APUSH unit 4

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The United States House of Representatives responded to abolitionist agitation in the 1830s by

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banning discussion of antislavery petitions

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the activists who attended the Seneca Falls Convention?
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They advocated better working conditions for children.
They called for expanded women’s rights.
They supported Theodore Roosevelt for president.
They advocated the conservation of natural resources.
They endorsed assimilation of American Indians into White society.

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They called for expanded women’s rights.

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Which aspect of life in the United States in the early nineteenth century most likely influenced Adams’ recollection of Revolutionary events? Options: The rapid development of the market revolution, The development of a national culture and national identity, The growing popularity of the idea of Manifest Destiny, The rapid growth of a mass democracy

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The development of a national culture and national identity

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The American Colonization Society was established in the early nineteenth century with the goal of transporting African Americans to Africa.

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transporting African Americans to Africa

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An important consequence of the “tariff of abominations” (1828) is that it led to the

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enunciation of the doctrine of nullification

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The most important factor in Andrew Jackson’s successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his

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reputation as a hero of the War of 1812

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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the central and western areas of New York were known as the “burned-over district” because

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of intense religious zeal created during the Second Great Awakening

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Which of the following resulted from arguments made by Southern politicians, such as the one in the excerpt, in the years prior to the Civil War?
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Slaveholders became more insistent that maintaining the slave system was essential to protecting the South and its way of life.
Many people in the South who depended on the labor of enslaved people nevertheless became more willing to admit that slavery was a sin.
Abolitionists scheduled numerous speaking tours throughout the South to counter proslavery attitudes like that expressed by Calhoun.
Congress passed legislation guaranteeing slavery in the South to show that the slave system was not threatened.

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Slaveholders became more insistent that maintaining the slave system was essential to protecting the South and its way of life.

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The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s? The political debates over economic development, The lives of women working in new factories, The effects of new technologies on commerce, The value of British-manufactured imports

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The political debates over economic development

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Which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponents of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?
Clay was seeking to discourage factory production to protect traditional artisans.
Clay’s proposal would require the expansion of slavery to supply factory workers.
Clay’s manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others.
Clay was seeking to encourage an increase in imports of British manufactured goods.

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Clay’s manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others.