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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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| What was a significant consequence of the ban on the importation of enslaved Africans by Congress in 1808? | show 🗑
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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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| show | A: The doubling of prices for enslaved people by the 1850s
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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 | 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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| How did the patriarchal system in the antebellum South affect enslaved women differently than White women? | show 🗑
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| Which theme is prominently conveyed in the spiritual song "Roll, Jordan, Roll," as embraced by many enslaved individuals in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Enslaved individuals found solace and hope in Christianity, focusing on the promise of freedom from bondage.
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| show | A: By providing opportunities for enslaved individuals to become preachers and leaders within their communities.
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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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| Which group of people primarily cleared the land and prepared the soil for cotton cultivation in the United States during the 19th century? | show 🗑
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| How did enslaved individuals use the concept of paternalism to their advantage? | show 🗑
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| Which event prompted the consideration of ending slavery by Virginia's state legislature? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Some slaveholders permitted marriages among enslaved individuals to encourage procreation and maintain harmony on plantations.
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| show | A: Fear of retaliation and harm to themselves and their families
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| show | A: It encouraged slaveholders to promote Christianity among the enslaved population
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| How did transcendentalists in the United States react to the cultural trends of their time? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following contributed to the increase in the free Black population in slave states during the antebellum period? | show 🗑
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| What distinguished the experiences of free Black people living in the Upper South from those living in the Deep South during the antebellum period? | show 🗑
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| show | A: Legislative measures
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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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| The Missouri Compromise led to the formation of Missouri as a slave state as well as the formation of which new U.S. state as a free state? | show 🗑
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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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| How did the growing hostility towards Chinese immigrants manifest in California during the mid-19th century? | show 🗑
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| show | A: It intensified the debate over the future of slavery in the western territories, leading to the creation of new single-issue parties and widening the division between the North and South.
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| Slavery and its legitimacy first became a major issue in the United States following which event? | show 🗑
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| How did pro-slavery expansionists in the antebellum South seek to enlarge the American empire? | show 🗑
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| show | A: The contentious debate over whether slavery would be allowed in the new state
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| What was the primary disagreement between Northern and Southern representatives regarding the Tallmadge Amendment? | show 🗑
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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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| Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the peace medals distributed by Lewis and Clark to Native American leaders? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements best summarizes the overall impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition? | show 🗑
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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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| What was the primary goal of abolitionists in advocating for the immediate elimination of slavery? | show 🗑
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| show | It sparked a nationwide debate on the morality of slavery.
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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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| show | In territories acquired from Mexico
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| show | John C. Calhoun
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| In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery? | show 🗑
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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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| show | The influx of fortune seekers from around the world led to the rapid expansion of California's population and the establishment of diverse, bustling boomtowns.
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| show | Discontent over the lack of access to jury trials, dissatisfaction with the appointment of alcalde administrators, and opposition to Mexico's abolition of slavery.
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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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| show | By forming third parties that advocated laws against slavery
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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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| Which group in the antebellum South primarily shaped the region's culture and held significant economic and political power? | show 🗑
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| What distinguished the planter elite in the antebellum South? | show 🗑
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| show | They defended slavery as essential to the economy and held considerable political power.
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