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- What real change led to the emergence of the idea of "separate spheres"?
- The Second Great Awakening in the North emphasized __________ more than its counterpart in the South.
- The Second Great Awakening derived its religious strength especially from __________.
- How did relations between slave owners and slaves on smaller estates differ from those on larger estates?
- Which of these is true of the cotton economy around 1860?
- On what basis did the United States claim what is now the state of Alabama?
- Andrew Jackson interpreted his victory over __________ in the 1832 presidential election as a mandate to continue the Bank War.
- Which of the following developments in the 1820s and 1830s accompanied the development of political parties?
- What were the names of the two parties in the second-party system from 1828 to 1854?
- Which of the following movements sponsored national meetings of black leaders beginning in 1830?
- The Bank War gave rise to the emergence of the __________ as a new national party.
- What was the preferred method for transporting bulky agricultural products from the Ohio Valley before the 1830s?
- Which of the following best completes these analogies: Andrew Jackson: __________; John Calhoun: __________?
- Which of the following accurately describes patterns of slaveholding in the antebellum South?
- Who mobilized a large band of slaves to march on Richmond, Virginia, in 1800?
- In contrast to the Whigs, the Democrats expressed more ambivalence about __________.
- Most of the great planters of the antebellum period were __________.
- What label did the law use to categorize people of mixed ancestry in the South?
- The Trail of Tears reflected the U.S. government's attitude toward __________ in the first half of the nineteenth century.
- In which area was tobacco the major cash crop?