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Which Native American leader attempted to unify the tribes against white settlement?

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Tecumseh

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The case of Marbury v. Madison established the precedent for

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judicial review

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In 1809, ________ became the fourth president of the United States.

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James Madison

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All of the following are true of the Louisiana Purchase EXCEPT that

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it was strongly supported by both Republicans and Federalists in Congress.

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The Embargo Act did NOT

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force political concessions from Britain and France.

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Which of the following authorized American trade with all nations except Britain and France?

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Non-Intercourse Act

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President Jefferson's conflict with the Barbary pirates concerned

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tribute paid to protect American shipping

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The Hartford Convention did NOT adopt a proposal to

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have New England secede from the Union

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The Shawnee prophet, Tenskwatawa, wanted his people to

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unite

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The Embargo Act

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assumed that American trade was vital to European industry

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Who was credited with the introduction of the steamboat?

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Robert Fulton

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The Supreme Court's ruling in the Gibbons v. Ogden case in 1824

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broadened federal control over interstate commerce.

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The Erie Canal was primarily financed by

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state governments

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What was the central argument of southern opponents of the Tallmadge Amendment to the Missouri Admissions Bill?

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Congress had no authority to place anti-slavery restrictions upon a state.

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The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was

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to obtain Florida from Spain.

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As a result of the Missouri Compromise,

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slavery was banned north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Territory

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The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the

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Erie Canal.

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Match the individual in the left column with the technology he is identified with in the right column.

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Samuel Morse : telegraph Robert Fulton : steamship Eli Whitney : cotton gin

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The first great federal transportation project was the

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building of the National Roads

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The "Era of Good Feelings" refers to

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the early years of James Monroe's presidency

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Which one of the following was NOT a major pre-Civil War improvement in the American transportation system?

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all were important

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During John Marshall's tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court rendered decisions that

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All of the above

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Under the ________, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution.

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putting-out system

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________ came to symbolize the triumph of democracy.

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Andrew Jackson

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As president, Andrew Jackson is notable for his

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belief in the dignity and worth of ordinary people.

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Andrew Jackson killed the national bank

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by withdrawing federal deposits from it.

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The Whig Party

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grew from a coalition of Jackson's opponents.

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The popular hero of the 1830s was

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the self-made man

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The Trail of Tears was the consequence of Andrew Jackson's commitment to an Indian policy of

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removal

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Andrew Jackson's popularity as a political leader was in part due to his

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image as a strong-willed, self-made man of the people

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The nullification crisis involved a conflict of authority between

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the state of South Carolina and the federal government

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Andrew Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans was that

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they should be removed to areas beyond white expansion

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What was the dominant symbol of the Whig Presidential Campaign in 1840?

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log cabin

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The various factions in the Whig Party coalition were united by their common opposition to

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Andrew Jackson

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American culture in the Jacksonian period

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reflected the rise of the democratic spirit

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The Trail of Tears refers to

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the forced relocation of Native Americans to Oklahoma

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Andrew Jackson's relations with his vice president, John C. Calhoun, could best be described as

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strained

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The "Tariff of Abominations" was most strongly opposed by

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southerners

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The political party that emerged in opposition to Andrew Jackson in the 1830s was known as the

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Whig Party

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Manifest Destiny was based, in part, on

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the belief that God was on the side of American expansionism

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The most plausible reason for the Texas Revolution was

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the unwillingness of Anglo-Americans to accept Mexican rule

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________, the hero of San Jacinto, became the first president of the Texas Republic.

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Sam Houston

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James K. Polk's election to the presidency in 1844 was considered a popular mandate for

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manifest destiny annexing Texas

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James Polk went to war with Mexico

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to force the secession of New Mexico and California

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Which one of the following states actually existed for ten years as an independent nation before its admission to the Union?

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Texas

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Who was president of the United States when the Mexican War began?

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James K. Polk

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The Texas Republic won its independence from Mexico at the Battle of

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San Jacinto

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The winner of the election of 1844 was

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James K. Polk

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California in the 1830s and 1840s was controlled by

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Mexico

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The Oregon Trail was

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the longest pioneer route to the Far West

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In an 1846 agreement with Great Britain, the United States surrendered its claim to the Oregon territory between

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the 49th parallel and 54° 40'

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The rallying cry "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" referred to which desired territory?

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Oregon

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In an effort to assert its authority over Texas, the Mexican government

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prohibited slavery.

