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Who was the engineer who asked Congress to pass the Transcontinental Railroad Act but died before the railroad was finished?

A
Asa Whitney
B
Theodore Judah
C
Thomas Durant
D
Abraham Lincoln
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Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of

A
discrimination against African Americans.
B
integration of facilities in the South.
C
segregation of educational facilities.
D
separation of the North and South.
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Cyrus McCormick’s 1834 invention was used to

A
clean cotton.
B
power engines.
C
harvest crops.
D
till the soil.
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A long-term effect of the election of 1800 was

A
new duties for the vice president.
B
the decline of the Federalist Party.
C
an increase in John Adams’s power.
D
stricter laws about campaigning.
5

The first English settler to grow tobacco successfully in Virginia was

A
Captain John Smith.
B
Hernando de Soto.
C
John Rolfe.
D
Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Which battle resulted in both a Confederate victory and the death of General Stonewall Jackson?

A
the Second Battle of Bull Run
B
the Battle of Antietam
C
the Battle of Chancellorsville
D
the First Battle of Bull Run
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The Progressive movement of the 1800s promoted

A
big business and minimal government involvement.
B
social, economic, and political reforms.
C
business trusts and monopolies.
D
industrialization, urbanization, and government deregulation.
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Andrew Jackson mockingly was referred to as “King Andrew the First” because of his

A
humble background.
B
military record.
C
displays of power.
D
aristocratic image.
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In addition to founding the city of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain was the first European to

A
explore the Great Lakes.
B
sail up the St. Lawrence River.
C
travel down the Mississippi River.
D
claim Louisiana for the French.
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During the Civil War, African American military units

A
were usually led by white officers.
B
chose their own officers to lead them.
C
formed in both the North and the South.
D
included white Confederate soldiers.
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Although the Albany Plan of Union was abandoned, it caused the American colonists to

A
join the fight against the British in the French and Indian War.
B
begin thinking of the colonies as separate from Britain.
C
resent having to serve in the British military.
D
understand the importance of housing British soldiers.
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Which abolitionist led a military expedition during the Civil War?

A
Frederick Douglass
B
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
C
Harriet Tubman
D
William Lloyd Garrison
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to

A
the beginnings of the sharecropping system.
B
the passage of the 1875 Civil Rights Act.
C
the start of the Democratic Party.
D
the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South.
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In the 1700s, Anthony Benezet was a Quaker who

A
organized the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society.
B
brought the first enslaved workers to Pennsylvania.
C
helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.
D
ran auctions where enslaved people were purchased.
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What sparked a riot in New York City in 1863?

A
food shortages and a rise in starvation
B
a draft that was unfair to the lower classes
C
a drop in employment in weapons factories
D
the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed

A
most enslaved people in the South and those in the North.
B
all enslaved people everywhere in the United States.
C
most enslaved people in the North and those in border states.
D
enslaved people in the South but not those in border states.
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Americans who supported Manifest Destiny primarily believed that the United States should

A
acquire colonies in other parts of the world.
B
develop the nation’s existing territory.
C
spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
D
share territory peacefully with Indigenous people.
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In the 1800s, both “old” and “new” immigrants to the United States faced discrimination because of

A
a decline in economic growth.
B
worries about overpopulation.
C
high US unemployment levels.
D
differences in culture and language.
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What was one major effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s?

A
More people received free higher education.
B
More people received health care at their jobs.
C
More people took up family farming.
D
More people relocated to urban areas.
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In the early 1800s, Chinese immigrants established the first Chinatowns in cities

A
along the western coast of the US.
B
along the eastern coast of the US.
C
in the midwestern US.
D
in the southern US.

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