Benchmark SS – Flashcards
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Which area of the country was the MOST LIKELY to contain textile factories in the late 1800s?
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Southeast
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The "Red Shirts" are associated with what period of South Carolina history?
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Reconstruction
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In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the capitals of the Reconstruction states. Which of these was an effect of this decision?
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Subversive groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Redeemers regained control of politics in the southern states.
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Following the American Revolution, what was the PRIMARY economic activity in the Southern states?
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cotton farming
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Which of these would have been MOST likely to have been a Scalawag during the Reconstruction Era?
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a native Georgian who supported the Republican Party
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Why was the Democratic Party able to retake control of the South Carolina government in the late 1870s?
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they used fraud and intimidation to force blacks from participating in government
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Which of these had the BIGGEST effect on the daily lives of South Carolinians during the Civil War?
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Union blockade of the Atlantic coast
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The War of 1812 resulted in
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the United States maintaining its previous strength.
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General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because
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important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.
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A protective tariff is intended to protect the
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manufacturer or farmer from lower priced goods imported into the country.
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What was the main argument that Southerners made in defense of slavery?
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It was up to the states to deal with the use of slavery because it was provided for in the Constitution.
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Which of these caused the United States to become involved in World War I?
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threats to American security made by Germany
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Who were the first Europeans to settle in the Americas during the Age of Exploration?
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Spanish
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The Battle of Kings Mountain was important in the American Revolution because it
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helped to secure parts of the northern frontier in South Carolina for the Americans.
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The fact that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" illustrates which aspect of our government?
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National Supremacy
