FL - U.S. History End-of-Course Practice Exam

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue? Options: the right of Northerners to own slaves, the sale of federal lands to slave owners, the expansion of slavery into new territories, the return of slaves who had escaped from the South

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the expansion of slavery into new territories

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Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War? Options: the disintegration of the Whig Party, the addition of new states to the Union, the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, the extension of voting rights to African American men

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the extension of voting rights to African American men

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What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

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The passage below is an excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?
Options:
the rise of violence against emancipated slaves,
the passage of Black Codes throughout the South,
the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement,
the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans

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the passage of Black Codes throughout the South

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What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

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African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.

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The excerpt below was printed in a magazine in the South in 1866: We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to punish them for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make them useful, productive laborers.

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the passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws

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What event is described in this diagram?

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The Battle of Little Bighorn

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Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens? to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans, to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society, to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes, to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights

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to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society

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The diagram below shows the various goals of the Dawes Act of 1877. Which phrase best completes the diagram?

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Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

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What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

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to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates