APUSH Period 5 Review

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The South had an advantage over the North in

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better military commanders

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The GREATEST strength of the North was: its military leadership, its navy, its moral high ground, its economy

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its economy

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During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).

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greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).

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Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:

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the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.

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All of the following statements about the Fourteenth Amendment are true EXCEPT:
It was vehemently opposed by President Johnson.
It guaranteed all citizens the equal protection of the law.
It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.
It declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens.

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It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.

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Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
California would enter the Union as a free state.
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.
A tougher fugitive slave law would be enacted.

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The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.

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Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s? Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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Gave states the ability to sell land, and use the $$ to create colleges and universities

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Morrill Land Grant

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I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK. Who am I?

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African Americans

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I lost my land in the West after the U.S. won a war against my country in the 1840s due to discrimination. Who am I?

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Mexican American