Civil War & Reconstruction

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As the Civil War began, President Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

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preserve the Union

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Whom did the Emancipation Proclamation free?

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All enslaved people living in the Union and Confederacy

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Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

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Popular Sovereignty

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In the 1850s, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between

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Proslavery and antislavery groups

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Which of the following statements is true concerning the map pictured above? The Union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war. The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission. The snake's head begins in the Union's capital and tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war. The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage so they were attempting to cut off any exportation of goods.

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The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission.

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In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans

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were property

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What was an important goal of an "abolitionist"?

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to end slavery throughout the United States

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President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included: restoring the social conditions that existed before the war began, conducting trials for former Confederate leaders, destroying the economic and social power of the Southern planters, reuniting the nation as quickly as possible.

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reuniting the nation as quickly as possible

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The Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln

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demanded immediate civil and political rights for formerly enslaved persons

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Which of the following correctly describes the political cartoon above? Options: Charles Schurz, who was a Northern Republican, is shown in a positive light as he heads to the South to enact Reconstruction policies; The southern citizens in the background are cheering his arrival due to the cooperation taking place between northern and southern politicians.; The southern citizens in the background are actively attempting to prevent the arrival of the carpetbaggers they feared and hated with a passion.; Charles Schurz is shown in a negative light since he is depicted as a grim and intense intruder with clenched fists.

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The southern citizens in the background are actively attempting to prevent the arrival of the carpetbaggers they feared and hated with a passion.