US.St. 6 Flashcard 1

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Chinese and Irish Immigrants

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helped build the transcontinental railroad.

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The Telegraph

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was invented by Samuel Morse and radically changed communication.

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After the Civil War, industrialization in the US

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led to urban areas experiencing population increases

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The most important example of how the US government mistreated the Plains Indians was

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The Massacre at Wounded Knee

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The US government's approach to dealing with Plains Indians can best be described as

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conquering, the US Army defeated the Plains Indians and moved them to reservations

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Western expansion in the 1800s: was it accelerated because the railroads allowed more people to move west?

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Yes, it was accelerated because the railroads allowed more people to move west.

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Supporters of the Bill of Rights would disagree most with which of Lincoln's actions? Options: calling up 75000 volunteers for the army, giving a second inaugural address, suspending habeas corpus, creating an emancipation proclamation

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suspending habeas corpus

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"With malice towards none, with charity for all." With this quote President Lincoln signaled that

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he wanted the north and south to heal quickly.

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Commanded the Confederate Army
Lost the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg
Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox

Who is being described in the list above?

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Robert E. Lee

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Supporters of popular sovereignty would have thought what about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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That it was great because it allowed popular sovereignty to be used to determine if the territories would be free or slave.