 Membership in the ___ is based on population, while membership in the ___ has equal representation.

 House of Representatives; Senate

 The First Amendment to the Bill of Rights was influenced by this document written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

 The Monroe Doctrine established an imaginary boundary line around the Americas. The purpose of the line was to

 ban further European colonization inside the line

 How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act resolve the issue of slavery in the territories?

 Popular sovereignty would be permitted in the territories.

 The Compromise of 1877 accomplished THIS?

 Agreement reached to allow Rep. Rutherford B. Hayes to become president

 The forced journey of slaves from Africa to the New World was called

 What was affirmed in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison?

 The right of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

 The Missouri Compromise is described by:

 Maine admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, line of 36 30’ drawn through the Louisiana Territory

 After the surrender at Appomattox Court House, what did Robert E. Lee encourage Southerners to do?

 Admit defeat and rejoin the Union

 The growth of the “cotton kingdom” resulted from

 Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin

 a result of Nat Turner’s rebellion

 whites used their fear of rebellion to justify stricter enforcement of the Slave Codes

 The founder of the influential anti- slavery newspaper, The Liberator, was

 William Lloyd Garrison

 Supporters of popular sovereignty believed that

 residents of a territory should decide the issue of slavery

 “Bloody Kansas” was the result of the the repeal of the conditions established by the Missouri Compromise

 In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that

 because slaves were not citizens of the United States, they had no rights

 The term “nativism” means

 disliking immigrants

 What anti-immigrant law was passed in the 1800s?

 the Chinese Exclusion Act

 The following contributed to the growth of cities:

 improvements in transportation, construction of skyscrapers, large amounts of immigrants

 How were immigrant children affected by the creation of a public school system?.

 They were given help to assimilate into American society

 The term “suffrage” refers to

 the right to vote

 Where were immigrants in the late Nineteenth century most likely to settle?

 In large cities in the Northeast or Midwest

 What balance were the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 designed to maintain?

 representation of slave and free states in Congress

 During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated the most against

 the Chinese

 One of the reasons for the American victory in the American Revolutionary War was

 Benjamin Franklin negotiated an alliance with France

 Which Supreme Court decision rejected efforts to limit the spread of slavery?

 The publication of what book inflamed anti-slavery feelings in the North?

 Uncle Tom’s Cabin

 The Great Awakening is best described as

 a series of religious revivals

 The Revolutionary War began with the

 Battles of Lexington and Concord

 What event formally ended slavery in the United States?

 the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution

 Andrew Jackson’s presidency was known as the Age of

 Democracy

 The Emancipation Proclamation, issued after the battle at Antietam

 freed the slaves of all states in rebellion

 The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed

 all citizens equality before the law

 The purchase of the Louisiana Territory

 doubled the sized of the United States.

 The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or former status as a slave. Later methods of depriving citizens of their 15 th Amendment rights included

 poll taxes and literacy tests

 Which state was the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender?

 Virginia

 The Articles of Confederation proved to be ineffective because they

 created a weak national government

 President Lincoln’s view of secession is best expressed by

 states did not have the constitutional right to leave the Union 

 What was the most important result of the Mexican War?

 The US gained control of a vast amount of territory in the Southwest.

 The Preamble illustrates the constitutional principle that people

 are the true source of political power

 The first political parties in the United States were

 Federalists and Democratic- Republicans

 Who is associated with the abolitionist movement as an escaped slave?

 Frederick Douglass

 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address remarks were meant to serve as a guide for what event?

 Reconstruction

 “It is our God-given right to spread our democracy and culture across the continent.” 

 Manifest Destiny

 The territories of Oregon and Florida were acquired by America after the

 War of 1812

 Why did seven states seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861?

 to protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

 What was the event that actually started the Civil War?

 the bombing of Ft. Sumter

 Abolitionists believed that

 the institution of slavery should immediately cease

 The women’s suffrage movement began with the

 Seneca Falls Declaration

 Which region’s states seceded from the union as a result of the Election of 1860?

 South

 The chief guide for Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Territory was

 Sacajawea

 Fifty-five delegates from twelve states convened in Philadelphia in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention, choosing ___ to preside over the convention: 

 George Washington

 He was a Northern Army general in the Civil War:

 Ulysses S. Grant

 Who directly influenced Abraham Lincoln to allow freed slaves to fight in the Civil War? 

 Frederick Douglass

 What were the greatest advantages for the North during the Civil War?

 the large population and diversified industrial base

 The Emancipation Proclamation changed the goal of the Civil War for the North to

 ending the institution of slavery

 What result did the Civil War have on the South?

 The economy was ruined, and a large class of poor tenant farmers developed.

 “Jacksonian Democracy” illustrates:

 That Jackson’s presidency was a reaction against aristocracy; that power should not only be in the hands of the wealthy.

 Which statement best described the relationship between Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin and slavery?

 Increased cotton production necessitated an increase in the number of slaves.

 Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagreed over the issue of

 a strong vs. weak national government and the type of economy

 Abraham Lincoln’s assassination impacted the South in what way?

 It led the way to Radical Reconstruction, which was harsher than Lincoln’s moderate plans for Reconstruction.

 Most settlement houses in the late 1800s offered poor city dwellers

 social services

 In the 1890s, immigration patterns shifted dramatically with most immigrants coming from

 southern and eastern Europe 

 What was the federal policy regarding Native (First) Americans in the 1830s?

 Relocation.

 The First Continental Congress was the first example of

 the colonies coming together for a common cause

 Practice called whereby successful politicians reward their supporters by appointing them to office?

 The spoils system

 After the Civil War who became the leading spokesman for African Americans?

 Frederick Douglass

 American immigration patterns between 1890 and 1914 showed that most immigrants came from

 southern and eastern Europe

 The main purpose of the Jim Crow laws was to

 discriminate against blacks in the South

 Those who supported ratifying the Constitution promised to add a Bill of Rights in order to

 persuade the Anti-Federalists to sign the Constitution

 What document written by George Mason established the premise of basic human rights which cannot be violated by governments?

 Virginia Declaration of Rights

 Which statement best describes British-American relations after the French and Indian War? 

 The colonists began to question British authority.

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