whigs strongly supported both, while most Democrats strongly opposed both
Question 34
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What connected the Atlantic ocean to the Great Lakes?
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Erie Canal
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Monroe Doctrine
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Hudson River
Question 35
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Which of the following Supreme Court cases is correctly identified?
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McCulloch v. Maryland - upheld the sanctity of private contracts
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Worcester v. Georgia - ruled that states cannot tax the federal government
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Dartmouth v. Woodward - established tribal autonomy on Indian lands
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Marbury v. Madison - established the principle of judicial review
Question 36
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Which of the following was NOT an example of Manifest Destiny?
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Negotiations over the Oregon border
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The annexation of Texas
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Attempts to purchase California
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Demilitarizing the Great Lakes
Question 37
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Which of the following correctly characterizes the War of 1812?
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Broad popular support for the war effort temporarily eased sectional divisions over slavery and economic policy
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The United States won a decisive victory against the British and gained valuable new land on the frontier as a result
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Federalists support for the war reinvigorated the party and allowed it to thrive for another 20 years
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The United States was able to reassert sovereignty over its existing western lands and remove Britain's military presence
Question 38
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Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
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It was an attempt to relocate American Indian tribes on the Great Plains to reservations and begin the process of cultural assimilation
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It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere
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It was a treaty with England in which Britain promised to confine all of their future colonization to the Eastern Hemisphere
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It was an economic policy by President Monroe to revive the American economy by lowering tariffs and promoting manufacturing
Question 39
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All of the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it
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was viewed as an "abomination" by many Southerners
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created a crisis that almost led to a civil war
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demonstrated the growing differences between the North and South
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was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
Question 40
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830
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was upheld in Cherokee v. Georgia
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paid Indian tribes market rates for their confiscated lands
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led to the infamous Trail of Tears
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was passed over President Jackson's angry veto
Question 41
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Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
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It barred slavery north of the 36 degree 30' line in future states from the Louisiana Purchase territory
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It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just a few years before the Civil War
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It temporarily settled the issue of slavery but was eventually weakened and ultimately overturned
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It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri to enter as a slave state
Question 42
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The increase of slavery in the new Southwest during the antebellum era
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a decreased the market value of cotton and slaves in the East
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was firmly opposed by both major political parties
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led to the resumption of importing slaves from Africa
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created new tensions over the spread of slavery