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Brinkley Test

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What economic opportunities did the domestic slave trade provide for White men in the United States during the 19th century?
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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?
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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?
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After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following?
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What was the primary goal of abolitionists in advocating for the immediate elimination of slavery?
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How did the growing hostility towards Chinese immigrants manifest in California during the mid-19th century?
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How did writers like Thomas Roderick Dew contribute to the perception of ideal southern women during the antebellum period?
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Which of the following best describes the impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on the United States' territorial expansion?
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What was the primary motivation behind President Polk's call for war with Mexico, as described in the text?
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Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin changed the industry of the South in which way?
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After the U.S. Congress abolished the foreign slave trade in 1807, what happened to the demand for enslaved domestic people in the United States?
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How did the patriarchal system in the antebellum South affect enslaved women differently than White women?
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What significant impact did the discovery of gold in California in 1848 have on the region?
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What were some of the primary grievances of Anglo-American settlers in Texas against the Mexican government?
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How did White southerners respond to the writings of abolitionists during the expansion of the nation in the 1830s and 1840s?
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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?
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Which of the following best describes the role of women in the antebellum reforms?
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Which event prompted the consideration of ending slavery by Virginia's state legislature?
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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?
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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?
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A: The prevalence of laws targeting the rights of free Black people.
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It sparked a nationwide debate on the morality of slavery.
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It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming.
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A: The demand decreased due a surplus of laborers.
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A: Hope for divine intervention to escape enslavement
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A: Enslaved women were exposed to brutality and sexual domination, while White women were protected by gender norms.
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The belief among Democrats that war with Mexico would be a quick and easy victory, leading to the annexation of more territory.
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The treaty resulted in Mexico ceding nearly half of its land to the United States, including present-day California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
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A: Nat Turner's Rebellion
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A: The inability of natural increase to meet demands for enslaved labor
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A: Potential for profit as slave sellers, brokers, or suppliers in the trade.
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To publicize the atrocities of slavery and promote equality
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A: By emphasizing women's domestic roles and attributes of weakness and modesty
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A: The Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
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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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They defended slavery as essential to the economy and held considerable political power.
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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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A: By defending slavery and critiquing wage labor in the North as a form of "wage slavery"
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Women's involvement in antislavery efforts paved the way for them to challenge gender inequality and expand their roles in society.
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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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Which group of people primarily cleared the land and prepared the soil for cotton cultivation in the United States during the 19th century?
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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?
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In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery?
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Which technique did Garrison and other abolitionists primarily rely on to advocate for the end of slavery?
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In the early United States, sectionalism first arose due to conflict over which divisive issue?
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Which Congressman most vocally opposed the free soil position in the 1840s?
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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?

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