History A Unit 3: A Union in Crisis – Flashcards
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Mexican War
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Which war resulted in territorial gains for the United States that caused sectional conflict in the years leading up to the Civil War?
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Henry Clay.
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Which statesman was best known for his ability to foster compromise?
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Canals were built, primarily in the North.
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What is one significant way transportation changed in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?
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Missouri Compromise.
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Which compromise established that territory from the Louisiana Purchase above 36°30' would be free from slavery?
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Cotton.
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Which cash crop was the largest export from the South just before the Civil War?
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exclusion from office of aristocratic Southerners who had been part of secession
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Which provision was included in Johnson's Reconstruction plan that had not been included in Lincoln's?
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Johnson's behavior strengthened the unity between moderate and Radical Republicans, and prompted many Democrats to support them as well.
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How did Andrew Johnson's behavior in office influence the events of the Reconstruction era?
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help in securing educational opportunities
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In which area did the Freedmen's Bureau have the most success for African Americans?
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Which was not a reason Johnson used when vetoing the extension of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
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Which was not a reason Johnson used when vetoing the extension of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
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Blacks participated primarily through voting, while a few distinguished African Americans were elected to high positions in government.
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Which best describes black participation in politics during Reconstruction?
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(mark the one that is within options or all that are made as choices) 13th Ammendment, 14th Ammendment and the 15th Ammendment.
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Which Constitutional Amendment directly resulted from the Civil War?
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North.
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Which section of the nation was economically dominant after the Civil War?
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The Anaconda plan.
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Which was the initial strategy of the North?
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through attrition and massive advances on several fronts.
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How did the North achieve victory in the Civil War?
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segregation that is sanctioned by the law.
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Which best describes de jure segregation?
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Reconstruction.
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The Jim Crow era directly followed what period in U.S. history?
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They were enacted mostly in the South.
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Which is most true of Jim Crow laws?
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to make it difficult for all poor people to vote.
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What was the purpose of the poll tax?
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The violence in the South was increasingly disturbing and seemed to indicate that blacks would never really be free.
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Which was NOT a reason the North began to lose interest in the Southern Reconstruction by the early 1870s?
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citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law
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What protections were included in the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Acts recommended by Grant and imposed by Congress to try to protect black voters from intimidation and violence
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What were the Enforcement Acts?
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Johnson believed that the Union was paramount and the South should be represented.
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Why did President Johnson deviate from his original plan of punishing Southern aristocrats by making it difficult for states to reenter the Union?
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cowboys and gauchos
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Who used lassos, lariats, steel spurs, and saddles?
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Indian boarding Schools.
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In which case, policy, or situation did the motto "kill the Indian, but save the man" play an important role in western expansion?
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Andrew Jackson.
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Who rejected the Worcester vs. Georgia ruling in hopes that the land they occupied would go to white settlers?
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Suffrage
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What was the struggle to receive full voting rights for women also called?
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as valuable property.
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Which best describes how slaves were regarded in the South in the pre-Civil War years?
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Fugitive Slave Act.
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Which component of the Compromise of 1850 most enraged Northerners?
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the ability of a state or territory to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
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Which best describes popular sovereignty?
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The North favored a protectionist tarriff on foreign goods, while the South did not.
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Which describes a significant difference between the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War?
