Practice Test

Question 1

During the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln

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defeated a strong Democratic opponent.

Question 2

What best describes the spoils system?

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a system that gives jobs to certain people

Question 3

The English Bill of Rights, which influenced the Declaration of Independence, proposed the idea of

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a representative government that served the people.

Question 4

The English Bill of Rights influenced the American colonies by

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providing a model of representative government.

Question 5

Missouri and Maine were admitted together with which decisions involving slavery?

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Maine would be a free state, and Missouri would be a slave state.

Question 6

How did President Washington approach the foreign threats that Great Britain and France presented?

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He tried to remain neutral.

Question 7

Which best describes how the outcome of Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) helped define the role of the federal government?

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The Supreme Court decided that the federal government had key powers over state governments.

Question 8

As a result of President Jackson’s veto of its charter, the Bank of the United States

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ceased to operate once the charter expired.

Question 9

The protest of the Stamp Act of 1765 by American colonists was an example of which of these Enlightenment ideas?

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People must have input into the laws they follow.

Question 10

Which statements describe the Southern economy in the antebellum era? Choose three correct answers.

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It produced mostly cotton and tobacco.; It was primarily agricultural.; It relied heavily on slave labor.

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