Laws, Legistation, Amendment

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Which act imposed a tax on printed materials in the colonies and helped spark the American Revolution?

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Stamp Act

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What did the Intolerable Acts of 1774 do?

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Closed Boston Harbor and restricted Massachusetts’ self-governance

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The Land Ordinance of 1785 was significant because it:

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Organized the settlement of the Northwest Territory

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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establish?

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The process for admitting new states to the Union

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The Sedition Act of 1798: Allowed women to vote, Criminalized criticism of the government, Prohibited slavery in federal territories, Established the Bill of Rights

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Criminalized criticism of the government

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What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

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To forcibly relocate Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River

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The Missouri Compromise was designed to:

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Maintain the balance of power between free and slave states

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Which compromise included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law? Options: Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, Reconstruction Acts

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Compromise of 1850

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Allowed settlers to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

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Allowed settlers to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

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The Black Codes were laws that:

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Restricted the freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War