An American Identity (myPerspectives)

According to de Tocqueville, someone who believes they are always "standing alone" describes an...

• individualist

• multiculturalist

• communist

• American

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

President Thomas Jefferson purchased a large sum of land from France in 1803 for

• $15 million

• 3 cents per acre

• All of the above

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the War of 1812, America defeated...

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• the Native Americans

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In 1828, "the People's President" was elected, also known as...

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Arthur Miller

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

By 1840, ___ percent of the U.S. population lived west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Thousands of Cherokee people died being relocated in 1838 on what is called the "Trail of Tears" where they traveled from...

• Georgia to Alabama

• South Carolina to Oklahoma

• Georgia to Oklahoma

• South Carolina to Alabama

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

By 1860, railroad track in our nation covered about...

• 30 miles

• 300 miles

• 3000 miles

• 30000 miles

By the 1850's, immigrants arriving from Europe to America had reached the...

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 led to an increased production of cloth and produced ____ million pounds of cotton per year.

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

The reform movement which was the most revolutionary to our nation was related to...

• religion

• education

• women's rights

• abolition of slavery

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9