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Regarding work assignments, slaves were
a) generally supervised in small groups.
b) given the same jobs as Irish laborers
c) generally spared dangerous work.
d) given some of the most dangerous jobs.

Match each individual below with the correct description. ___ A. Louis Agassiz ___ B. Gilbert Stuart ___ C. John J. Audubon 1. author of Birds of America 2. portrait artist 3. romantic novelist 4. Harvard biologist
a) A-3, B-2, C-4
b) A-1, B-4, C-2
c) A-2, B-1, C-3
d) A-4, B-2, C-1

The most noteworthy southern novelist before the Civil War was
a) James Russell Lowell.
b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
c) William Faulkner.
d) William Gilmore Simms.

The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in
a) the Convention of 1800
b) the Pinckney Treaty.
c) the Treaty of Paris.
d) the Treaty of Greenville.

The “large-state plan” put forward in the Constitutional Convention
a) ultimately provided the framework of the Constitution.
b) favored states such as New Jersey.
c) based representation in the House and Senate on population.
d) favored southern states over northern states.

In the presidential election of 1844, the Whig candidate, Henry Clay,
a) ignored the issue of the annexation of Texas.
b) favored dividing Texas into several states.
c) called for immediate annexation of Texas.
d) favored postponing the annexation of Texas.

Puritan doctrine included acceptance of
a) the King as the final religious authority.
b) the idea of a covenant with God.
c) the doctrine of good works.
d) the Pope’s supremacy

Unlike the __________ Act, the __________ Act and the __________ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.
a) Stamp, Quartering, Townshend
b) Townshend, Stamp, Sugar
c) Quartering, Stamp, Sugar
d) Stamp, Sugar, Townshend

The Force Bill of 1833 provided that
a) the Congress would employ the navy to stop smuggling.
b) the Congress could use the military for Indian removal
c) the military could force citizens to track down runaway slaves.
d) the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties.

Members of the planter aristocracy
a) kept up with developments in modern thought.
b) produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North.
c) provided democratic rule in the South.
d) dominated society and politics in the South.

According to the principle of “popular sovereignty,” the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by
a) the most popular national leaders
b) congressional legislation
c) a Supreme Court decision.
d) the vote of the people in any given territory.

People who flouted the authority of the Puritan clergy in Massachusetts Bay were subject to which of the following punishments?
a) banishment
b) death
c) floggings
d) all of these

France waited to give open assistance to America until after the victory at Saratoga because the French
a) had nothing to give the colonies before that time.
b) saw it as a chance to regain control of Louisiana.
c) thought the colonists’ chances of winning slim before the victory.
d) had a new government in power that favored assistance.

The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the French and Indian War
a) followed sound strategic planning.
b) ended in defeat.
c) resulted in victory for Britain.
d) resulted in British control of the St. Lawrence River.

The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
a) saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.
b) involved America, France, and England.
c) was not that profitable.
d) involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
a) increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
b) listening carefully to and heeding the advice of lawyers arguing cases before the Supreme Court.
c) applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions.
d) asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation.

All the following are true of the Second Great Awakening except that it
a) was a reaction against the growing liberalism in religion.
b) was not as large as the First Great Awakening.
c) strengthened democratic denominations like the Baptists and Methodists.
d) encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms.

The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because
a) it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana.
b) it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.
c) coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost.
d) all of these.

Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was
a) started by forces outside the country.
b) a minority movement.
c) one which produced a minimum of violence.
d) a majority movement.

The resolution that “These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states...” was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate
a) Richard Henry Lee.
b) Patrick Henry.
c) Thomas Paine.
d) Thomas Jefferson.

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