Walden Exam Questions PDF
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Henry David Thoreau
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This document contains exam questions about Supreme Court rulings, historical figures, and significant events. The document covers topics such as the Civil War, the War of 1812 and various amendments. These exam questions are focused on American history and political figures.
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**Walden-** Henry David Thoreau **Supreme court rulings- 4 exam questions** Scot v Standford, Roger B. Taney wrote the decision and ruling. John Marshal wrote the decision and ruling for the other 3 cases. **Antoinette brown-** leader at the Sentinel Falls convention, got to see the day women go...
**Walden-** Henry David Thoreau **Supreme court rulings- 4 exam questions** Scot v Standford, Roger B. Taney wrote the decision and ruling. John Marshal wrote the decision and ruling for the other 3 cases. **Antoinette brown-** leader at the Sentinel Falls convention, got to see the day women got the right to vote **13th Amendment-** Abolished slavery **14th Amendment-** Granted citizenship and equal rights to formerly enslaved people and African Americans. **15th amendment-** Prohibits the federal government and states from denying a citizen\'s right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. **Which Supreme Court Justice wrote the decision on Marbury v. Madison (1803)?** John Marshall **Which battle took place during the War of 1812 and occurred after peace had been established between England and the United States?** Battle of New Orleans **Which political party appealed to agrarian rights, states rights, and is represented by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?** Democratic-Republican **Which person was a leading luminary in the transcendentalist movement?** Ralph Waldo Emerson **Which person delivered the speech \"Ain\'t I a Woman\" (1851)?** +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sojourner Truth | | | | **Which was NOT a cause of the War of 1812?** British attack and | | burning of Washington D. C. | | | | **The Great Famine of 1845--49 caused the influx of immigrants from | | which country?** Ireland | | | | **Charles Grandison Finney wrote which book?** The New Measures | | | | **The land for which current state was gained as a result of the | | Treaty of Quadalupe Hidalgo?** California | | | | **Which person organized the Seneca Falls Convention and wrote the | | Declaration of Sentiments (1848)?** Elizabeth Cady Stanton | | | | **Which Supreme Court Justice wrote the decision on Scott v. Sandford | | (1857)? Rodger B. Taney** | | | | **Which battle took place during the Civil War and was a significant | | Union loss? Battle of Fredericksburg** | | | | **Which political party emerged because of the value of nativism? | | Know Nothing** | | | | **Who was NOT a candidate in the 1860 presidential election? Horace | | Greeley** | | | | **Which was NOT a cause of the Civil War? Richmond Bread Riot** | | | | **Which political party, in its nascent existence, valued abolition | | and the union? Republicans** | | | | **Which person enlisted as a soldier in Union Army? Elisha Hunt | | Rhodes** | | | | **Which person reported on lynchings in the South? Ida B. Wells** | | | | **Which best describes the notion of Reconstruction? Reuniting the | | North and the South and rebuilding its social structure after the | | Civil War.** | | | | **This 1866 secret fraternal group resisted Yankee reconstruction and | | protected white supremacy in the South? Ku Klux Klan** | | | | **What definition of history are we using for this class? History | | recovers the recorded memory of what past people have said & done** | | | | **What is the best brief definition of a secondary source? A document | | written about a person, period, place, or event in history** | | | | **What is the best brief definition of a primary source? The | | thoughts, words, material culture, & experiences of past people** | | | | **Because of the age of exploration, we saw a shift from the | | Mediterranean world to the? Atlantic world** | | | | **Which commodity was a symbol of status and wealth for the Comanche? | | Horse** | | | | **Which person enlisted as a United States soldier during the | | Mexican-American war? Benjamin Franklin Scribner** | | | | **Harriet Beacher Stowe wrote which book? Uncle Toms Cabin** | | | | **Which battle took place during the Civil War and was a turning | | point for** | | | | **the Union\'s victory? Battle of Gettysburg** | | | | **Which person did NOT publicly criticize the Mexican-American war? | | James K. Polk** | | | | **John Adams pushed through the Judiciary act of 1801 and made the | | midnight appointments to protect Federalist power? True** | | | | **Mill girls, aged 15-35, who lived on site, operated the looms in | | the Lowel Massachusetts textile mills? True** | | | | **John Williamson Nevin wrote The Anxious Bench- a Tract for The | | Times in order to promote the new measures of revivalism? False** | | | | **Charles Grandison Finney was a lawyer before he became a revivalist | | in New York? False** | | | | **The transcendentalists were religiously conservative and reformed | | Presbyterians? False** | | | | **Antonette Brown Blackwell was the first woman ordained to preach in | | the United States? True** | | | | **Andrew Johnson was impeached and removed by the House of | | Representatives in 1868? False** | | | | **John Adams\'s last words when he died in 1826 were, Thomas | | Jefferson, survives, however, Jefferson died hours earlier? True** | +=======================================================================+ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+