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Which of the following best defines the Southern Code during the slavery era?

A
White Southerners believed women should not do certain chores and gentlemen should not do manual labor.
B
White Southerners thought free African Americans were treated worse than enslaved African Americans.
C
White Southerners considered it their duty to provide food, shelter, and clothing to enslaved people while relieving them of responsibility.
D
White Southerners felt there should be an immediate end to slavery and called for abolitionism.
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Which of the following best describes working conditions in factories in the 1800s?

A
Men worked long hours, but women and children worked short hours.
B
Working hours, like working conditions, were similar to those of today.
C
Laborers worked long hours, but there were frequent holidays.
D
Most laborers worked twelve hours a day, six days a week, with few holidays.
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Why was Carnegie Steel considered a vertical monopoly?

A
The company controlled every step of steel production, from raw materials to distribution.
B
The company controlled all the steel plants in the country.
C
The company was able to produce more steel than any other steel company in the world.
D
The company became the only source of steel after competitors went out of business.
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Most of the settlers who followed Stephen Austin into Texas hoped that

A
Texas would be governed by Spain.
B
Texas would immediately join the United States.
C
Texas would become a self-governing Mexican state.
D
Texas would become an independent nation.
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In the Scott v. Sandford case, Scott’s argument was based on

A
the Missouri Compromise.
B
the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
C
the Fugitive Slave Act.
D
the Fourteenth Amendment.
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What did many people in the South believe after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Scott v. Sandford case?

A
The argument over slavery would lead to its demise.
B
The argument over slavery had been settled.
C
The argument over slavery had just begun.
D
The argument over slavery would never end.
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Before the introduction of new agricultural technology during the Industrial Revolution,

A
work on Southern plantations was done by hand, which limited how much cotton could be grown.
B
Southern textile mills only processed cotton fiber that was planted and harvested locally.
C
work on Northern plantations was done by hand, which limited how much cotton could be grown.
D
Northern textile mills only processed cotton fiber that was planted and harvested locally.
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People who journeyed to the West moved quickly through mountain passes to avoid traveling

A
through rainstorms, which made trails slick and wet.
B
in the dark, which made it difficult to follow the trail.
C
in large groups, which could attract attacks by Indigenous people.
D
through the first snows of winter, which could trap a party.
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Both state and federal government have the power to

A
build roads and enforce laws.
B
make treaties and collect taxes.
C
make treaties and declare war.
D
build roads and make treaties.
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Common Sense influenced the Declaration of Independence by

A
using a similar type of easily understood language.
B
persuading the Continental Congress to meet.
C
preparing people for the new ideas in the Declaration.
D
suggesting who should write the Declaration.

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