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- Which of the following reasons is responsible for the spread of diseases, like cholera and yellow-fever, in tenement housing in the late 1800s?
- T/F? Despite the problems of crime and disease in poor urban communities, there was little to no pollution in those communities during the late 1800s.
- What purchase from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 doubled the size of the United States?
- T/F? President Andrew Johnson, as Abraham Lincoln's successor, proposed a very lenient policy toward the South after the Civil War.
- What is one explanation for why President Lincoln did not free all the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation?
- During the Gilded Age, some rich businessmen became known as the "captains of industry". Match each businessman below to his correct title or industry.John D. RockefellerJ. Pierpont MorganAndrew Carnegie
- During the Battle of Trenton, George Washington and his army had to cross WHAT river in the night so that they could launch a surprise attack on the Hessians stationed in Trenton?
- During the Constitutional convention, conflicts arose between the smaller and larger states. The Virginia Plan proposed representation to be based on population. The New Jersey Plan proposed equal representation of all states. To meet the needs of both small and large states, Roger Sherman came up with what plan that created a bicameral congress. It is often called the Great Comprise, but what was another name for it?
- One of the policies that Andrew Jackson supported was the Tariff of 1828. Tariffs were used to raise prices on items such as wool and iron. What southern state was so enraged by the Tariff of 1828 that it nullified it?
- In Washington's Farewell Address, he left the country and future presidents sound advice on how to run the government. Which of the following was NOT mentioned by Washington as good advice?
- T/F? Anti-trust laws helped tycoons like John D. Rockefeller expand their businesses and stifle competition.
- T/F? During the late 1800s, Andrew Carnegie was considered the most important leader of the Populist Party.
- T/F? The election of President Abraham Lincoln is not considered to be one of the key events, one in a series that turned into the Civil War. Even though the Civil War started just a month after his inauguration.
- T/F? The outcome of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson not only perpetuated the white supremacist beliefs of the time, but also made it possible for states to make and enforce Jim Crow laws with impunity.
- One issue during the Constitutional Convention was how slaves would be counted in regards to states' populations. The convention members came up with what Compromise to count slaves for the purpose of population?
- A great figure of the Second Great Awakening was ________. He was considered the most successful and famous preacher, and the revival's great strategist and theologian.
- Backroom deals sealed Rutherford B. Hayes' election over Samuel Tillman. From your choices, what was NOT one of the deals made to give the Presidency to Hayes?
- The American Revolution began in 1775 when fighting between the British troops and the Minutemen occurred in what Massachusetts towns?
- Place these events in chronological order: Battle of the Alamo, Goliad Massacre, Battle of Gonzales, Battle of San Jacinto
- The Texas Declaration of Independence was written by