QBA 1 Review

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The Kansas-Nebraska concerned which issue?

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the expansion of slavery into new territories

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Which event was a cause for the secession of the first seven southern states in 1861?

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The election of Abraham Lincoln as President

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Which statement describes a long-term impact of the Civil War? Options: Many state governments appointed African Americans to political offices, Southern whites instituted policies that forced African Americans into debt peonage, Southern states enacted laws that forced African Americans to organize political parties, The federal government compensated African Americans with land from former plantations

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Southern whites instituted policies that forced African Americans into debt peonage

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What was the primary purpose behind the provisions in the 14th Amendment excerpt: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ."?

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to limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights

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Which practices were introduced to Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent the Fifteenth Amendment?
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.

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Which of these Jim Crow laws was in direct violation of the 15th Amendment? Options: Public schools must be racially segregated., African Americans must pass a literacy test to vote., Marriage between certain groups of people is prohibited., Railroad stations must have separate waiting rooms for African Americans.

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African Americans must pass a literacy test to vote.

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What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?

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Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

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What was the main purpose of the reservation system?

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to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers and farmers

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What was the impact of the Dawes Act of 1887 on Native Americans?

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It eliminated Native American communal lands and destroyed tribal life.

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Why was the People’s Party, also known as the Populist Party, formed in the 1892?

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Farmers believed the Democratic and Republican parties favored the interests of industry and banks.