Civil War & Reconstruction Verification of Learning

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Which condition in society was primarily responsible for the change in urban population?

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availability of job opportunities in Northern cities

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Which action completes this diagram? (SS.912.A.2.1, Low) Options: Fugitive slave laws passed in northern states, Seizure of property from newly arrived settlers, Popular sovereignty opens new areas to slavery, Tariffs imposed on goods produced in southern states.

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Popular sovereignty opens new areas to slavery

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Which statement describes the effect of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the United States before the Civil War?

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Disputes about the status of slavery in new states fueled conflicts between the North and the South.

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How did the writings of abolitionists like Harriet Beecher Stowe, in her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?

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They depicted the evils of slavery, stirring the public conscience of the North.

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In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between…

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proslavery and antislavery groups

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Which of the following correctly describes the political cartoon below? (SS.912.A.2.2, Moderate)

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Charles Schurz is shown in a negative light since he is depicted as a grim and intense intruder with clenched fists.

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Many Southern States tried to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction by…

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enacting Jim Crow laws

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Which issue caused a conflict within the Republican Party immediately after the Civil War? (SS.912.A.2.3, Low) Options: passing antislavery laws, economic growth in the North, congressional seat assignments, readmitting the Southern states

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readmitting the Southern states

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Why might some of those schools have been in danger of closing in the mid to late 1800s?

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White southerners believed allowing former slaves to attend school would threaten society.

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The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the…

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decline of the Plains Indians