// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top $CATEGORY: $course$/top // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Midterm Exam $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Midterm Exam // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Midterm Exam/MT Computer $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Midterm Exam/MT Computer // question: 11405610 name: Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it ::Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it::[html]Andrew Jackson criticized the Bank because he believed that it{ =[moodle]benefited northern and foreign investors at the expense of southern and western farmers.#Correct ~[moodle]was too liberal with its loan policies.#Incorrect ~[moodle]did not exercise enough centralized control over the monetary system.#Incorrect ~[moodle]charged excessive interest rates.#Incorrect ~[moodle]benefited plantation owners more than small farmers.#Incorrect } // question: 11405622 name: Andrew Jackson's Indian policy ::Andrew Jackson's Indian policy::[html]

Andrew Jackson's Indian policy

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protected the sovereign rights of Indian nations within their own territories.

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openly violated Supreme Court rulings by allowing state governments to encroach on Indian land.

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increased the size of Indian reservations as a reward for tribal support in the War of 1812.

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terminated the reservations and assimilated Indians into white society.

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was based on the assumption that all Indians would ultimately have to be killed.

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} // question: 11405627 name: As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, ::As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,::[html]

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,

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the state of Illinois passed legislation making slavery a punishment for crime.

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Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Abraham Lincoln was almost kicked out of the Republican Party.

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both Lincoln and Douglas were defeated by Know-Nothing candidate Nathaniel Banks.

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the Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed.

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} // question: 11405621 name: During the early nineteenth century, the social distinctions based on gender (copy) ::During the early nineteenth century, the social distinctions based on gender (copy)::[html]

During the early nineteenth century, the social distinctions based on gender

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decreased.

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stayed the same.

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show significant change only in New England.

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show significant change only in the deep South.

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} // question: 11405613 name: In the "Freeport Doctrine," ::In the "Freeport Doctrine,"::[html]In the "Freeport Doctrine,"{ ~[moodle]the Supreme Court ruled that residence in Freeport, Illinois, did not automatically free runaways.#Incorrect =[moodle]Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there.#Correct ~[moodle]Abraham Lincoln agreed that there was no means of preventing the extension of slavery.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Stephen Douglas insisted that slavery was legal in all the free states and territories.#Incorrect ~[moodle]slaves who escaped to the North were declared free.#Incorrect } // question: 11405624 name: In the nineteenth century supposedly "scientific" theories on racial ... (copy) ::In the nineteenth century supposedly "scientific" theories on racial ... (copy)::[html]

In the nineteenth century supposedly "scientific" theories on racial differences indicated that

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blacks and whites were intellectually and morally equal.

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blacks were less likely than whites to become drunkards and thieves.

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whites and blacks were actually two separate species.

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it was impossible to determine the causes of the physical and mental variations among human beings.

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All races are equal.

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} // question: 11405606 name: Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people ::Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people::[html]Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people{ ~[moodle]were lazy, sinful, devil worshippers.#Incorrect ~[moodle]could not be helped by government policies or institutions.#Incorrect ~[moodle]should either be drafted into the army or employed in federal work camps.#Incorrect ~[moodle]should be deported.#Incorrect =[moodle]had been mistreated as children and could be rehabilitated as adults.#Correct } // question: 11405620 name: Most Protestant denominations in America ::Most Protestant denominations in America::[html]

Most Protestant denominations in America

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emphasized the importance of a hierarchy of authority in the church.

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favored local control in their churches.

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rejected evangelicalism

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believed that human society was perfectible.

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taught racial equality.

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} // question: 11405625 name: President Polk's compromise with the British on the Oregon Territory ::President Polk's compromise with the British on the Oregon Territory::[html]

President Polk's compromise with the British on the Oregon Territory

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united the Democratic Party.

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angered Southern Democrats.

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angered Democrats from the Old Northwest.

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alienated Whigs.

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started war with Mexico.

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} // question: 11405619 name: The controversial and divisive congressional proposal, made by a Pennsylvania congressman, that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, was the (copy) ::The controversial and divisive congressional proposal, made by a Pennsylvania congressman, that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, was the (copy)::[html]

The controversial and divisive congressional proposal, made by a Pennsylvania congressman, that opposed the extension of slavery into any territory ceded by Mexico, was the

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Ostend Manifesto.

