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This was the trading of commodities between Europe and the Americas. A 100
What is the Columbian Exchange? A 100
This was the name for the route that slaves would take across the Atlantic to come to America. A 200
What is the Middle Passage? A 200
Besides Africans, colonists also briefly looked to one of these other sources of labor. A 300
What are indentured servants and Native Americans? A 300
The idea that a country’s economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver it had is called this. A 400
What is mercantilism? A 400
This colony was formed as a debtor colony. A 500
What is Georgia? A 500
The Revolution became known as this type of war which used the strategy of tiring out the other side until they gave up. B 100
What is a war of attrition? B 100
This idea means that members of Parliament represent everyone, not just their specific geographic constituencies. B 200
What is virtual representation? B 200
An advantage of the British during the Revolution. B 300
What is a better navy, more Native American allies, more funding, better manufacturing capability? B 300
This movement, begun in Europe, would significantly impact the beliefs of the colonists about freedom. B 400
What is the Enlightenment? B 400
Common Sense called for this. B 500
What is American independence and a democratic government? B 500
The fear of this caused the Articles of Confederation to be weak. C 100
What is a strong central government? C 100
One of the controversies surrounding the Bank of the United States. C 200
Answers will vary. C 200
This issue was addressed in the Three-Fifths Compromise. C 300
What is slavery? C 300
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The Supreme Court’s power to strike down laws that are unconstitutional is called this. C 400
What is judicial review? C 400
This is the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine. C 500
What is to prevent European interference in Latin American countries? C 500
Most white southerners did not own slaves, mostly because of this. D 100
What is their cost? D 100
This way of determining the issue of slavery caused major problems in Kansas. D 200
What is popular sovereignty? D 200
This man was severely beaten in Congress over the issue of slavery. D 300
Who is Charles Sumner? D 300
This man is known for his attempt to create a slave revolt. D 400
Who is John Brown? D 400
One of the arguments for slavery in the South. D 500
Answers will vary. D 500
These were laws that prevented former slaves from taking advantages of all of their rights. E 100
What are Black Codes? E 100
Farmers who grew crops on land owned by someone else and who gave some of their crops to the landowner in return for the use of land and supplies. E 200
What are sharecroppers/tenant farmers? E 200
One of the causes of the Civil War, which means that states were divided against each other. E 300
What is sectionalism? E 300
This was an attempt to keep the balance of slave and free states, which eventually led to the Civil War. E 400
What is the Missouri Compromise, Kansas- Nebraska Act, or Compromise of 1850? E 400
One of the most important differences between the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War (other than slavery). E 500
What is the level of industrialization? E 500
The 15 th Amendment did this. F 100
What is giving voting rights to former slaves and male citizens? F 100
The 14 th amendment did this. F 200
What is declared that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens? F 200
This Supreme Court case determined that African- Americans were not citizens and did not have equal protection under the law. F 300
What is Dred Scott (v. Sandford)? F 300
This landmark document was a result of the battle of Antietam. F 400
What is the Emancipation Proclamation? F 400
This killed more soldiers than anything else during the Civil War. F 500
What is disease? F 500
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