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In the 1830s and 1840s, all of the following were generally true about immigration EXCEPT
An overwhelming majority of native-born Americans
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During the 1840s, large numbers of Irish immigrated to the United States mainly because of
famine resulting from the failure of the potato crop
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Nativist reaction to immigration resulted in
the formation of the Know-Nothing party
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All of the following restricted the growth of labor unions before the Civil War EXCEPT
opposition by southern plantation owners
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Twenty years after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Congress prohibited
importation of slaves into the United States
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Which of the following activities was most commonly practiced by African Americans as a means of resisting slavery in the early 1800s?
work slowdown
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Before the Civil War, which of the following groups of southern whites did NOT defend slavery?
mountain people
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Before 1860, the change that most influenced the lives of Native Americans on the Great Plains was
the introduction of the horse
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Which of the following regions is INCORRECTLY paired with an economic or social characteristic?
western frontier in 1850-tobacco farming
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Which of the following is a CORRECT statement about the United States in 1850?
The vast majority of Native Americans lived west of the Mississippi River
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