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- The majority of Irish immigrants arrived in which part of the United States?
- In which of these areas were the North and South closely matched during the Civil War?
- In the presidential election of 1860, whose name did not appear on the ballot in the southern states?
- Which of the following proposed a ban on slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico?
- Which of the following ceded New Mexico and California to the United States for $15 million from Mexico?
- Which of the following would have hindered the election of James Polk as president in 1844?
- Which of the following people publicly supported the immediate annexation of Texas?
- Which of the following people sued for his freedom but lost in a ruling by the Supreme Court?
- Which of the following states was part of Mexico in 1821?
- How were former Mexican citizens living in the territory ceded to the United States at the end of the Mexican War treated by the United States?
- Which of the following is associated with the revolution that established Texas as an independent country?
- The acquisition of __________ in the 1840s threatened to upset the balance between slave states and free states in the Union.
- Which of the following was a characteristic of the mass production associated with the factory system?
- What was the major impact of immigration on American society during the nineteenth century?
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision both contributed to the __________.
- Which of the following societies was part of the abolitionist movement?
- The tendency toward rationalism and indifference to religion was reversed about 1800 by __________.
- Which of the following did northern evangelical reformers in the early nineteenth century support?
- How did relations between slave owners and slaves on smaller estates differ from those on larger estates?
- The Second Great Awakening derived its religious strength especially from __________.