U.S History Regents Exam Practice Civil War & Reconstruction – Flashcards
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Which statement best describes the economic difference between the North and South just prior to the Civil War?
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Transportation systems were more developed in the North than in the South.
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Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of
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Deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state.
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Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because
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Geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations.
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" - Abraham Lincoln, 1858. According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
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Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union.
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By the time of the Civil War, slavery had nearly disappeared in the North mainly because
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Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North
