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- Jamestown becomes the first permanent English settlement in North America
- Andrew Jackson defeats John Q. Adams to become president
- Where did the 1st Battle of Bull Run take place?
- The fertile, coastal plains of the south were ideal for what?
- what was the original 13th amendment going to do
- When was the Emancipation Proclamation put in effect?
- Which statement gives the best evidence for the need for Federalism in the late eighteenth century?
- Which U.S. President negotiated the sale of French Louisiana with Napoleon Bonaparte?
- Shortly after the United States gained its independence, American women began to pursue which right?
- . What was the primary complaint of the rebels in the Whiskey Rebellion?
- The Congressional response to the Alien and Sedition Acts set an important precedent by making which suggestion?
- Which of the following is not one of the rights the Bill of Rights guarantees?
- What two forces drove many freed blacks from the South during Reconstruction? - Economic hardship and racial bigotry- Political division and religious hostility- Racial bigotry and political division- Religious antagonism and economic hardship
- How would a Federalist most likely respond to the Anti-Federalist argument that government is the enemy of liberty?
- What was the outcome of federal efforts to destroy the Ku Klux Klan? - The Ku Klux Klan continued business as usual.- The Ku Klux Klan went underground.- Federal authority was weakened by the unsuccessful effort.- The Ku Klux Klan was disbanded.
- For what reason were the Alien and Sedition Acts unpopular with most Americans?
- What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play in the lives of newly freed blacks? - It promoted a theology of forgiveness.- It provided them with economic and legal resources.- It encouraged them to move north.- It ensured their access to education and health care.
- What event effectively brought Reconstruction to an end? - The presidential election of 1876- The destruction of the Ku Klux Klan in 1872- The ruling in Slaughterhouse in 1875- The election of Redeemers in 1874
- What attitudes prevailed among the Republican Party regarding blacks following the Civil War? - Whites and blacks were equal, and blacks deserved the right to vote.- Blacks were not equal to whites but deserved basic protections and due process of law.- Blacks were not equal to whites but deserved to vote.- Whites and blacks were equal, and blacks deserved legal protection and the right to work.
- The Wade-Davis bill proposed by Congress for reunification of the North and South required - 50 percent of southern landowners to pledge allegiance to the United States.- 50 percent of southern voters to pledge allegiance to the United States.- 50 percent of all black Southerners to pledge allegiance to the United States.- southern landowners to give 50 percent of their property to the U.S. government.