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1) Jackson lost the election of 1824, but won the election of 1828 because of which one of the following?
A
Poll taxes were reduced.
B
Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.
C
Voter participation increased.
D
Votes were cast by secret ballot.
2) Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?
A
The positions taken in the Know-Nothing Party platform
B
The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War
C
The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D
The opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation
3) How did Great Britain react to the Boston Tea Party?
A
King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief.
B
King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.
C
Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts.
D
Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts that shut down Boston.
4) Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?
A
Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs
B
American Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their own
C
Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery
D
British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade
5) What was the final battle of the American Revolution?
A
Yorktown
B
Concord
C
Trenton
D
Saratoga
6) What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?
A
Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses.
B
Agricultural workers organized labor unions.
C
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.
D
Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves.
7) Boston and New Orleans were both founded as —
A
farming communities
B
port cities
C
industrial centers
D
military outposts
8) Which of the following is part of the Fifth Amendment?
A
The right to due process
B
Freedom of assembly
C
Freedom of the press
D
The right to a jury trial
9) What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?
A
Politicians were encouraged to promote states’ rights rather than federal unity.
B
Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women.
C
Churches turned away from public politics and focused on internal religious issues.
D
People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.
10) Why did U.S. manufacturing increase during the War of 1812?
A
The supply of British goods decreases.
B
Congress ends the European embargo.
C
Congress reduces tariffs.
D
Exports to Great Britain increase.
11) Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?
A
“He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people.”
B
“He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
C
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”
D
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
12) The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?
A
Twelfth Amendment
B
Fifteenth Amendment
C
Fourteenth Amendment
D
Thirteenth Amendment
13) Cheaper prices and faster manufacturing occurred as a result of increased —
A
expansion of U.S. territory
B
westward migration
C
industrialization
D
government regulation of business
14) The Puritans held town meetings to deal with community issues.
A
The Puritans refused to obey the appointed governor.
B
The Puritans outlawed slavery in Massachusetts.
C
The Puritans developed a form of representative self-government.
D
The Puritans allowed women to participate in government.
15) Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?
A
Newly free men and women moved west to claim land.
B
African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election.
C
African American families divided by slavery were reunited.
D
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship.
16) I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say—I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
A
Harriet Tubman
B
Harriet Beecher Stowe
C
Phillis Wheatley
D
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
17) During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, George Mason argued —
A
for the dissolution of state governments
B
against increased power for the national government
C
for the creation of a strong executive branch
D
against the passage of a bill of rights
18) What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
A
The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.
B
British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.
C
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
D
Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.
19) Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?
A
Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.
B
Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.
C
Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.
D
Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.
20) How did the cotton gin contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?
A
By reducing the demand for raw cotton
B
By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton
C
By increasing the profitability of slavery
D
By reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton
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