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What amendment abolished slavery?
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B

14th Amendment
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B
13th Amendment

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D
D
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
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200
This created a bicameral legislature?
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B


A
B
The Missouri Compromise
The Great Compromise

C
D
D
The 3/5th Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
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Division of power between the federal government
and the States government is best defined as
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B


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B
Checks and Balances
Separation of Power

C
D
D
Federalism
Judicial Review
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If no candidate receives a clear electoral
majority in a presidential election Who decides
the election?
A
B


A
B
The House of Representatives
The Senate

C
D
D
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Supreme Court
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2000
Who gave the House divided Speech?
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B


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B
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown

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D
D
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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4000
This document warned European nations to stay out
of the Western Hemisphere?
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B


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B
Washingtons Farewell Address
Polk's second Inaugural Address

C
D
D
54-40 or Fight Declaration
The Monroe Doctrine
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Abolitionists wanted to
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B


A
B
Get rid of alcohol
Get rid of slavery

C
D
D
Guarantee Womans Right to vote
Guarantee a Free Public Education
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Soon after the Constitution of the United States
was ratified, the first ten amendments were
added because many citizens felt the need for
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A
B
strengthening the power of the federal courts
ensuring the division of powers between the
state and federal governments
A
B
protecting their liberties from abuses by the
federal government
establishing a national bank
C
D
D
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Which concept from the European Enlightenment
was included in the United States Constitution?
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A
B
absolutism
despotism
A
B
consent of the governed
limited monarchy
C
D
D
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Which is generally considered to be a major
weakness of the electoral college system for
selecting a U.S. president?
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B
Electoral votes are unevenly distributed among
the states.
A candidate can win the popular vote but lose
the presidency.
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B
Candidates tend to ignore the states with a
majority of young voters.
Too much time elapses between the general
election and the counting of electoral votes.
C
D
D
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Which action could eliminate the electoral
college?
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A
B
a Supreme Court ruling
a Presidential order
A
B
ratification of a constitutional amendment
passage of legislation by Congress
C
D
D
13
Unlike the Missouri Compromise, the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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A
B
provided for the admission of Kansas as a slave
state.
provided for the admission of Kansas and
Nebraska as free states.
A
B
allowed settlers to determine whether their
territories would be slave or free.
said nothing about slavery.
C
D
D
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Which development was most likely the cause of
the other three?
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A
B
growth of urban centers.
growth of industrialization.
A
B
increase in agricultural production
increase in the middle class.
C
D
D
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The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862, which
provided free federalland, was to
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B
encourage settlement of the West
set up reservations for Native American Indians
A
B
assist in the construction of transcontinental
railroads
establish land-grant agricultural colleges
C
D
D
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