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The Acts of the Virginia Commonwealth were most directly intended to

• control the rapidly growing slave population

• affirm the privileged status of biracial children

• prohibit interracial sexual relations

• establish Virgnia as the first colony to legalize slavery

The wording of the excerpt suggested that by 1662, slavery in Virginia

• was analogous to slavery in the West Indies

• was punishable by fines

• was mentioned in legal acts

• was threatened by slave rebellions

How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?

• Most European colonies were based on agriculture

• French colonists engaged in commercial activities such as the fur trade

• Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations

• Most colonial economies were tightly regulated by the imperial and colonial governments

The change in White and Black populations in the various regions shown in the table strongly suggest the influence of which of the following?

• The eventual decline of enslaved labor in the Chesapeake and the Carolinas

• The colonists' growing resistance to British imperial control in New England

• The spread of epidemic diseases across North America

• The demand in Europe for commodities like tobacco and sugar

Dickinson's desire to preserve a "certain degree of agency" for states is best explained by which of the following developments in the early US?

• The popularity of George Washington

• The retention of regional cultural identity in conjunction with national unity

• The proposals of Alexander Hamilton to address the financial system

• The challenge of gaining support for infrastructure

The framers of the US Constitution initially responded to abuses of executive authority by the British monarch by:

• Granting SCOTUS the ability to veto treaties negotiated by the President

• They established the separation of powers between the President and Congress

• They provided for the popular election of the President by all voters

• They guaranteed that basic rights could not be limited by the President

The principle of federalism embodied in the Constitution had most in common with:

• the autonomy of colonial legislatures from Great Britain

• the absence of colonial representation in Parliament

• the enforcement of commercial regulations by British officials

• the authority of the King over his colonial governors \

This political cartoon refers to

• the French demand for bribes during the XYZ affair

• New England's reaction to the passage of a no trade law

• the ban on American trade after the Haitian Revolution

• American reaction to the writs of assistance

Which of the following best describes the change in American politics between 1798 and 1816?

• The members of the Democratic-Republican Party, once for strict trade regulation became stalwarts for free trade

• The Federalist Party supported the concepts of states' rights versus a strong central government

• The Federalists advocated an expansionist philosophy, hoping to spread their ideas westward

• The Whig Party emerged as a possible third-party choice

The Missouri Compromise is known for accomplishing all of the following EXCEPT

• the termination of fugitive slave laws within land previously owned by France

• the prohibition of slavery north of the 36'30 line within land obtained in the Louisiana Purchase

• the entrance of Missouri and Maine to the Union as a slave state and free state, respectively

• the temporary cessation of sectional tensions between pro- and anti-slavery supporters