American History Midterm Review

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Which amendment abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime? Options: 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 16th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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Which amendment guaranteed equality under the law and defined citizenship as any person born in the US or naturalized?

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14th Amendment

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Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? Options: 13th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 17th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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Under Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, what percentage of the population had to swear loyalty to the Union?

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10% had to swear loyalty to the Union.

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Which of the following stated that 50% of pre-war population must swear loyalty to the Union in order to be readmitted? Options: 3/5 Compromise, Free enterprise, Homestead Act, Wade-Davis Bill

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Wade-Davis Bill

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This court case established the idea of "separate but equal"

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Which of the following officially ended Reconstruction in the South? Sharecropping, Compromise of 1877, captain of industry, Emancipation Proclamation

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Compromise of 1877

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Which of the following was the first governing document of the United States? Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Monroe Doctrine

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Articles of Confederation

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All of the following are considered weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT: a) Congress cannot tax, b) No official military, c) Weak central government, d) Democratic ideals

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Democratic ideals

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This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

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Marbury v. Madison