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1
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the first permanent English settlement founded in 1607

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Jamestown

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economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country

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Merchantalism

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people that wanted to end slavery in the U.S

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Abolitionists

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4
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taxes foreign goods

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Tariff

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strong sense of loyalty to a state or section of the country instead to the whole nation

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Sectionalism

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belief that the US should own all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

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Manifest Destiny

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nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them

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Republic

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8
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first representative assembly in the new world

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House of Burgesses

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freedom of private businesses to operative competitively for profit with minimal government regulation

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Free Enterprise

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10
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sharing power between states and national government

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Federalism

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support the constitution who favored a strong national government

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Federalists

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people who don’t support the constitution and who preferred more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government

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Antifederalists

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13
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signed by King John of England; recognized the first document that limited power to rule

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The Magna Carta

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14
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protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights

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The English Bill of Rights

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15
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written by Thomas Jefferson; declaring colonies independence from England

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Declaration of Independence

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16
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ended the French and Indian war; “kicked out” the French from North America

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Treaty of Paris

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17
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agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed

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The Mayflower Compact

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18
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pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; convince the colonists that it was time to become independent from Great Britain

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Common sense

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19
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he disbanded the colonial legislatures; taxed the colonies and refused the Olive Branch Petition

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King George III

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20
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What was involved in the Stamp Act?

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everything in paper was taxed. ex: documents, newspapers, magazines

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21
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The first ten amendments was known as _____. The same applicable to the states by and through the ______ clause of the ___ amendment.

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Bill of Rights;
Due Process;
14th

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22
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Which colony is known as the lost colony because of its mysterious disappearance?

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Roanoke

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23
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This is a form of business in the United States, with historical origins, where in people would invest in a company and thereafter wait for a return on their investment by cash payment and in later times a stock dividend. What is the name of this form of business?

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Corporation

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24
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What was the most profitable export or crop of the Jamestown settlement?

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Tobacco

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25
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What is the name of a document which gives a person permission to do something such as settle an area?

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a charter

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26
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What was the Court’s decision or holding in “Marbury vs. Madison?

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supreme court case that establish judicial review; he tried to get help from the court but it was denied

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27
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Jane Doe receives a letter from the California Board of Nursing that her license to practice has been permanently revoked. She never prior thereto receive any notice, written or verbal that there was an irregularity and/or that she did anything wrong. What constitutional argument would she raise?

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14th amendment

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28
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The worst thing that can happen to a country is

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The civil war

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29
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Thomas Jefferson and his supporters succeeded in:

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Doubling the size of the US

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30
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Approximately how many lives were lost in the Civil War?

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600,000

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31
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If a historian states “there was a tremendous growth in population in Colonial America due to immigration and natural increases what would he/she be referring to in using the words “natural increase”?

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reproduction of offsprings

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32
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Which side in the Civil War preferred stronger state government and less federal government control?

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The south

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33
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What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write upon concerning slavery?

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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34
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What was the first southern state to secede from the US?

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South Carolina

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35
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Who was the president of the confederacy?

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Jefferson Davis

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36
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What were The Monitor and The Virginia?

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Ironclad Warships

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37
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With 23,000 casualties or deaths, what was the bloodiest one day battle in the history of the US?

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Antietam

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38
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Who was the president of the North or US during the Civil War?

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Lincoln

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39
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The work of Eli Whitney:

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Led to the expansion of the cotton culture and slavery

40
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Why did Lewis and Clark bring a woman and small child with them on their expedition?

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to offer peace

41
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During his administration, Thomas Jefferson:

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cut the national debt almost in half

42
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What advances came about in Medicine due to the American Civil War?

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ambulances, prosthetics, anethesia, pavillion hospitals

43
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Jefferson had reservations about buying Louisiana because:

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he doubted his constitutional power to do so

44
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During the civil war, northern women

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entered nursing, a field previously dominated by men

45
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What amendment was added to the Constitution after the war that freed slaves?

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13th

46
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln and where was he assassinated?

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John Wilkes Booth;

Ford’s Theatre

47
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Who formed groups to help the Union Soldiers that later became known as the Red Cross?

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Clara Barton

48
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What amendment to the US Constitution acts as an umbrella for rights not specifically named within the US Constitution?

