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Some people say that because America has grown wealthy under Great Britain, the same will happen in the future. Nothing can be more false. . . . I answer that America would have become just as wealthy, and probably more had no European power ever been involved.”
- Thomas Paine, 1776
what is MOST LIKELY purpose of this passage
to convince the American colonies to separate from Britain
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"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people...
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world...
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent...."
from The Declaration of Independence
In The Declaration of Independence, many of the phrases begin with the word "He." To whom is this referring?
King George III of England
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“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalist.”
- Thomas Jefferson, 1801
What was the meaning behind this Thomas Jefferson quote from his First Inaugural Address?
He was trying to unite the country as they went through the first peaceful political shift in power.
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Why was the battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil Wa
Was the last offensive attempt of the Confederate and the subsequent loss hurt any chance of foreign aid.
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In 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by African-American activist W.E.B. Dubois and a group of Jewish Americans. Why did Jewish Americans historically ally themselves politically with African Americans?
They felt they both had had similar experiences with prejudice
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When I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing to any care of ours, and that they are not squeezed into this happy form by the constraints of watchful and suspicious government, but that, through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection; when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us, I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me
-Edmund Burke in a speech before the House of Commons, March 22, 1775
This speech would be MOST important in understanding
the feeling that led people in the American colonists to want independence.
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We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America,…by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are,…Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;…And for the support of this Declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
What is the most significant aspect of the growth of the American identity displayed in the excerpt provided?
During the period of 1750-1800, the American colonies took steps to cement self-rule and representative governance.
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Following the Worcester v. Georgia decision, President Andrew Jackson stated, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” How does this statement reflect the challenge of the courts in the system of U.S. government at the time of Jackson?
Many politicians and philosophers believed the courts were powerless to enforce their decisions
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How was war strategy involved in Abraham Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
The proclamation officially placed slavery at the forefront of the Civil War, thereby discouraging foreign nations from supporting the Confederacy.
The proclamation officially placed slavery at the forefront of the Civil War, thereby discouraging foreign nations from supporting the Confederacy. - correct
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Ida Tarbell is known as being a muckraking journalist for her exposing of abuses in which industry?
oil
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New taxes passed such as the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act marked an end of the period known as
salutary neglect.
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Lexington and Concord were the first battles in
the American Revolution.
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What precedents did George Washington try to establish, but that failed shortly after his presidency?
He wanted to prevent political alliances and the development of political parties.
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What was the role of Ulysses S. Grant in ending Reconstruction?
He removed troops from Florida as stipulated in the Compromise of 1877
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Which group was founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others in 1909 to promote equal treatment of African American in the United States
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Under the leadership of William Penn, Native Americans in colonial Pennsylvania could
could own land without having to let colonists live on it.
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Using the provided image, what minority group during the Revolutionary War did the British view as a possible ally?
Native Americans
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- born into slavery
- purchased freedom in 1799
- planned a slave revolt in 1822
- plans leaked before revolt, leading to his capture and execution
Who is being described here? - Turner Nat
- Denmark Vesey
- Gabriel Prosser
- Frederick Douglass
Denmark Vesey
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- manufacturing
- mining
- urban growth
- increased immigration
In what region were these factors prevalent in the years leading up to the Civil War?
the North
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- The "Square Deal"
- "Trust-busting"
- The United States Forest Service
- The Hepburn Act
With which "Progressive" president are these MOST closely related?
NAME
Theodore Roosevelt
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Which event did Great Britain respond to by passing the Intolerable Acts, which closed down the port of Boston?
Boston Tea Party
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783 resolved issues between Great Britain and the newly-formed America. What is one conflict that was NOT resolved by this treaty?
The parallel marking the northern boundary of Florida was a point of dispute between America and Spain.
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What principle did the Utah and New Mexico territories follow under the Compromise of 1850 for deciding on the issue of slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
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"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
This excerpt from an inaugural address was given as the the country was emerging from the
Civil War.
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Select THREE countries of origin whose immigrants were MOST commonly processed at Ellis Island.
- Russia
- China
- Mexico
- Italy
- Poland
- Africa
Russia
Italy
Poland