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Which French political writer published Democracy in America in 1835 after visiting the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →The McCormick reaper spread rapidly through the midwest. About how many were in use in the 1848 harvest, and by 1860?Read the answer and worked solution →What did William Lloyd Garrison first publish on January 1, 1831?Read the answer and worked solution →In Ohio alone, roughly how many fugitive slaves is the Underground Railroad estimated to have helped between 1830 and 1860?Read the answer and worked solution →Opponents of new slave states pointed to which 1787 measure that forbade slavery's extension into the northwest?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides halting slavery's spread, what economic pledges helped the Republicans win in 1860?Read the answer and worked solution →When did the seceding states form the Confederate States of America?Read the answer and worked solution →At the outbreak of war, how did the two sides compare in states and population?Read the answer and worked solution →Which July 1863 battle, fought over three days, was the turning point of the war?Read the answer and worked solution →Under Lincoln's 1863 reconstruction plan, what share of a state's 1860 voters had to form a loyal government for him to recognize it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment, ratified in December 1865, abolished slavery in the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the only southern state legislature that did not refuse to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →What step by President Hayes in 1877 ended northern rule in the south?Read the answer and worked solution →Drop the road to civil war on the lineRead the answer and worked solution →Civil War: true or false?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the amendmentsRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the Civil War figure, fastRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which French political writer published Democracy in America in 1835 after visiting the United States?

  1. Alexis de Tocqueville
  2. The Marquis de Lafayette
  3. The Comte de Rochambeau
  4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Correct answer: A. Alexis de Tocqueville

1. In the mid 19th century no country interested other nations more than the United States. 2. Among its distinguished visitors was the French political writer Alexis de Tocqueville. 3. His book Democracy in America, first published in 1835, won a cordial reception in Europe. _Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_

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The McCormick reaper spread rapidly through the midwest. About how many were in use in the 1848 harvest, and by 1860?

  1. 50, rising to 10,000
  2. 5,000, rising to 50,000
  3. 500, rising to over 100,000
  4. 1,000, rising to 20,000
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Correct answer: C. 500, rising to over 100,000

1. Labor-saving implements drove an unparalleled increase in midwestern farm production. 2. Some 500 reapers were used in the harvest of 1848 and over 100,000 in 1860. 3. Wheat crops swelled from about 35 million hectoliters in 1850 to nearly 61 million in 1860. 4. The other figures understate a growth of two hundredfold in twelve years. _Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_

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What did William Lloyd Garrison first publish on January 1, 1831?

  1. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  2. The Liberator
  3. The Emancipator
  4. The Free Soil Press
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Correct answer: B. The Liberator

1. The extreme abolitionist approach found its leader in William Lloyd Garrison of Massachusetts. 2. On January 1, 1831, he produced the first issue of his newspaper, The Liberator. 3. It announced he would contend strenuously for the immediate enfranchisement of the slave population. _Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_

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