1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Copyright, 2000

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500
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6. The economy in the South was based on which of these?
A. agriculture
B. mining
C. banking
D. shipbuilding

7. A. agriculture
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8. How were goods primarily transported in the South?
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How were goods primarily transported in the South?
A. by air
B. by rail
C. by river
D. by road

9. C. by river
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10. Who were the political leaders in the South in the mid-19th century?
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Who were the political leaders in the South in the mid-19th century?
A. factory owners
B. wealthy planters
C. religious leaders
D. educated lawyers

11. B. wealthy planters
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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
A. Manifest Destiny
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. Great Awakening
D. Louisiana Purchase

13. A. Manifest Destiny
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From which group did Andrew Jackson receive the most support in the election of 1828?
A. Republicans
B. rich upper-class
C. American Indians
D. common people

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D. common people
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16. D. losing future elections
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Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
A. losing respect
B. losing tax revenue
C. losing voting power
D. losing future elections

17. C. losing voting power
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18. Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
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Which of these was the greatest cause of death in the Civil War?
A. wounds
B. disease
C. frostbite
D. starvation
C. frostbite
D. starvation

19. B. disease
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The Military Reconstruction Act was enacted in response to the actions of which president?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Abraham Lincoln
D. Rutherford Hayes
C. Andrew Johnson

21. C. Andrew Johnson
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Which of these is one reason that U.S. immigrants settled in the North?
A. free land
B. good climate
C. the railroad
system
D. jobs in mills and
factories

23. D. jobs in mills and factories
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24. Which of these describes a tariff?
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Which of these describes a tariff?
A. a tax on the
income of workers
B. a tax on goods
imported from
outside the US
C. a tax on the
purchase of property
D. a tax on goods
produced in the US

25. B. a tax on goods imported from outside the United States
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26. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
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How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
A. It doubled
the nation's size.
B. It led to war.
C. It limited
trade opportunities.
D. It led to the
discovery of a water
route across the country.

27. A. It doubled the nation's size.
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28. Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A. It settled the
slavery issue
in Nebraska.
B. It led to a violent
struggle over slavery
in Kansas.
C. It calmed the country's
dispute over slavery.
D. It required that the new
territories would be free states.

29. B. It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.
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30. Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
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Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
A. highly trained
soldiers
B. fighting in
familiar territory
C. abundant natural
resources
D. control of the
Mississippi River

31. C. abundant natural resources
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32. What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
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What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
A. It proved that
the South was weak.
B. It showed that
the North would win.
C. It showed that the
armies were unwilling
to fight long battles.
D. It proved that a
quick victory
was impossible.

33. D. It proved that a quick victory was impossible.
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34. 50: POLL PHONE-A-FRIEND
What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?
A. A show of strength in
Maryland might convince the
state to join the Confederacy.
B. Union troops would be
defeated and the war
would end.
What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?
A. A show of strength in Maryland might convince the state to join the Confederacy.
B. Union troops would be defeated and the war would end.
C. Confederate troops would cut off Union access to the Potomac.
D. Seeing their land being destroyed by war would discourage the Union.
C. Confederate troops
would cut off Union access
to the Potomac.
D. Seeing their land being
destroyed by war would
discourage the Union.

35. A. A show of strength in Maryland might convince the state to join the Confederacy.

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