USHC STANDARD 2 REVIEW

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In the first half of the 1800s, what was the impact of westward expansion on democracy?

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Many states reduced or eliminated qualifications for voting.

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Which geographic advantage did the United States gain by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803?

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full control of the Mississippi River

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During the 1800s, how did the expansion of the population of the United States affect the lives of the American Indians?

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Indians were forced to move westward.

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Why did southern states object to high tariffs before the Civil War?

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They would benefit northern industry rather than southern farmers.

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What was a major reason the Monroe Doctrine was issued (1823)? Options: to discourage United States trade with Latin America, to defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain, to prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region, to provide economic aid to Latin American nations

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to prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region

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Which of the following federal policies was most popular in the North?  (USHC 2.3) Options: the embargo on shipping, the protective tariff, cheap land in the west, internal improvements

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the protective tariff

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Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise? Options: Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state; Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state; Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state; California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state.

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Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state.

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What was the basis of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

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Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--

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ended Reconstruction

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Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as

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Carpetbaggers