5.9: Govt Policies during the War

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In the Gettysburg Address, when Lincoln says, in lines 20–21, “we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,” he is encouraging his listeners to ____.

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strengthen their support for the rebuilding of the nation.

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In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ends by stating his commitment “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” What ideal is he expressing?

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Popular sovereignty

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Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Options: Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control. Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery. Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army. All of the above

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All of the above

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The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

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The thirteenth amendment

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During the Civil War, the Republican Party passed legislation promoting economic development concerning all of the following EXCEPT the granting of government subsidies to encourage the export of manufactured goods, establishment of a high tariff to protect American industry from foreign competition, organization of a national banking system to provide a uniform national currency, provision of government loans and land grants to private companies to construct a transcontinental railroad, passage of the Homestead Act.

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granting of government subsidies to encourage the export of manufactured goods

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In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to

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preserve the Union

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Why was the Union's conscription act controversial?

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It exempted men who found a replacement or paid $300.

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All of the following were targets of New York City draft rioters EXCEPT: Black residents, the wealthy, Republicans, Immigrants

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Immigrants