Hisotry 2 – Flashcards
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Which was a shared proposal in the Reconstruction plans put forward by Presidents Lincoln and Johnson?
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exclusion from office of ex-confederate officers who had served during the civil war.
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Which rights and guarantees were secured by the Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution?
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the right to vote of any mall citizens
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Which was a leading factor in the failure of Radical Reconstruction in the late 1860s and early 1870s?
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development and spread of white terror organizations such as Ku Klux Klan
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Whom did the Morrill Land Grant of 1862 most benefit?
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Northern states could use the lands to create colleges serving all US citizens.
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How did Andrew Johnson's behavior in office influence the events of the Reconstruction era?
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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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What does "equal protection under the law" mean?
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Everyone has a fair chance under the law until proven guilty.
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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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exclusion from office of aristocratic Southerners who had been part of secession
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Which was not a primary motivation for Republicans to promote Congressional Reconstruction over those policies proposed by Lincoln and Johnson?
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Congressional leaders wanted to restore the Union as quickly as possible.
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Whom did the Morrill Land Grant of 1862 most benefit?
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Northern states who could use the lands to create colleges serving all US citizens
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Which best describes black participation in politics during Reconstruction?
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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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What was the primary purpose of Southern implementation of Black Codes?
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to ensure that blacks would remain landless and subservient
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Which was not a primary motivation for Republicans to promote Congressional Reconstruction over those policies proposed by Lincoln and Johnson?
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Congressional leaders wanted to keep Southern states out of power.
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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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exclusion from office of aristocratic Southerners who had been part of secession
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Which best describes Jim Crow?
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a series of laws and customs promoting segregation in the post-Reconstruction South
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Which best characterizes African American voting rights in the South between the end of the Civil War and the end of the 19th century?
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They first gained voting rights and then lost them.
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Which best describes the characteristics of lynchings in the South from 1880 to 1910?
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The number of lynchings in the South increased.
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Which of the following reasons best describes why the number of Jim Crow laws increased in the South in the last decade of the 1800s?
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The Supreme Court upheld state Jim Crow laws.
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Which best describes the policy stemming from the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision?
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separate but equal
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Which best describes a purpose of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1860s and 1870s?
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to intimidate blacks and white Republicans
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What made women and men nearly equal collaborators in the West?
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They had to share the responsibilites of ranching, farming and domestic upkeep more than ever before.
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Why were women in Wyoming first to achieve suffrage?
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They performed tasks that had been traditionally done only by men.
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In which state did women first receive full suffrage?
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Wyoming
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What was the government's purpose for creating "day schools"?
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to teach American Indians about white society in hopes that they would go home and teach their elders
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Which battle gave the Union unrestricted access to the Mississippi River after a long siege?
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Vicksburg
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Which of the following was NOT a legacy of the Civil War?
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the idea of nullification
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Which of those was NOT an advantage of the North in the civil war?
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Superior Generals
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Where did the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia take place?
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Appomattox
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Which of these was NOT a new wartime role for women?
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Salesperson
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Which of the following was a key to the North winning the Civil war?
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The North had a larger population, more food supplies, and greater manufacturing capacity
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Which best describes the stance of most Northern states on protective tariffs in the years leading up to the Civil War?
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they supported tariffs because they would help Northern goods compete with foreign goods.
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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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canals were built, primarily in the North.
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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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Mexican war
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Which statement best describes the reaction of Northerners to the Kanas- Nebraska act?
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They strongly disapproved of the act
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Who led the raid on Harpers Farry in 1859?
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John Brown
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Which statement was best known for his ability to foster compromise?
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Henry Clay
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Which describes a significant difference between the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War?
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The North did not allow slavery, while the south depended on it.
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Which cash crop was the largest export from the south just before the Civil War?
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Cotton
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Which compromise established that territory from the Louisiana Purchase about 36* 30" would be free from slavery
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Missouri Compromise
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What invention most helped to make the shift to large plantations throughout the Deep South profitable?
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The cotton gin
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Industrial Economy
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North
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Agrarian economy
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Large urban centers
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North
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Slaves as a major source of wealth
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South
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Grows cash crops, such as cotton
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South
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Which of the following were students in Indian boarding schools forbidden from doing
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Speaking in their native languages
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What was one of the positive effects of westward expansion?
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People from different ethnicites and backgrounds worked together and developed good relations
