EOC Practice Questions Complete

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Which of the following correctly describes the political cartoon? Options: Charles Schurz, who was a Northern Republican, is shown in a positive light as he heads to the South in enact Reconstruction policies. The southern citizens in the background are cheering his arrival due to the cooperation taking place between northern and southern politicians. The southern citizens in the background are actively attempting to prevent the arrival of the carpetbaggers they feared and hated with a passion. 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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The southern citizens in the background are actively attempting to prevent the arrival of the carpetbaggers they feared and hated with a passion.

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Which condition in society was primarily responsible for the change in urban population? Options: absence of agricultural employment in Southern communities, lack of political representation in Southern communities, availability of job opportunities in Northern cities, prevalence of racial equality in Northern cities

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availability of job opportunities in Northern cities

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The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to:

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prevent them from voting

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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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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

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On March 3, 1845, Florida joined the Union as a slave state, while Iowa became a free state. This entrance into the Union as a pair was required under what document?

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Missouri Compromise

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What does the Thirteenth Amendment state? "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

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The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery but did not specify African American's political rights.

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Which of the following statements is true concerning the map? The Union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war. The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission. The snake's head begins in the Union's capital and tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war. The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage so they were attempting to cut off any exportation of goods.

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The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission.

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The common purpose of these legislative acts were to...

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promote the general welfare of the American public

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Until the early 20th century, few restrictions on immigration to the United States existed primarily because...

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industry needed an increasing supply of labor