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- The Jim Crow Laws were attempts to restrict the freedorns of African Americans mostly by separating the races at every public institution such as bathrooms, theaters, hospitals, schools,water fountains, etc. This policy of separating races was called..?..
- Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt? (hint: argued that England should establish colonies to trade)
- Jim Crow Laws would not be ended unti the passage of the ...?..act 1964
- What contributed to the population trend in pre-Columbian Mexico described? (population increase)
- Which of the following developments in the late 1400s and early 1500s is depicted in the excerpt? (hint: talking abt columbus voyages)
- homer ...?...was a man who sat in a Louisiana train car for whites ony. He was arrested and brought a civit rights case to the Supreme Court.
- Former slaves earned a living by renting land from their previous slave owner, and paying through crops, kesping ther poor and in debt through a constant cycle of...?..
- The Radical Republicans in Congress disagreed with Johnson about how to handle. Reconstruction, which led to the.?. of Johnson.
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a landmark Supreme Court case that upheld the Jim Cross Laws based on the idea that the laws provided..?..public facilities for African Americans.
- The election was completed with a compromise .and thus, withdrawal of federal troops from the South marked the end of...?..
- Lincoln is assassinated by...?..allowing theRadical Republicans to control Reconstruction
- Andrew Jackson's invasion of Florida led to permanent acquisition of the territory aftera. monroe ordered him to seize all spanish military posts in the areab. us declared its rigths under the monroe doctrinec. monroe's cabinet endorsed jackson's action and told him to purchase Flordia from spaind. Secretary of State Adams further pressured Spain to cede the area to the United States.
- Two prominent American military heroes who emerged from the War of 1812 werea. Tecuhmseh and Henry clayb. Oliver Hazard Perry and Andrew Jackson.c. thomas macdonough and francis scott keyd. isaac brock and john quincy adams
- A significant international consequence of the War of 1812 wasa. growth of good relations between us and britainb. a growth of Canadian patriotism and nationalism.c. spread of american ideals of liberty to much of western europed. nasty presidential campaign of 1820
- One significant domestic consequence of the War of 1812 wasa. growth of good relations between us and britainb. increased threat from indians in the westc.an increase in domestic manufacturing and economic independence.d. increased american attention to the threat of attack from european nations
- Besides admitting both Missouri and Maine to the Union, the Missouri Compromise provided thata. slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri.b. number of proslavery and antislavery members would be kept equalc. international slave trade would be permanently endedd. a new pride in the American army and navy
- In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, Justice John Marshall held thata. states had the right to regulate commerce within boundariesb. the federal Bank of the United States was constitutional, and no state had a right to tax it.supreme court had the right to review decisions of state supreme courtsd/ supreme court had the power to determine constitutionality of federal laws
- The American victory at the Battle of New Orleans proved essentially meaningless becausea. jackson was unable to pursue the british any furtherb. the british continued their attacks on the mississippi river valley regionc. the peace treaty had been signed several weeks before.d. british navy retained control of the shipping around new orleans
- The Election of 1876 was a turning point because Samuel Tilden (Democrat from the South)won the popular vote and Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican oi the North) won the...?...vote
- The most prominent political figure who joined Marshall in expanding the power of the federal government at the expense of the states wasa. james monroeb. john calhounc. Daniel Webster.d. andrew jackson