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This state was originally an independent rebublic

• Georgia
• Oregon
• Texas

Texas
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This document warned European countries not to
interfere in the western hemisphere

• Bill of Rights
• Monroe Doctrine
• Articles of Confederation

The Monroe Doctrine
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Population growth in the _____ states caused
people to move west.

• Eastern
• Northern
• Southern

Eastern
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This man improved the steamboat.

• Robert Fulton
• Eli Whitney
• Cyrus McCormick

Robert Fulton
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These three people were an abolitionists.

• Garrison, Douglass, Tubman
• Jefferson, Anthony, Washington
• Paine, Locke, Revere

Garrison, Douglass, Tubman
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This African American developed the plans for
Washington, D.C.

• Benjamin Banneker
• Alexander Hamilton
• Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Banneker
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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are
referred to as _____.

• The Bill of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Virginia Plan

The Bill of Rights
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This person wrote the Virginia Plan.

• John Locke
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison

James Madison
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These two men invented the reaper.

• Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton
• Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson
• Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison

Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson
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Women who fought for equal rights were part of
what movement?

• Abolitionist
• Child Labor
• Suffrage

Suffrage
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The idea that expansion was for the good of the
country was known as?

• Expansion Manifest
• Manifest Destiny
• Westward Migration

Manifest Destiny
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This river forms the border with the U.S. and
Mexico.

• Rio Grande
• Columbia
• Colorado

Rio Grande
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This Native American group lived in the Southwest
desert.

• Kwakiutl
• Pueblo
• Sioux

Pueblo
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This person was the head of the Federalists.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Adams

Alexander Hamilton
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This U.S. president bought the Louisiana
Territory from France.

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• John Adams

Thomas Jefferson
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This person was president during the War of 1812

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• James Madison

James Madison
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This constitution was written during the
Revolution and provided for a weak national
government .

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Bill of Rights
• The U.S. Constitution

The Articles of Confederation
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He was the author of Common Sense

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• Paul Revere

Thomas Paine
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This person was president when the Bill of Rights
was added to the Constitution

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

George Washington
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This battle was the turning point of the American
Revolution.

• Lexington and Concord
• Saratoga
• Yorktown

Saratoga
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The cotton gin increased the need for ________.

• Slave Labor
• Tariffs
• More farm land

Slave labor
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The two explorers Jefferson sent to explore the
Louisiana Purchase.

• Washington and Douglass
• Lewis and Clark
• William and Mary

Lewis and Clark
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This line hampered the western movement of
colonists?

• The Mississippi River
• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Appalachian Highlands

The Proclamation of 1763
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This area of the United States was more urban
prior to the Civil War

• South
• West
• North

North
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War with this country resulted in California and
the Southwest Territory.

• Mexico
• France
• Portugal

Mexico
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