Social Studies 8 Final Exam Review

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What amendment abolished slavery?

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13th

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The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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Gave African Americans citizenship

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The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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Gave African Americans the right to vote

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Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877 that legalized segregation of whites and blacks to use separate facilities.

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Jim Crow Laws

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The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction

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What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

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"Separate but equal"

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All of the following describe the results/effects of the Civil War EXCEPT: More than 600,000 soldiers died; Billions of dollars in damage, mostly to the South; Federal government strengthened power over states.

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Union states did not free their slaves.

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America.

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As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

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They were forced to live in reservations.

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The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

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Transcontinental Railroad