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California and Florida were once own by which European Empire?
a) Great Britain
b) Spain
c) France
d) Germany
What was the result of the Treaty of Paris?
a) Great Britain recognized the colonies as independent
b) Colonists Lost the American Revolution
c) Great Britain still had control over the colonies
d) France took over the colonies after the war
Where were Native American's forced to relocate during Jackson's Presidency?
a) Utah
b) Texas
c) New Mexico
d) Oklahoma
How did the war of 1812 affect the U.S. economy?
a) The economy failed
b) US remained in huge debt
c) Made the U.S. independent of European Goods
d) No economic growth
How did the invention of the cotton gin contribute to the expansion of the plantation system?
a) The north decreased in sales
b) The West grew in cash crops
c) Increased in slave labor and its profitability
d) Sales in the south declined
What was James K Polk's promise or belief that won his presidential election of 1844?
a) The the east to the west
b) Manifest Destiny
c) 54 40 or fight
d) Line of 36-30
The temperance movement was focused directly on ?
a) the reduced consumption and sales of alcohol
b) bringing families together
c) fighting for women's rights
d) suffrage for women
After the Civil War, Southern States adopted black codes in order
a) Enhance the cruelty over former slaves
b) Former owners to maintain power
c) Limit the 13th Amendment and control over former slaves
d) Invoking state rights
Who was the President of the North during the Civil War
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Ulysses S Grant
d) Stonewall Jackson
Name the Organization that assisted former slaves into civilian life
a) The Good Bureau
b) Former Slaves Bureau
c) Souther Bureau
d) Freedman's Bureau
What were the reform efforts of Dorothea Dix?
a) She raised taxes
b) Fought for women's suffrage
c) Improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled
d) Abolitionists
How did the railway system affect the U.S. economy?
a) It paved the way for steamboats
b) decreased profits from the South
c) Only allowed imports
d) Expanded markets and Companies made Transportation faster
The Erie Canal was significant to the Industrial Revolution because it...
a) Made a new water way
b) Ships could sail through the canal
c) Made New York a Commercial Center
d) None of the above
One effect of the Dawes Act was that it-
a) Improved the lives of Native Americans
b) Placed them in manufacturing jobs
c) Nearly destroyed their culture
d) None of the Above
One invention that improved agriculture
a) Assembly line
b) Bessemer Steele Process
c) Telegraph
d) Mechanical Reaper
The Invention that changed communication
a) Telegraph
b) Steam boat
c) Railroads
d) Cotton Gin
The first political parties of the United States were?
a) Democratic Republicans and Whigs
b) Republicans and Democrats
c) Whigs and Democrats
d) Federalists and Anti Federalists
I was the leader of the continental Army during the American Revo
a) George Washington
b) Samuel Adams
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Patrick Henry
Raised taxes on all molasses and sugar
a) Stamp Act
b) Townshend Act
c) Sugar Act
d) Tea Act
Laws passed by the British to control colonial Trade
a) Sea Acts
b) Boat Acts
c) Solitary Neglect
d) Navigation Act
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