Flashcards on North American History and Geography Exam

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What term refers to Canada's indigenous people other than Inuit and Métis?

First Nations

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Question: What term refers to Canada's indigenous people other than Inuit and Métis?

Answer: First Nations

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Question: Did the US win or lose the War of 1812 according to the content?

Answer: The US won the War of 1812

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Question: What policy closed the Western Hemisphere to European interference?

Answer: The Monroe Doctrine

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Question: Who were abolitionists?

Answer: People who wanted to end slavery

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Question: Did the Missouri Compromise end slavery in the US?

Answer: No. It maintained a balance by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and set a line to limit expansion of slavery.

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Question: How many southern states seceded from the US during the Civil War?

Answer: A total of 11 southern states seceded.

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Question: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single day with the most dead and wounded?

Answer: Antietam

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Question: What was the period after the Civil War (1865–1877) called?

Answer: Reconstruction

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Question: What were Jim Crow laws used for?

Answer: To enforce racial segregation

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Question: Did the US enter World War I in 1914?

Answer: No. The US did not enter WWI in 1914; Canada entered earlier under Britain.