42)

·california was entered as a free state.
·new mexico and utah were to use popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.
·the slave trade was abolished in the district of columbia.
·a tough fugitive slave act was enacted by the federal government.

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all of these items are describing the

a) great compromise.

b) compromise of 1850.

c) missouri compromise.

d) emancipation compromise.

43)

this cartoon was created in 1754 by a colonial artist, scientist, humorist, and politician who urged colonial unity in conflicts with france.

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name the pennsylvania cartoonist who would go on to be a signer of the declaration of independence just 12 years later.

a) william penn

b) john dickinson

c) thomas jefferson

d) benjamin franklin

44)
which of these best describes the goal of the "freedom riders" during the civil rights movement?

a) to allow blacks to become taxi drivers

b) to eliminate racial restrictions in air travel

c) to integrate public transportation in alabama

d) to desegregate buses involved in interstate travel

45)

• formation of the national farmers' alliance, 1875

• united mine workers strike, 1894

• pullman strike, 1894

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all of these issues and conflicts were made possible- and worse- by

a) the increasing likelihood of war with spain.

b) the enormous power of national labor unions.

c) the growing disparity in income in the united states.

d) the government's refusal to allow immigrants to work.

46)
the great compromise and the three-fifths compromise both dealt with

a) the admission of new western states.

b) the territorial expansion of slavery.

c) the regulation of interstate commerce.

d) the representation of states in congress.

47)
early in his presidency, abraham lincoln declared that his primary goal as president was to

a) preserve the union.

b) encourage sectionalism.

c) enforce the emancipation proclamation.

d) end slavery throughout the entire country.

48)

· designed to protect american jobs and farmers from foreign competition.

· raised u. s. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.

· resulted in retaliatory tariffs from foreign nations that dropped u. s. exports by as much as 50%.

· is considered one of the major factors that worsened the effects of the great depression in the united states.

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these statements are referring to

a) the wagner act.

b) the smoot-hawley tariff act.

c) the bretton-woods tariff act.

d) the fordney-mccumber tariff act.

49)
which person is most closely associated with the principle of nonviolent resistance?

a) malcolm x

b) john f. kennedy

c) stokely carmichael

d) martin luther king, jr.

50)
a major cause of the economic depression of 1929 was

a) a return to the gold standard.

b) decline in consumer purchasing power.

c) increased number of public works projects.

d) government programs designed to reduce agricultural production.