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Like settlers in neighboring Virginia, settlers in Maryland A) were d

Like settlers in neighboring Virginia, settlers in Maryland A) were denied access to land patents. B) were granted some local self-government in a representative assembly. C) devoted their energies to trading cattle and Indian slaves to the West Indies. D) left England to escape religious persecution.   ANSWER B

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Stephen A. Douglas’s motives for introducing the Kansas-Nebraska Bill

Stephen A. Douglas’s motives for introducing the Kansas-Nebraska Bill included all of the following EXCEPT A) he wanted to secure a right-of-way for a Chicago-to-Pacific Coast transcontinental railroad. B) he felt geography and climate would prevent slavery from ever extending into the Kansas-Nebraska Territory. C) he believed that popular sovereignty was not a workable solution […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Republican candidate John C. Fremont’s only stated position in the 185

Republican candidate John C. Fremont’s only stated position in the 1856 presidential campaign was that A) Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a free state. B) the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed. C) slavery should be abolished as soon as possible. D) popular sovereignty should decide the fate of slavery in the […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Identify several principles important to Thomas Jefferson. How were th

Identify several principles important to Thomas Jefferson. How were these principles implemented when Jefferson became president? What will be an ideal response?   ANSWER Consider: economy in government (reduced debt); limited government (cut military spending, cut taxes); democratic simplicity (informality in White House); yeoman farmer republic (reduced land prices, Louisiana Purchase), etc.

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Date: September 9th, 2020