Day 3 Bootcamp: Topics 1-3 Touchpoint

What was one major reason Southern states gave for seceding from the Union?

• Disagreement over tariffs

• Support for westward expansion

• Belief in states’ rights over federal authority

• Desire to elect Abraham Lincoln

How did the Emancipation Proclamation shift the purpose of the Civil War?

• It began Reconstruction

• It encouraged European support for the South

• It made ending slavery a goal of the Union war effort

• It gave the Confederacy new territory

Which legislative act attempted to settle the issue of slavery in new territories by allowing popular sovereignty?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

What was a key consequence of the Civil War?

• Expansion of slavery into western states

• The Confederacy gained independence

• Union victory and the abolition of slavery

• The collapse of Northern industry

What was a major goal of Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction?

• Restore Southern leaders to power

• Enforce civil rights for freed African Americans

• Reduce federal involvement in the South

• Reestablish slavery under a new name

What was the effect of sharecropping and debt peonage on freedmen in the South?

• Provided economic independence

• Ensured equal pay for African Americans

• Trapped many in a cycle of poverty

• Encouraged westward migration

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1877?

• It extended Reconstruction

• It ended Reconstruction and removed federal troops from the South

• It gave women the right to vote

• It reversed the 13th Amendment

How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affect civil rights?

• It desegregated public schools

• It expanded the rights of African American voters

• It upheld segregation under “separate but equal”

• It declared the 15th Amendment unconstitutional

What was the main purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?

• Protect tribal lands from settlement

• Increase Native American self-governance

• Assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands

• Relocate Native Americans to Canada

Why did many farmers in the West face economic hardship during the late 1800s?

• High international grain prices

• Expensive railroad fees and low crop prices

• Government subsidies were too generous

• An oversupply of free land