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What was unique about Roger Williams’s Rhode Island colony?

A
It was settled by people who wanted religious freedom.
B
It was settled by people who were looking for Virginia.
C
It was the only New England colony to tolerate people of all religions.
D
It was the only New England colony with separation of church and state.
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Between 1845 and 1850, many people emigrated from Ireland to the United States. What prompted them to leave their home country?

A
Ireland was engaged in a fierce war with Britain.
B
Ireland was becoming severely overpopulated.
C
A viral epidemic was killing many Irish people.
D
A crop failure had led to a famine in Ireland.
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After the Emancipation Proclamation, the central goals of the Civil War were

A
to preserve the Union and end slavery.
B
to align with Europe and end slavery
C
to preserve the Union and align with Europe.
D
to end slavery and break up the Union.
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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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The presence of many different churches in the colony of New Jersey indicated that

A
colonists enjoyed religious freedom.
B
Jewish people could not settle there.
C
the Act of Toleration had been passed.
D
the Society of Friends was not welcome.
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Which artistic tradition developed as a reaction against the Industrial Revolution?

A
the classicism movement
B
the romanticism movement
C
the Enlightenment
D
the Hudson River School
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Which of the following people spied for the Union during the Civil War?

A
Booker T. Washington
B
Thomas Jackson
C
Frederick Douglass
D
Harriet Tubman
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The document called the Mayflower Compact was named for

A
the boat on which the Puritans sailed to New England.
B
the boat on which the Pilgrims sailed to New England.
C
the town in Holland from which the Puritans sailed.
D
the town in Holland from which the Pilgrims sailed.
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Which of the following did the Intolerable Acts require?

A
housing for the British Parliament
B
housing for British troops
C
tea to be brought into Boston Harbor
D
goods to be stamped to show tax payments
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As a result of General Sheridan’s use of the total war strategy during the Shenandoah Valley campaign, the South

A
retaliated by marching to the sea.
B
could not provide supplies for its army.
C
surrendered and brought an end to the war.
D
vowed to destroy civilian resources in the North.

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