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Which freed slave edited an antislavery newspaper, authored a book, attended the Seneca Falls Convention, and also attended the Buffalo Convention that established the Free-Soil Party?

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Frederick Douglas

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All of the following are examples of the rise of radicalism before the Civil War EXCEPT

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the Freeport Doctrine

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Which of the following guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?

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The Adams-Onis Treaty

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"Young Hickory," the expansionist presidential candidate, was

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James K Polk

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The most violent occurrence on the floor of Congress was

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The Brooks-Sumner Incident

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Moses and Stephen Austin are associated with

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Settling Texas

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The Wilmot Proviso

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Proposed ban to Slavery

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The immediate cause that sparked the increase in political violence in the 1850s was the

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Mexican Session

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The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT

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a constitutional amendment that would permanently balance power between slave and free states

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The Practical Reality of the Dred Scott decision was that

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Slavery could exist everywhere in the us

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Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and Santa Anna all fought

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At the Alamo

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Northern states responded to the Fugitive Slave Act with

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Personal Liberty Laws

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The largest political problem of the 1850s was that

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Ideology replaced policies

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The greatest Manifest Destiny issue for political parties was

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Slavery

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American blood shed "upon American soil" was Polk's call for

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war with Mexico

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Popular sovereignty temporarily solved which issue?

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whether Congress had the authority to legislate slavery in the territories

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The creation of the Republican Party, the Pottawatomie massacre, and the negation of the Missouri Compromise are all a result of the

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Kansas Nebraska act

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A tribute to the courage and hardship suffered by pioneers heading west is that

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more that 34,000 died along the way

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"Fifty-four forty or fight!" was

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push for american control of Oregon

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American annexation of Texas and subsequent statehood

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sparked the Mexican American War

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What makes Lincoln's election unique?

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He was the only president, up to that time, elected without a single electoral vote from the South

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The general considered the most ruthless by Southerners was

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Sherman

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President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War to

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stop disloyal activities such as protests against the draft

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Which is true of the role played by African Americans in the Civil War?

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blacks served in segregated regiments and showed great valor

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The Civil War is said to be the first total war in modern times. A "total war" is

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one where all the resources, including civilians, are geared for war

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Which of the following is most accurate about government economic and political decisions during the Civil War?

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Both North and the South used the power of their respective central governments to make decisions

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The turning point in the Civil War was the battle at

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Gettysburg

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The first battle of the Civil War was

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Fort Sumter

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The Thirteenth Amendment

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prohibited slavery throughout the United States

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The major cause of death for Civil War soldiers was

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disease and infection

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During the Civil War, both sides financed their cause through

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issuing paper money

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A result of the Enrollment Act of 1863 was

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riots in New York City

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Perhaps the greatest problem for the Confederacy during the war was

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inflation

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According to Clara Barton, as a result of women's contributions to the war effort,

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women's position in society was greatly advanced

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which general is properly paired with a battle he lead

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B. Confederate general Robert E. Lee—Gettysburg

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The Crittenden Plan was

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a failed attempt to keep the Union together

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Lincoln differed from General Winfield Scott in that the president favored

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an aggressive military strategy and a policy of unconditional surrender

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The Emancipation Proclamation stated that

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slaves in the seceded states would be freed

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Over which issue did the Democratic Party split during the election of 1864?

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continuing the war

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Which of the following was a disadvantage for the North in comparison to the South?

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Lincoln's difficulty in finding a general of the caliber of Lee

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Southerners avoided giving freed slaves the right to vote by

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collecting poll taxes

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most scalawags were

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yeoman farmers

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Southerners responded to the end of slavery with

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Black Codes

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Ex-Confederates who sought to return the political and economic control of the South to white Southerners after the Civil War were known as

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Redeemers

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Which of the following is associated with Grant's administration?

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The Whiskey Ring Scandal

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The greatest and continuously long-lasting impact of Reconstruction on the South was

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public education

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Why did President Johnson veto two major Congressional bills that aided freed slaves? He

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said the bills pushed the nation toward too much centralization.

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Granting African American males the right to vote

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split the women's movement

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Which of the following indicates a failure of Radical Reconstruction?

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sharecropping

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During Reconstruction and after, African American leaders most often were

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ministers/preachers

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The architects of the Radical Republican Reconstruction plan were

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Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens

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The statute that says all persons born in the United States are citizens without regard to race and have equal privilege of contract, access to the courts, and protection of person and property is the

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Which of the following is matched correctly?

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Fourteenth Amendment—citizenship for African Americans and equal protection before the law

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The Freedman's Bureau was

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created by Congress to help ex-slaves adjust to freedom and secure their basic civil rights.

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The underlying reason Congress impeached Andrew Johnson was because

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he attempted to undermine radical Reconstruction

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The purpose of the radical Reconstruction plan was to

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remake southern society in the North's image

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The election of 1876 was

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determined by an electoral commission established by Congress.

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Which of the following was NOT part of the Radical program?

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giving ex-slaves a mule and forty acres of land

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In 1872, the Democrats regained some national prominence by

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allying with the reform-minded Liberal Republicans

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reconstruction ended mostly because

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the North lost interest in the cause

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