US History Unit 4 test – Flashcards
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This is a bill that would ban slavery in the new territories acquired from Mexico:
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Wilmont Proviso
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Which territory was declared independent from Mexico when Johnn Fremont seized the town of Sonoma and raised the "Bear Republic" flag?
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The Republic of California
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What treaty ended the War with Mexico creating present day states like New Mexico and California?
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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What is secession?
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The formal withdrawal of a state from a nation
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This decision appeased Southerners, ruled that slaves did not have rights and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional:
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The Dred Scott decision
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Choose the incorrect pairing for his or her achievement: 1.William Lloyd Garrison-The Freedman's Manifesto 2. Frederick Douglas-The North Star 3. Harriet Tubman-Underground Railroad 4. Harriet Beecher Stowe-Uncle Tom's Cabin
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1. William Lloyd Garrison
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Which Act provided for stricter enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act and for California's entrance into the Union as a free state?
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Compromise of 1850
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What is popular sovereignty?
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the residents of a territory had the right to vote for or against slavery in their new state
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What was the result of John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry? How did Southerners take this action?
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Southerners were afraid of potential slave uprisings and revolts against them
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In Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address what does he mean by "unfinished work" what is he ultimately trying to do with the country?
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Reunite the Union
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He was the victorious general at the Battle of Vicksburg making him the Commander in Chief of all of the Union armies:
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Ulysses S Grant
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What was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal during the Civil War?
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Preserve the Union
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This decree did not end slavery, it established a precedent for the 13th Amendment, it had a positive moral affect on the Union army encouraging many African Americans to join and it encouraged foreign nations to not support the Confederacy:
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point for the Civil War?
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It depleted the South's troops so much that they were never able to launch an offensive attack against the North again.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act divided the territory of Nebraska into two states and allowed its residents to determine what?
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popular sovereignty (they could decide on whether or not they wanted to have slavery in their state)
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Abraham was the first President of this political party:
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Republican
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General William Tecumseh Sherman was associated with which Battle? 1. Antietam 2. Vicksburg 3. Gettysburg 4. Atlanta
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4. Atlanta
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Which battle was of great strategic importance because it divided the Confederacy in half geographically:
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Vicksburg
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This general (found on the face of Stone Mountain) distinguished himself by leading troops at the Battle of Bull Run:
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Stonewall Jackson
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This compromise disallowed slavery in the states above the Mason-Dixon line:
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The Missouri Compromise
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According to John C Calhoun a state chould choose whether or not they wanted to obey a federal law with this act of definance:
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nullification
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According to this principle the interests of a region are more important than those of individuals or the nation as a whole:
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sectionalism
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In order to deal with dissidents in the Union states increasing the power of the president he did this actually (violating rights granted by our constitution)
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He suspended the writ of habeas corpus
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He was the president of the Confederate States of America:
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Jefferson Davis
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Who was the leading general the Union fought against in the Civil War? (In the Revolutionary war we fought General Cornwallis)
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Robert E. Lee
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When did the Civil War officially begin?
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When the Confederate army fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina
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This battle was significant because it raised the Union's morale and led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation:
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Battle of Antietam
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Early Confederate victories in the Civil War can be attributed to the Confederacy's strenght with their:
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strong military leadership
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This agency was responsible for helping those whom the Civil War left impoverished. Its enduring legacy is with the establishment of historical black colleges:
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The Freedman's Bureau
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What was the main purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864?
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to destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight any longer
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These were laws that were established to place economic and political limitations on African Americans during the Reconstruction years and later became Jim Crow laws:
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Black codes
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What is impeachment?
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the process of filing charges of misconduct against a public official in hopes of removing them from office
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Why did the House of Representatives vote to impeach Andrew Johnson?
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Johnson was not supportive of the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction plans
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What is the agricultural system established after the Civil war that is designed to maintain the economic and social order of the Old South?
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Share cropping or tenant farming
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How can Presidential Reconstruction be described?
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It outlined a lenient path for Southern states to rejoin the Union
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Match the following with its intended purpose: 13th amendment: 14th amendment: 15th amendment:
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13th-outlawed slavery 14th-citizenship and due process for former slaves 15th-granted the right to vote to former slaves
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Reflecting Back: What is the purspose of mercantilism?
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It exists for the economic benefit of the mother country
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Which group supported adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
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The anti-Federalists
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Why did the US want to go to war against Great Britain in 1812?
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Britain was interfering with US ships in foreign waters (impressment of American soldiers)
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What is the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
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To prohibit European expansion in the Western Hemisphere
