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| show | A: The demand decreased due a surplus of laborers.
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| show | A: Potential for profit as slave sellers, brokers, or suppliers in the trade.
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| show | A: The expansion of the domestic slave trade
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| How did the domestic slave trade contribute to the significant internal migration of enslaved people in the United States during the 19th century? | show 🗑
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| Which statement best summarizes the economic impact of the cotton industry on the Southern United States during the first half of the nineteenth century? | show 🗑
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| What factor contributed to the demand for reopening the international slave trade in the 1850s, causing a division between the Upper South and the Lower South? | show 🗑
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| What was one significant consequence of the high demand for enslaved labor in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| show | A: "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men"
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| show | A: Their significant ownership of enslaved individuals
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| show | A: They defended slavery as essential to the economy and held considerable political power.
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| show | A: By emphasizing women's domestic roles and attributes of weakness and modesty
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| show | A: Enslaved women were exposed to brutality and sexual domination, while White women were protected by gender norms.
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| show | A: Hope for divine intervention to escape enslavement
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| How did Christianity influence enslaved individuals in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| How did the Methodist and Baptist churches appeal to enslaved individuals in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| show | A: They provided a means for enslaved individuals to express messages of hope, struggle, and resilience.
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| show | A: Enslaved laborers
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| How did enslaved individuals use the concept of paternalism to their advantage? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Nat Turner's Rebellion
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| Which statement accurately describes the institution of marriage among enslaved individuals in the Southern United States? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Fear of retaliation and harm to themselves and their families
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| How did the Second Great Awakening impact the institution of slavery in the United States? | show 🗑
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| show | A: They advocated for greater individualism against conformity.
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| show | A: The transition to wheat cultivation in the Upper South, reduced the need for enslaved laborers.
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| show | A: The prevalence of laws targeting the rights of free Black people.
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| What factor contributed to the differing treatment of free Black individuals between the Upper South and the Deep South during the antebellum period? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Interracial unions between White men and Black women
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| show | A: By defending slavery and critiquing wage labor in the North as a form of "wage slavery"
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| Which technique did Garrison and other abolitionists primarily rely on to advocate for the end of slavery? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Urging for the immediate end of slavery and equal treatment for Black individuals
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| show | A: Maine
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| After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | A: California imposed taxes on foreign miners and eventually prohibited all immigration from China, leading to violent attacks, including beatings and killings, and the sport of cutting off Chinese men's queues.
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| What significant impact did the acquisition of new territory from Mexico have on the United States in the mid-19th century, as described in the passage? | show 🗑
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| show | A: The Louisiana Purchase
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| show | A: By leading unofficial military operations to seize land from foreign countries
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| show | A: The contentious debate over whether slavery would be allowed in the new state
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| show | A: Northern representatives wanted to abolish slavery gradually throughout the Union, while Southern representatives opposed any restriction on the expansion of slavery.
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| show | A: To draw a geographical line across the Louisiana Territory, allowing slavery south of the line and prohibiting it north of the line, except in Missouri.
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| show | A: To identify friendly Native American groups and foster peaceful relationships.
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| show | Despite failing to find an all-water route to the Pacific, the expedition established crucial relationships with Native American tribes, collected valuable specimens, and contributed to the mapping and claiming of territory by the United States.
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| show | Slavery
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| What was the primary goal of the American Colonization Society (ACS)? | show 🗑
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| show | To publicize the atrocities of slavery and promote equality
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| What was the impact of Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written by Himself? | show 🗑
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| show | It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming.
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| How did the abolitionist views of William Lloyd Garrison differ from those of earlier anti-slavery advocates? | show 🗑
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| The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | John C. Calhoun
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| show | The Utah Territory
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| Which of the following best describes President Polk's approach to territorial expansion in the 1840s, as outlined in the text? | show 🗑
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| What was the primary motivation behind President Polk's call for war with Mexico, as described in the text? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following best describes the impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on the United States' territorial expansion? | show 🗑
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| What significant shift in U.S. foreign policy occurred as a result of the war? | show 🗑
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| What significant impact did the discovery of gold in California in 1848 have on the region? | show 🗑
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| What were some of the primary grievances of Anglo-American settlers in Texas against the Mexican government? | show 🗑
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| show | Anger towards the Mexican state capital, dissatisfaction with the state legislature's decision-making process, and resentment towards the Mexican government's interference in local affairs.
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| What was the significance of James G. Birney's candidacy in the 1840 presidential election? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following best describes the role of women in the antebellum reforms? | show 🗑
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| show | A "Declaration of Rights and Sentiments" advocating for women's rights
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| How did abolitionists use the political system to fight slavery | show 🗑
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| What was a characteristic of the distribution of wealth among White people in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| show | Wealthy southern planters
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| show | Their significant ownership of enslaved individuals
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| What role did wealthy plantation owners like Edward Lloyd V play in shaping the social and economic landscape of the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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