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1. The Mexican War was MOST immediately preceded by the:
(A) admission of California to the Union
(B) election of James K. Polk
(C) battle of Buena Vista
(D) annexation of Texas
(E) Missouri Compromise
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(D) President Polk was elected in 1844 and Texas was annexed by joint
resolution of Congress in 1845, after which the Mexican War began. The
Battle of Buena Vista occurred during the Mexican War.
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2. A significant effect of the Dred Scott decision was that it:
(A) added to the power of Congress
(B) enhanced the reputation of the President
(C) lowered the reputation of the Supreme Court
(D) reopened the foreign slave trade
(E) ended the foreign slave trade
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(C) The Dred Scott decision of 1857, which declared the Missouri Compromise
unconstitutional, lowered the prestige of the Supreme Court, especially in
the North.
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3. "Tippecanoe" can best be connected with:
(A) Martin Van Buren
(B) Andrew Jackson
(C) an Indian battle
(D) a poem by Longfellow
(E) a character in a novel by James Fenimore Cooper
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(C) "Tippecanoe" refers to an Indian battle of 1811 in which William Henry
Harrison, then Governor of the Indiana Territory, repelled an Indian invasion
near Tippecanoe Creek.
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4. Each of the following was a proviso of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
(A) a new fugitive slave law
(B) abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D. C.
(C) prohibition of slavery in the territories above the 36-degrees
longitude and 30-degrees latitude line
(D) admission of California to the Union as a free state
(E) federal assumption of the Texas debt
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(C) The 1820 Compromise provided this.
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5. Which of the following states was NOT part of the Confederacy during the
Civil War?
(A) North Carolina
(B) Virginia
(C) Arkansas
(D) Texas
(E) Missouri
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(E) Missouri, a slave state, remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War,
as did the slave states of Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky.
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6. The rapid expansion of industry after the Civil War was due to all of the
following EXCEPT:
(A) increased demand for manufactured goods
(B) protective tariffs
(C) transcontinental railroads
(D) an end to the factory system
(E) a growing supply of immigrant labor
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(D) The factory system expanded after the Civil War.
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7. By 1877, the state governments in the South were controlled by:
(A) Republicans
(B) Democrats
(C) blacks
(D) Northerners
(E) Scalawags
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(B) By the time of "Redemption" (the end of Reconstruction in 1877),
southern state governments were once again controlled by Democrats.
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8. THE GILDED AGE, the title of a novel by Mark Twain and Samuel Warner,
refers to:
(A) the post-Civil War era
(B) the pre-Civil War era
(C) the early 20th century
(D) the 1920s
(E) any time in the future
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(A) THE GILDED AGE (1873), a political satire, described the post-Civil
War era.
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9. The Mugwumps may be best described as:
(A) secessionists
(B) abolitionists
(C) conservative Democrats
(D) corrupt politicians
(E) liberal Republicans
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(E) The Mugwumps were liberal Republicans who opposed the corrupt practices
of other Republicans. In the 1884 election, they supported Grover Cleveland.
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10. Which of the following inventors is known for his contribution to the
principle of interchangeable parts in manufacturing?
(A) Robert Fulton
(B) Orville Wright
(C) Elias Howe
(D) Thomas Jefferson
(E) Eli Whitney
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(E) Eli Whitney introduced the principle of interchangeable parts at his
firearms factory in 1800. He is also known as the inventor of the cotton
gin (1793).
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