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In the U.S. Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), John Marshall and the Court majority issued a decision that
upheld Indian nations' political authority in their communities.
The domestic slave trade affected the African American family unit before 1865 by
separating family members through sale and trade.
In the aftermath of Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860, southerners feared that following
Lincoln would break his promise and interfere with slavery where it existed.
Reconstruction ended in 1877 because
the North lost interest in the cause.
Which slaves became free as a result of the Virginia legislature’s passage of a manumission act in 1782?
Those whose masters chose to free them.
President Martin Van Buren responded to the Panic of 1837 by
adopting a hands-off, limited-government stance.
The notion of slavery as a “necessary evil” and a “positive good” was supported by which idea?
Slavery allowed a civilized lifestyle for whites and cared for genetically inferior blacks
The Confederacy financed the Civil War primarily by
issuing paper currency that was not backed by gold or silver.
England had a clear advantage at the outset of the Revolutionary War, but Americans had which of the following factors operating in their favor?
A more motivated military
How did farmwives throughout the colonies in the eighteenth century contribute to their families?
Wives acted as helpmates to their husbands and performed both domestic and agricultural tasks
Which of the following was a result of the Turner Rebellion of the 1830s?
Tougher slave codes and restrictions were implemented.
How did Oregon fever affect national politics in the United States in 1844?
The possibility of expansion into Texas became a major issue in the presidential election.
After being placed in charge of all Union armies in 1864, General Grant and Abraham Lincoln crafted which of the following new military strategies?
An attack of every major Confederate army simultaneously
Although women made few gains in the eighteenth century, they did achieve a degree of progress in 1790 when they won which of the following?
equal access to public education in Massachusetts.
The most numerous voluntary (nonslave) emigrants to British North America in the eighteenth century came from which of the following groups?
Scots-Irish
Why did many northern wage earners not support abolition in the mid-eighteenth century?
Wageworkers feared that freed blacks would work for lower wages and compete for jobs.
Which of the following statements describes the historical significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
It sparked an unprecedented discussion about race and slavery in the United States and abroad.
Which of these events spurred Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act in April 1866?
The eruption of antiblack violence in various parts of the South
Why did Thomas Jefferson dispatch the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804?
He wanted a report on the physical features and the plant and animal life of the Louisiana Territory.
The philosophy that people could gain mystical knowledge and harmony beyond the world of the senses is known as which of the following?
Transcendentalism
Why was the South on the cutting edge of the Market Revolution by 1840?
It produced and exported over two-thirds of the worlds cotton supply.
The 1857 Dred Scott decision had which of the following consequences?
The decision persuaded many Republicans that the Supreme Court and President Buchanan were part of the slave power conspiracy
Many African American sharecroppers became trapped in a vicious cycle of debt after the Civil War mainly because
they could not pay the high prices and interest that whites charged as the price of cotton declined in the 1870s.
Society's notion of women as republican wives and mothers was based on which of the following ideas about women?
They were uniquely qualified to educate and nurture the spirit.
In his 1829 pamphlet, An Appeal . . . to the Colored Citizens of the World, David Walker did which of the following?
He justified slave rebellion and warned white Americans that violence and retribution would come if justice were delayed