Civil War to Government

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In what year would the newspaper headline "TEXAS JOINS THE CONFEDERACY" appear?

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1861

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What event encouraged Texas to secede from the United States in 1861? Options: The provisions that were established in the Compromise of 1850, The use of enslaved labor across Northern and Southern states, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860, The creation of anti-slavery societies in Northern states

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Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860

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Part B: Which statement provides evidence for the answer to Part A? Options: During the early 1800s, parts of the Texas economy became increasingly dependent on the labor of enslaved persons, As Texas and the nation became more dependent on slave labor, tensions grew between those who supported slavery and abolitionists, Following the Mexican-American War, congressional leaders agreed to the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the balance of slave states and free states, When Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 many southern states, including Texas, voted to secede from the Union

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When Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 many southern states, including Texas, voted to secede from the Union

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Based on the excerpt, what was one major social effect of the Civil War? Options: Cities across the south were destroyed by the Union military, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play, Congress ended slavery throughout the United States, The Supreme Court legally ended slavery through a court case

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Congress ended slavery throughout the United States

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Part B: Which statement provides the BEST evidence for the answer to Part A? Options: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction, Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

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shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

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Part A: What principle of government is reflected in the except? Options: federalism, separation of powers, individual rights, popular sovereignty

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federalism

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Which statement provides the BEST evidence for the answer to Part A? Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union, right of local self-government unimpaired to all the State.

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right of local self-government unimpaired to all the State

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Which of the following complete the Venn diagram? Separation of powers, checks and balances, and bill of rights, Amendments, one branch of government, separation of church and state, Tax laws, limited political terms, governor as the head of the executive branch, Judges elected by voters, limits for governmental power, restriction of freedoms

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Separation of powers, checks and balances, and bill of rights