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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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How was Cyrus McCormick’s 1834 invention used?

A
to clean cotton
B
to power engines
C
to harvest crops
D
to till the soil
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Which of the following happened during the Second Great Awakening?

A
Men became the driving force of the Temperance Movement.
B
William Lloyd Garrison grew the public education system.
C
Dorothea Dix improved the quality of life for the mentally ill.
D
Women began to preach in white churches.
4

Enslaved people who lived and worked in cities

A
were not treated as well as plantation workers.
B
cared for livestock and repaired buildings.
C
sometimes worked in skilled trades.
D
could not be bought or sold easily.
5

After the First National Bank’s charter expired,

A
the government never chartered another national bank.
B
a Second National Bank was chartered immediately.
C
a Second National Bank was chartered a few years later.
D
the government created the Federal Reserve the next year.
6

In the 1800s, most states had laws that prevented women from

A
working in a factory.
B
going to college.
C
serving on a jury.
D
earning money.
7

Who were Sarah and Angelina Grimké?

A
abolitionists from South Carolina
B
slaveholders from Maryland
C
strong advocates of slavery
D
enslaved workers who were freed
8

What was one major teaching of the Second Great Awakening?

A
All citizens should have the right to own enslaved people.
B
People should keep to traditions and not try to change society.
C
People should live proper, moral, and respectful lives.
D
All enslaved people should be emancipated immediately.
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What was one of the main messages of the Second Great Awakening?

A
People should separate church from their lives.
B
People should form labor unions.
C
People should convert to Catholicism.
D
People should resist sinful behavior.
10

After the development of a steam-powered locomotive in the mid-1800s,

A
the laying of new rail lines grew quickly.
B
national road construction came to a halt.
C
steamship travel sharply declined in popularity.
D
travel by steamboat was concentrated in canals.
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Andrew Jackson became the first US president to

A
refuse to take advantage of the spoils system.
B
veto laws that he did not personally like.
C
court the influence of wealthy easterners.
D
create limits on the power of the presidency.
12

How did abolitionists want to change American society in the early 1800s?

A
They wanted to stop people from drinking alcohol to excess.
B
They wanted everyone to have access to free public education.
C
They wanted to improve hospital conditions for people with mental illnesses.
D
They wanted to end the practice of slavery and free enslaved workers.
13

What was most significant about Robert Fulton’s steamboat run of 1807?

A
It implied that steam engines would never replace sails.
B
It was the first working steamboat to receive a patent.
C
It demonstrated the ability to travel to the Northwest Territory.
D
It showed that his new engine improved steamboat travel.
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What contributed to the unpopularity of President John Quincy Adams?

A
his acquisition of Texas from Mexico
B
his disregard for treaties with American Indians
C
his failure to increase trade with the West Indies
D
his disinterest in raising tariffs on imports
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In the 1830s, what was one argument against the Second National Bank?

A
The bank could not help pay for national expenses.
B
The bank kept the value of printed money unsteady.
C
The bank took money from common people for the wealthy.
D
The bank helped state banks disrupt the national economy.

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