In Henry David Thoreau's essay "Resistance to Civil Government" he claims that an individual should...
What is
Refuse to obey unjust laws
100
What did the Colonial Committees of Correspondence do
What is
publicize grievances against England
100
What was the factory system called that employed young farm women in order to increase production, efficiency, and profits?
What is
the Lowell system
100
Why did so many Southerners supports the Compromise of 1850?
What is
it provided for the return of fugitive slaves
100
What is a "closed shop"
What is
A union-organizing term that refers to the practice of allowing only unionized employees to work for a particular company
200
President Lincoln's most significant achievement in foreign affairs was...
What is
restraining foreign powers from recognizing the Confederacy
200
What was the term that defined slaves as pieces of property with no rights
What is
Chattels
200
What was the political purpose for proposing the Tariff of 1828?
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to discredit the administration of President John Quincy Adams
200
The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus for those living between Washington and Philadelphia reveals that what increased during the Civil War?
What is
Presidential Power
200
Through supporting the war effort, women received what?
What is
the right to vote
300
What idea allowed men of wealth, like Carnegie and Rockefeller to justify the economic inequality that favored them over the nation's poor.
What is
Social Darwinism
300
What was significant about the election of 1796
What is
the federalist party divided when southern federalists refused to support Adams
300
What did the Pre-Emption Act of 1841 do?
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Squatters could stake out claims ahead of the land surveys and later get 160 acres for $1.25 per acre
300
Why was Andrew Johnson able to avoid convictions on impeachment charges?
What is
Republicans feared that his impeachment would set a bad precedent leading to the use of impeachment as a political weapon against the president
300
What did the 21st amendment repeal
What is
prohibition on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
400
This was the first successful attempt at large scale governmental propaganda by the U.S. in WWI
What is
the Creel Commision
400
Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth v. Woodward dealt with what?
What is
protection of contracts from violation by state governments
400
What was the Know-Nothing Party's view on immigration into the U.S.
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They demanded it to end
400
Frederick Jackson Turner proposed the Frontier Thesis which was...
as long as there was land to move into humanity would progress
AND that the frontier stimulated individualism, nationalism, and democracy
400
The "hot line" and the nuclear test ban treaty were attempts to?
What is
relieve tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
500
What did the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 ensure?
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the tolerance of most Christian Churches
500
What was the Lyceum movement that occurred mainly in Northern and Midwestern U.S.?
What is
A movement that promoted knowledge through lecture tours by poets, scientists, preachers, and other educated figures.
500
The American Colonization Society was an antislavery organization that advocated for what?
What is
The forced shipment of freed slaves to Africa
500
What led to the Battle of Wounded Knee?
What is
The governmental outlawing of the Indian Ghost Dance
500
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" expressed concerns about what
What is
the use of DDT and how it would eventually the entire food chain