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9th

49
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With regards to the Civil war, who supported the South:?

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Ruling classes

50
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What was one often major or decisive factor that led colonial citizens to join the colonial arm and become Minutemen?

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the death of prisoners

51
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Two major problems in America during Columbus’ time?

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  1. starvation- not knowing how to manage crops

2. disease- brought over to America

52
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legal grand of land to settlers. created in 1618 in Jamestown. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage.

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Headright system

53
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People that worked in colonies:

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family, slaves, indigenous people

54
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created the Stars Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott Key

55
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invented the steamboat

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Robert Fulton

56
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invented the telegraph and Morse code

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Samuel Morse

57
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escaped slave who became an activist and lead an anti-slavery movement

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Frederick Douglas

58
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helps conspire with the killing of Abraham

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Dr. Samuel Mudd

59
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became an alcoholic so he wouldn’t go to war

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Cooter Brown

60
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military officer that destroyed Georgia

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Sherman

61
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slave of the name Dred Scott sue for freedom after spending time in free territory. He was still a slave because he was not a citizen being a slave and had no right to file a lawsuit

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Dred Scott Decision

62
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The African slave trade began:

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as early as the 8th century A.D

63
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In the 16th century, the market for slaves grew dramatically as a result of:

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a desire to christianize africans

64
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What did NOT shape the character of English settlements in America?

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the colonies promoted freedom of religion

65
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To entice new laborers to their colony, the Virginia Company established the “headright system” to

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grant land to current and prospective settlers

66
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The majority of colonists who first settled in Plymouth were:

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members of a Puritan Separatist congregation

67
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The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony was:

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John Winthrop

68
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During the 17th century, at least 3/4 of the immigrants who came to the Chesapeake colonies came as:

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indentured servants

69
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The high mortality rate in the southern colonies had effect of:

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weakening the traditional patriarchal family structure

70
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The maze of highly diverse trade routes that involved the buying and selling of rum, slaves, and sugar was known as?

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triangular trade

71
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Most of America’s war materials came from?

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foreign aid (we borrowed lost of $$$)

72
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Who were Washington’s cabinet?

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Thomas Jefferson; Alexander Hamilton; Henry Knox

73
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After 1777, the British decided to focus their efforts in the South because?

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they believed there were more Loyalists there

74
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Native Americans

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stayed neutral in the war

75
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In spite of rhetoric proclaiming “all men were created equal” slavery survived in America for nearly a century after the Revolution because whites:

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harbored racist assumptions about the natural inferiority of blacks

76
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Under the articles of confederation, the ONLY institution of national authority was the

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Congress

77
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The first great American novelist was:

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James Fenimore Cooper

78
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Transcendentalists believed that:

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“reason” was more important than “understanding”

79
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Henry David Thoreau claimed an individual should:

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refuse to obey unjust laws (he refused to pay taxes)

80
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What group was most involved in the feminist movement?

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Quakers

81
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After 1830, what reformed movements began to overshadow the others?

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antislavery

82
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Throughout the North, Black Americans:

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defended their freedom and responded eagerly to the cause of abolitionism

83
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The creation of asylums for social deviants was an effort to:

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reform and rehabilitate inmates

84
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What battle was fought in the western theatre?

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shiloh

85
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Fort Sumter:

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Confederates fired the first shot of the civil war

86
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves:

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in areas of the confederacy except those already under the union

87
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The Union army:

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had a higher mortality rate for black soldiers than white soldiers

88
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The greatest source of division in the South was

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doctrine of state’s rights

89
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The first battle of the Civil War was

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First Bull Run

90
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The most concrete legacy of the Civil War for Southern white women was the:

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decimation of the male population and the creation of major sexual imbalance in the region

91
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Where did the Southern Military General Robert F. Lee agree to surrender?

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Appomattox Court House

92
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True or False.

The Puritans landed in Jamestown.

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False

93
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Define a hedonic treadmill or hedonism:

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The idea that people will always want more; never satisfied

94
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Define primogeniture:

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the right of succession that will belong to the eldest son

95
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In 1803, the land mass of the continental US nearly doubled because of what?

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Louisiana Purchase

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