History of the Americas Questions

strong government cartoonThe cartoon above is intended to express

James M. McPherson and James K. Hogue, historians, Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction, 2010The conflict described in the excerpt is most similar to conflict in what other period?

South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832The excerpt most directly expresses an economic perspective that

Petition for freedom to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives for the State of Massachusetts, January 1777Which of the following developments from the 1800s emerged from ideas most similar to those expressed in the excerpt?

Republican Party platform, 1860Republicans asserted that political leaders could not "give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States" in order to express opposition against the

Republican Party platform, 1860The ideas expressed in the excerpt were most directly influenced by the

Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the emperor of Japan, letter, 1853The excerpt best supports the conclusion that in the 1850s, the United States government

Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the emperor of Japan, letter, 1853The population trend described in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following domestic developments in the nineteenth century?

David W. Blight, historian, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, 2001Which of the following best characterizes the “sectional reunion” Blight describes?

David W. Blight, historian, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, 2001One key change immediately following the Civil War aimed at achieving the “racial justice” that Blight describes was the

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 1863Which of the following most directly contributed to the conflict referred to in the excerpt?

Freedmens Bureau pictureThe situation depicted in the image best serves as evidence of the

Albert E. Cowdrey, historian, This Land, This South: An Environmental History, 1983The economic growth of the South relied primarily on the export of goods to which of the following?

Albert E. Cowdrey, historian, This Land, This South: An Environmental History, 1983Which of the following was the most significant impact of the South’s expansion described in the excerpt?

Growth of the United States map, 1783-1853Which of the following was a common justification in the United States for the trend depicted in the map?

Freedmens Bureau pictureThe image most strongly supports the argument that Reconstruction

Growth of the United States map, 1783-1853The ideology that supported the trend depicted in the map is most similar to the ideology that supported which of the following?

Growth of the United States map, 1783-1853In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?

Senator John C. Calhoun, "Conquest of Mexico" speech, 1848Based on the excerpt, Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following?

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 1863After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to?