Civil War Test Review

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The Fugitive Slave Act was a result of: Great Compromise, Three-fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

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Which statement best describes the increase of sectional tensions in the U.S.?

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From its beginning, the U.S. government struggled to balance the interests of slave owners and those opposed to the spread of slavery.

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Which statement best supports the idea of Manifest Destiny? Options: Territorial expansion during the 1800s was achieved through a variety of methods., Colonial goals had been realized once the Louisiana Purchase was complete., The annexation of Texas was an effort to avoid war with Mexico., The Great Plains was the last area settled.

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Territorial expansion during the 1800s was achieved through a variety of methods.

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Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

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popular sovereignty

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Which person’s action was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement? Options: William Lloyd Garrison’s publication of The Liberator, Booker T. Washington’s commitment to African American education, Thurgood Marshall’s legal argument in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the Birmingham march

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William Lloyd Garrison’s publication of The Liberator

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Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union? Options: violence in Kansas over the spread of slavery, election of Abraham Lincoln as president, publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry

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election of Abraham Lincoln as president

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What was a major purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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to help the North win the Civil War

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How did the Civil War affect the Northern economy?

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stimulating industrialization

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Which 19th-century event supported the movement for women’s rights?

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Seneca Falls Convention

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The writers of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848, were protesting

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Gender discrimination against women