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The differences between these two maps resulted from the-

• Missouri Compromise

• Treaty of Ghent

• Louisiana Purchase

• Adams-Onis Treaty

Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown in the table?

• The South had a society that relied on wage labor

• The South had an economy that relied on cotton

• The South had a variety of natural resources

• The South had an abundance of large cities

Which event is MOST associated with the change in American life shown in the sketch?

• The adoption of the Great Compromise

• The establishment of a two-party system

• The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

• The election of more qualified judges

What issue do the events in these headlines have in common?

• Expansion of slavery

• States' rights

• Taxation without representation

• Popular sovereignty

Why is this sequence of events important?

• Colonists created a legislature with two houses

• Colonists declared independence from English rule

• Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights

• Colonists established a tradition of self-government

The geographic factors in this table led primarily to the —

• founding of trade schools in some colonies

• development of different economies in the two regions

• establishment of import taxes in some colonies

• pattern of religious differences in the two regions

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

For what reason did a group of colonists agree for this compact?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation?

• The number of Quakers living in British colonies

• The Caribbean slave trade with British colonies

• The number of religious sects in the British colonies

• The Spanish land claims close to the British colonies

Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

• Labor demands of the factory system

• Invention of the steamboat

• Labor demands of the plantation system

• Invention of the mechanical loom