First Semester Final Review

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The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to

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help former slaves adjust to freedom.

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Which of the following is mostly identified as an underlying political cause of the American Revolution? Options: the speeches of Samuel Adams, the issue of taxation without representation, boycotts organized by the Sons of Liberty, bounties paid for by colonial built ships

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the issue of taxation without representation

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Which of the following is the first elected legislature of the American Colonies? Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, First Continental Congress, Parliament

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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The Emancipation Proclamation freed?

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enslaved people living in areas controlled by the Confederacy

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How did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack change warfare?

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nations started building iron navies

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During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they feared the admission of new slave states.

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feared the admission of new slave states

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A major failure of Reconstruction was that

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racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

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Which battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War?

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Gettysburg

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The Battle of Yorktown resulted in

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the signing of the Treaty of Paris

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What was the main reason the Congress of the Articles of Confederation failed?

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It proved unable to provide strong national leadership