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Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?
a) Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.
b) Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.
c) Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.
d) Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
a) He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.
b) He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
c) He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.
d) He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
a) Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.
b) Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.
c) Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.
d) Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

Which statement explains the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
a) The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.
b) Colonists used the assembly to overrule decisions of the royal governor.
c) The assembly sent delegates to Parliament to represent Virginia.
d) The king revoked Virginia’s charter because the assembly became too powerful.

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a —
a) method to purchase territory from foreign powers
b) procedure for military takeovers of existing countries
c) process through which states could be added to the Union
d) compromise line that prohibited slavery in the West

Which colony was a refuge for Catholics?
a) Maryland
b) Virginia
c) South Carolina
d) Georgia

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —
a) punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
b) support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
c) promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
d) limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?
a) The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations.
b) Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.
c) The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
d) Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.

Which amendment provides for the protection from unreasonable searches and seizures?
a) First Amendment
b) Fourth Amendment
c) Fifth Amendment
d) Tenth Amendment

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade ?
a) The economic demands of the plantation system
b) The construction needs of the railroad
c) Increased textile manufacturing
d) Increased western migration

Which excerpt from the U.S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty?
a) “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members. . . .”
b) “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States. . .
c) “The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore. . . .”
d) “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State.

Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including the approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the United States. What was the primary reason for this migration?
a) Massive unemployment resulting from British occupation
b) Political unrest during an economic recession
c) Famine caused by a major crop failure
d) Civil war between Catholics and Protestants

What was an effect of the passing of the Stamp Act?
a) Colonists sought military support from France.
b) Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.
c) Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.
d) Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

Many historians argue that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?
a) Radical Republicans took control of Congress.
b) Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts.
c) The Thirteenth Amendment was approved by Congress.
d) Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction.

Which physical characteristics made shipbuilding and fishing important economic activities in the New England Colonies?
a) Tall mountains, a long shoreline, and fertile soil
b) A temperate climate, vast grasslands, and plentiful lakes
c) Dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers
d) Natural harbors, an arid climate, and rocky soil

One effect of the Dawes Act was that it —
a) caused many American Indian tribes to create written constitutions
b) provided education to American Indians through locally run schools
c) limited the voting rights of American Indians
d) harmed the communal structure of American Indian society by creating private property

The first political parties in the United States formed mainly in response to disagreements over —
a) taxation without representation
b) the doctrine of judicial review
c) territorial expansion to the west
d) the extent of federal power

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the —
a) success of social reform movements in the United States
b) migration of settlers to the U.S. frontier
c) natural landscape of the United States
d) environmental effects of U.S. industrialization

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