Exploring the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

What platform does the teacher recommend for interactive participation in the session?

• YouTube

• Google Drive

• Marco Learning

• Crowdcast

Which movement is mentioned as part of the progressives' commitment to moral reform?

• Prohibitionist movement

• Civil rights movement

• Women's suffrage movement

• Abolitionist movement

According to the discussion, what was NOT listed as a primary cause of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Economic policies

• Secession

• Territorial expansion

What amendment is discussed as being passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery?

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

Which act is associated with the expansion of slavery into new territories, intensifying sectional conflict?

• Homestead Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Morrill Act

What was the primary controversy of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?

• It required all states to adopt slavery

• It made slavery illegal in new territories

• It strengthened federal enforcement of slave recapture

• It allowed slaves to vote

What was the main effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the Missouri Compromise?

• It expanded the Missouri Compromise to new territories

• It nullified the Missouri Compromise

• It enforced the Missouri Compromise more strictly

• It had no effect on the Missouri Compromise

What was the outcome of the Lincoln-Douglas debates for Stephen Douglas?

• He shifted his position to support abolitionism

• He gained support from Southern Democrats

• He decisively won the debates and the presidency

• He lost support due to his stance on the Dred Scott decision

What was the immediate cause of the secession of the Southern states?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Dred Scott decision

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The abolition of slavery

How did the Dred Scott decision impact the concept of citizenship?

• It stated that people of African descent could not be U.S. citizens

• It had no impact on citizenship

• It declared all slaves as U.S. citizens

• It allowed slaves to vote