US History Midterm Review

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What caused African American demographic patterns in the United States to shift during WWI?

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more job opportunities in Northern cities

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Why did the US Senate fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

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Many senators feared the League of Nations would involve the US in foreign wars

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Which tactic was used by management to resist the demands of labor? Options: strike, boycott, lockout, picket line

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lockout

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Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861? Options: passage of a higher protective tariff, issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

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the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

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Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

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to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy

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Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

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Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.

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Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens? Options: 1st Amendment, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment

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14th Amendment

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This amendment gave women the right to vote: 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 1st Amendment, 19th Amendment

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19th Amendment

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This amendment abolished slavery in the United States

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13th Amendment

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What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

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They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights