US Civil War & Reconstruction

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Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict? John Brown’s raid + Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 + Dred Scott decision, Kansas-Nebraska Act + Admission of California to statehood, “Bleeding Kansas” + Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood

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Compromise of 1850 + Dred Scott decision

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Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861? Options: passage of a higher protective tariff, issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

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the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

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What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan described in General Winfield Scott's letter?

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to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports

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Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

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to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy

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Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantages in resources shown in the graph?
- The South would invade and capture major Union cities.
- The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain.
- The South would use its pool of talented military experience.
- The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money.

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The South would invade and capture major Union cities.

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What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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The war became a moral contest over slavery.

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What were the major consequences of the Civil War? Options: the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government, recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws, an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation, the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories north of 36°30' N

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the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

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Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.
Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.

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Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.

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What contradiction does this Civil War historian find in the secession of the Southern states?

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Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others.

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Which social issue is addressed in the cartoon published in 1850? Options: the safety of workers, the need for public education, the conditions of Southern slaves, the polluted air in the new industrial towns

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the conditions of Southern slaves