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- **Why can Mormonism be described as “pushing against the currents of American religion and society� (3)
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-Polygamy
-Joseph Smith a Prophet
-Undermined the Bible, and therefore the Constitution - **Who was the most famous and controversial white abolitionist?
- William Lloyd Garrison
- **The 1840s and 1850s in the United States were characterized by what?
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-Technology was high
-They had little medical knowledge - **Which of the following statements best captures the attitude of antebellum Americans about technology?
- Technology was, democratic, progressive and from God
- **An urban middle-class home in the 1850s would probably not have ________.
- Running water
- **Compared with the North, the Old South had a higher__________.
- Murder rate
- **What was the largest group of southern whites in the antebellum period?
- Yeoman (nonslaveholding farmers)
- **Which of the following is an accurate statement about slave uprisings in the antebellum South?
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None of the above
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Not bloody - **Southern evangelical churches generally preached against all of the following activities except ______________.
- Slavery
- **Presidios were ___________.
- Forts by Spaniards in Texas
- **The Senate rejected the treaty annexing Texas drawn up by Secretary of State Calhoun because __________.
- It allowed slavery
- **What were the background causes of the Mexican-American War?
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-Mexican gov. owed $2 mil
-Alamo, Goliad - **What did President James K. Polk want from Mexico in 1845 and 1846?
- $25 mil
- Which of the following statements about the Compromise of 1850 is correct?
- Omnibus bill - break it up
- The Dred Scott decision declared that Congress could not __________.
- Bar slavery in the territories
- In his first two months as president, Lincoln ____________.
- Sent militament to supress South rebellion
- What was the order of the Mexican Revolution battles?
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-Alamo
-Goliad
-San Jacinto - Who was Sam Houston?
- General who won the Battle of San Jacinto
- Who was the leader over Mexico?
- Santa Anna
- What were Lincoln's theological views?
- Not in line with society
- What did Tolstoy say about Lincoln?
- "Lincold loved his enemy"
- Who wrote Uncle Ton's Cabin and how did it change America?
- Harriet Snow, more against slavery
- Who did Lincoln blame the Civil War on?
- All Americans, "God's War"