US History Unit 1 Review

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Which event best completes this timeline? Naval blockade of the South, Election of Abraham Lincoln, 13th Amendment abolishes slavery, First enslaved persons arrive from Africa

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Election of Abraham Lincoln

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How did the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to the later outbreak of the Civil War?

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It reopened the question of whether slavery would be permitted in some Northern territories.

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Which group would have been most likely to support the resolution in the image shown here? Options: abolitionists, slaveholders, factory owners, Southern Democrats

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abolitionists

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Which phrase completes the table? Options: Most of the freedmen migrated to the North., Most freedmen became factory laborers., Freedmen were given their own lands as compensation for slavery., Freedmen became sharecroppers and tenants on lands owned by former slaveholders.

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Freedmen became sharecroppers and tenants on lands owned by former slaveholders.

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Which name was given to Northerners who came South during the Reconstruction era, often to help the freedmen or to find new economic opportunities?

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carpetbaggers

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What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1860s and 1870s?

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to terrorize freedmen so that they would not exercise their new rights.

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How did the Radical Republican program for Reconstruction differ from the plans of President Lincoln and President Johnson?

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Radical Republicans imposed a civil rights act and military occupation.

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How did Lincoln’s views in this passage differ from those of the Radical Republicans in Congress?

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Lincoln thought Southerners should be readmitted into the Union after satisfying minimal requirements.

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Which act of Congress overturned Southern Black Codes, affirmed the rights of the freedmen, and formed the basis for the 14th Amendment?

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or former condition of servitude?

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15th