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In 1830, California, Texas, and New Mexico were under the sovereignty of

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Mexico

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Which one of the following was an important premise of Manifest Destiny?

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all of the above

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President Polk based the war message he delivered to Congress in 1846 on the claim that

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Mexican soldiers had shed American blood on American soil.

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What religion advocated sexual equality, communal ownership, and strict celibacy?

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Shaker

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As a reform effort, the temperance movement

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was directed at a serious social problem

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The African American family under slavery

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emphasized kinship and mutual affection.

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What were the distinguishing features of the Oneida community?

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complex marriage

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The founder of the Mormon religion was

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Joseph Smith

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The leader of the movement to reform asylums and prisons was

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Dorothea Dix

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The Washingtonian Movement concerned the problem of

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alcoholism

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The feminists' Seneca Falls Convention statement of grievances was a close paraphrasing of

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the Declaration of Independence

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The founder of the radical anti-slavery movement was

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Slavery would not have lasted as long as it did except for

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the place it held in the southern economy.

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Between the 1820s and 1850s, the public school movement

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enjoyed considerable success in the North

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Which of these women spoke out against slavery while living in South Carolina?

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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For refusing to stop printing his abolitionist views, one of the first martyrs of the abolitionist movement was

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Elijah Lovejoy

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In The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison swore that he was committed to

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immediately abolishing slavery in the South

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Historians have evaluated abolitionism as

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successfully bringing slavery to the forefront of the American consciousness.

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In response to the "sack of Lawrence," Kansas, John Brown

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executed five pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek

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In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, almost beat Senator ________ of Massachusetts to death.

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Charles Sumner

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The most problematic element in the Compromise of 1850 was the provision regarding the

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return of runaway slaves.

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According to the principle of popular sovereignty,

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settlers would determine whether a territory would have slavery

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For his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown received a sympathetic response from

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the northern public

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The Compromise of 1850

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abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia

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In 1850, southerners feared that the sectional balance of power would be upset by

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California's admission as a free state

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin provoked northern outrage over the implications of

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the Fugitive Slave Law

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The Dred Scott Decision

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was looked upon favorably by the South

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The concept of popular sovereignty held that

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residents should determine whether slavery should exist in a territory.

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The American ("Know Nothing") Party's platform can best be described as

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nativist

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What was the central issue that dominated American politics during the 1850s?

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slavery in the western territories

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With his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to

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provoke a slave insurrection

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The Wilmot Proviso sought to

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ban slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico.

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In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decision was largely the work of Chief Justice

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Roger Taney

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Who was the abolitionist senator who was severely beaten when he condemned the South for the "Crime Against Kansas"?

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Charles Sumner

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Wilmot's Proviso

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prohibited slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

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The first state to secede from the Union was

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South Carolina

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Abraham Lincoln's reelection chances in 1864 received a tremendous boost from the

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reception of the news that General Sherman had captured Atlanta.

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In the beginning, the Civil War was

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a struggle to preserve the Union.

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During the Civil War, how many African Americans served in the Union Army?

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180,000

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The first major battle of the war, at Bull Run, resulted in

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a Confederate victory

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Had it been enacted, the Crittenden Compromise would have

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banned slavery north of 36° 30' latitude

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Which of the following was NOT a Union military advantage during the Civil War?

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superior generals

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Where was the government of the Confederate States of America organized?

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Montgomery, Alabama

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Which one of the following states was NOT part of the Confederacy?

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Missouri

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Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender the army of Northern Virginia to General U. S. Grant?

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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

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The most effective Union general was

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Ulysses S. Grant.

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As the Civil War began, the South had an initial superiority of

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military leadership

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Lincoln's opponent in the presidential election of 1864 was

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George McClellan.

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After the firing on Fort Sumter, which one of these four border slave states did NOT join the Confederacy?

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Kentucky

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Who was selected to serve as president of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson F. Davis of Mississippi

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The Crittenden Compromise

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extended the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific.

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What was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War?

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Antietam

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Who was the presidential nominee of the new Constitutional Union Party in 1860?

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John Bell

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President Lincoln's cautious approach to making the abolition of slavery a war goal of the Union

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resulted from his concern about losing slaveholding border states to the Confederacy.

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By the spring of 1861, most Southerners had concluded that

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no additional compromise with the North would succeed.

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In the Dred Scott case, the first question faced by the Supreme Court was

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whether or not Scott was a citizen.

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