1.1 Civil War and Reconstruction Checking for understanding.

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What was the main goal of the Anaconda Plan during the American Civil War?

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To surround and squeeze the Confederacy by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

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Which of the following was a key component of the Anaconda Plan? A strategy to win over the support of European nations for the Union cause. A plan to assassinate key Confederate leaders to demoralize the South. A naval blockade of Southern ports to prevent trade and supply shipments. A rapid overland invasion of the South to capture the Confederate capital, Richmond.

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A naval blockade of Southern ports to prevent trade and supply shipments.

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The Anaconda Plan was designed to primarily cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war by: Cutting off its access to foreign trade and internal transportation routes.

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Cutting off its access to foreign trade and internal transportation routes.

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Which of the following best describes a key difference between President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan and the plan proposed by the Radical Republicans?

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Lincoln's plan aimed for a swift and lenient reunion, while the Radical Republican plan sought to protect the rights of freedmen and fundamentally change Southern society.

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President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan required former Confederate states to take which of the following actions? Divide the South into five military districts to be governed by federal troops., Ratify the 14th Amendment and grant all adult male freedmen the right to vote., Have 10% of the 1860 voters take an oath of loyalty to the United States., Nullify their ordinances of secession and abolish slavery in their state constitutions.

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Nullify their ordinances of secession and abolish slavery in their state constitutions.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 is considered a major cause of the Civil War primarily because it: established the principle of 'popular sovereignty,' allowing settlers in new territories to decide on the issue of slavery, which led to violent conflict.

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established the principle of 'popular sovereignty,' allowing settlers in new territories to decide on the issue of slavery, which led to violent conflict.

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Which amendment banned slavery in the United States and its territories?

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13th Amendment

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Which amendment gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

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15th Amendment

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Which of the following best describes the purpose of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution? To abolish slavery and involuntary servitude., To grant all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of race or color., To define citizenship and guarantee equal protection of the laws., To establish a federal income tax.

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To define citizenship and guarantee equal protection of the laws.

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What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments have in common?

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They all expanded civil rights and liberties for former slaves after the Civil War.