Civil War & Reconstruction Review (24)

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Which of the following IS NOT a sectional issue that divided the nation in Antebellum America?
Slavery, Economics, States' Rights, Educational Rights

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Educational Rights

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Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the Anaconda Plan? A military plan of the Union to force the Confederacy to surrender, A military plan of the Confederacy to force the Union to surrender, A military plan of the Allied Forces to storm the beaches of Normandy in an effort to liberate France, A military plan of the United States to invade free Kuwait from Iraqi influence

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A military plan of the Union to force the Confederacy to surrender

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Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union? Options: violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery, election of Abraham Lincoln as president, publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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election of Abraham Lincoln as president

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As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

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preserve the Union

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What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War? Options: unified popular support for the war effort, superior military leadership, economic aid from Great Britain and France, more human resources and war material

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more human resources and war material

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Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal" and that was ruled by a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" in the

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Gettysburg Address

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Which of the following BEST describes why the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tensions? It made northern railroad investors rich , It reopened the issue of slavery in a territory north of the 36® 30’ line, It repealed the Compromise of 1850, It persuaded southerners to not fight in the war

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It reopened the issue of slavery in a territory north of the 36® 30’ line

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During the Civil War, Carpetbaggers referred to

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northerners who went to the south to capitalize on Reconstruction policies

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In 1865, a number of southern states passed Black Codes in order to

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Control movement and provide a stable workforce for the plantations

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Which of the following BEST describes the beliefs of Thaddeus Stevens and other Radical Republicans? Options: The president and Congress should share power equally in directing the reconstruction of the South, Former slaves could be integrated into southern society without federal intervention, The rebellious states had suffered enough and compassion was the best policy, The rebellious states should undergo widespread political and social changes

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The rebellious states should undergo widespread political and social changes