EOC Review USHC.2.CX Spot Check

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Which issue would BEST explain the voting trend represented in this election map from 1860? Options: The Republicans promised increased industrial opportunities. The Constitutional Union party stood for universal suffrage. The southern states fully supported the election of Lincoln as president. The northern states favored a stance of American neutrality in foreign conflicts. The southern states refused to support Lincoln's stance against slavery's expansion.

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The southern states refused to support Lincoln's stance against slavery's expansion.

Answer explanation

The voting trend in this election map from 1860 can be best explained by the fact that the southern states refused to support Lincoln's stance against slavery's expansion.

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Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction? Options: making sure Reconstruction went smoothly, assisting the scalawags and carpetbaggers, ensuring that freedmen had the right to vote, restoring southern Democrats to political power

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restoring southern Democrats to political power

Answer explanation

The goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to restore southern Democrats to political power.

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What is the MOST accurate reasoning behind President Lincoln's decision to allow the neutral border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, or Delaware to keep the institution of slavery after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

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Lincoln knew that the states would likely secede and join the Confederacy if he freed their slaves.

Answer explanation

Lincoln allowed these states to keep slavery to prevent them from seceding and joining the Confederacy.

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What conclusion can be drawn from the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

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The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.

Answer explanation

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed to abolish slavery and establish rights for former slaves.

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How did the Freedmen's Bureau help freed slaves during Reconstruction?

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The Bureau laid the foundation for the Southern public education system.

Answer explanation

The Freedmen's Bureau laid the foundation for the Southern public education system, which was a significant help to freed slaves during Reconstruction.

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The red path on the map from Tennessee to Oklahoma is most likely showing what aspect of American history?

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The Trail of Tears

Answer explanation

The red path on the map represents the Trail of Tears, a tragic event in American history where Native Americans were forcibly relocated from their ancestral lands to Oklahoma.

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The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) is often called the Supreme Court’s great ‘self inflicted wound’ because the decision

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ruled slaves to be property and incapable of becoming citizens.

Answer explanation

The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) ruled slaves to be property and incapable of becoming citizens.

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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution includes all of the following provisions EXCEPT: a guarantee of equal protection under the law for all citizens; the guaranteed right to vote for adults, regardless of gender, race or age; citizenship in both the nation and its states for all persons born or naturalized in the US; loss of representation in Congress for states that denied qualified citizens the right to vote.

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the guaranteed right to vote for adults, regardless of gender, race or age.

Answer explanation

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law, citizenship for all born or naturalized in the US, and loss of representation for states denying voting rights. However, it does not guarantee the right to vote for adults, regardless of gender, race, or age.

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This passage from 1865 is part of a series of rules immediately after the Civil War that were known as

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Black Codes.

Answer explanation

This passage from 1865 refers to the Black Codes, a series of rules implemented after the Civil War.

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What was the main goal of the 15th Amendment?

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to grant former slaves voting rights

Answer explanation

The main goal of the 15th Amendment was to grant former slaves voting rights.