The Sedition Act made it illegal to “print, utter, or publish . . . any false, scandalous, and malicious writing” about the American government. How did this law affect the election of 1800?

• Support for the law led to a landslide victory for John Adams.

• New immigrants were no longer allowed to vote in federal elections.

• Criticism of the law contributed to the defeat of the Federalist Party.

• Enforcement of the law encouraged election fraud as a form of protest

Which Union victory guaranteed an easy reelection for Lincoln in 1864?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Atlanta

• Vicksburg

What did the Intolerable Acts seek to do?

• tax colonists in order to pay off British debt

• punish Massachusetts after the colonists protested

• require colonists to pay for British military supplies

• stop all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Which phrase BEST completes the cause and effect diagram?

• decreased demand for slaves in slave markets

• increased political pressure to protect the institution of slavery

• decreased number of court rulings in favor of slaveholding interests

• increased use of new technology to replace human labor in the fields

What do the elements in the list have in common?

• constitutional amendments

• sectional differences

• Progressive reforms

• strike demands

Which Union victory gave them control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Atlanta

Which group of people is the MOST LIKELY subject of discussion in the excerpt?

• Irish Immigrants

• Ex-Confederate Soldiers

• Chinese Immigrants

• Former African Slaves

What does the fruit in the cartoon represent?

• US allies during World War I

• potential territories to be controlled under US imperialism

• leading fruit exporters the US attempted to gain as trading
  partners

• Enemies of the U.S. during the Spanish-American War

“There shall be reserved the lot N 16, of every township, for the maintenance of public schools, within the said township…”

The quote above belongs to which of the following acts of Congress?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Missouri Compromise

Which phrase BEST completes this diagram?

• conflict between open-range ranchers and farmers

• conflict between American Indians and settlers over land

• conflict between Northern abolitionists and pro-slavery factions in Congress

• conflict between railroad companies over the construction of the transcontinental railroad