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Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation? Options: It granted US citizenship to all freedmen and freedwomen. It granted all freedmen and freedwomen the right to vote. It outlawed the practice of slavery in the United States. It freed all slaves in states rebelling against the Union.

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It freed all slaves in states rebelling against the Union.

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Which of the following was NOT a part of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case? Options: Free African Americans were granted US citizenship, Slaves could not be citizens of individual states, The Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional, Living in a free state did not make a person free.

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Free African Americans were granted US citizenship.

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Which of the following actions was the immediate cause of the Civil War? secession over border disputes, secession over international tariffs, secession over the issue of slavery, secession over the Missouri Compromise

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secession over the issue of slavery

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What was the main purpose of the Union blockade of Georgia's coast during the Civil War?

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to prevent the state from shipping goods to Europe in exchange for weapons and supplies

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Who would MOST LIKELY have made this statement in the mid-1800s? The real issue at hand is states' rights. The federal government does not have the power to tell us what we can and cannot do; our voices should matter too.

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a Southern plantation owner, because plantation owners were worried that the federal government was trying to outlaw slavery

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Based on the picture and your knowledge of social studies, what was the goal of Sherman's March to the Sea?

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to cut off Confederate supply lines and disrupt the Southern economy

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Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?
tariffs,
slavery,
states' rights,
women's suffrage

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women's suffrage

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How did the Emancipation Proclamation alter the Civil War?

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It made ending slavery an official goal of the Union.

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The adoption of the Georgia Platform helped delay the Civil War by accepting the Compromise of 1850. What was one reason the state adopted the Georgia Platform?

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The state supported the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act that banned northern states from protecting escaped slaves.