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Popular Sovereignty Act.

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Crittenden Compromise.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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Wilmot Proviso

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} // question: 11405623 name: The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled most closely on the (copy) ::The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled most closely on the (copy)::[html]

The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled most closely on the

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Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

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Rights of Man.

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Declaration of Independence.

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Declaration of Man and the Citizen.

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the Bible.

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} // question: 11405605 name: The Democratic Party ::The Democratic Party::[html]The Democratic Party{ =[moodle]supported both agrarian democratic principles and the continuation of southern slavery.#Correct ~[moodle]favored strict limitations on voting rights.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was similar in policy and constituencies to the Federalist Party.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was almost destroyed by the election of 1828.#Incorrect ~[moodle]was organized to oppose Andrew Jackson.#Incorrect } // question: 11405612 name: The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who ::The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who::[html]The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involved a slave who{ ~[moodle]had been taken to live in Kansas.#Incorrect =[moodle]was suing for his freedom because his master had taken him into free territory.#Correct ~[moodle]sued for his wife's freedom on the grounds that she had been married to a free black.#Incorrect ~[moodle]had been freed by his master and who challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.#Incorrect ~[moodle]wished to exercise his right to vote.#Incorrect } // question: 11405608 name: The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except ::The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements except::[html]

The national culture that developed after the 1830s included all of the following elements EXCEPT

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~[moodle]capitalism.#

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=[moodle]abolitionism.#

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~[moodle]Protestantism.#

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~[moodle]paternalism.#

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} // question: 11405609 name: The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was ::The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was::[html]The one issue in the Compromise of 1850 that clearly favored the South was{ ~[moodle]resolution of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute.#Incorrect =[moodle]the Fugitive Slave Act.#Correct ~[moodle]the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the settlement of Texas war debt.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the admission of California.#Incorrect } // question: 11405604 name: The phrase "the spoils system" referred to ::The phrase "the spoils system" referred to::[html]The phrase "the spoils system" referred to{ ~[moodle]corrupt politicians who spoiled the public image of national office holders.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the government agency set up to regulate garbage collection and disposal.#Incorrect =[moodle]Andrew Jackson's use of presidential appointive powers to reward his supporters with government jobs.#Correct ~[moodle]Martin Van Buren's efforts to ruin the relationship between Jackson and John C. Calhoun.#Incorrect ~[moodle]the bargain made between Clay and Adams in the election of 1824.#Incorrect } // question: 11405611 name: The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party. ::The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party.::[html]

The political party that emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson was the ____ Party.

{ ~[moodle]Republican#

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~[moodle]Liberty#

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=[moodle]Whig#

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~[moodle]Know-Nothing#

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~[moodle]Free Soil#

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} // question: 11405626 name: The subject of Charles Sumner's speech that led to his beating on the floor ... ::The subject of Charles Sumner's speech that led to his beating on the floor ...::[html]

The subject of Charles Sumner's speech that led to his beating on the floor of Congress was

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the hanging of John Brown.

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the Dred Scott Decision.

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the Compromise of 1850

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the Fugitive Slave Act

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"Bleeding Kansas."

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} // question: 11405603 name: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ::The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo::[html]The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo{ ~[moodle]authorized the United States to pay $15 million to Mexico.#Incorrect ~[moodle]fixed the Texas border at the Rio Grande.#Incorrect ~[moodle]ended the United States' war with Mexico.#Incorrect ~[moodle]ceded the Northwestern section of Mexico to the U.S.#Incorrect =[moodle]all of the above.#Correct } // question: 11405607 name: The Whig party supported all of the following except ::The Whig party supported all of the following except::[html]

The Whig party supported all of the following EXCEPT

{ =[moodle]public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies.#

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~[moodle]moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption.#

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~[moodle]government-supported internal improvements.#

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~[moodle]an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy.#

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~[moodle]public schools.#

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}