5th Grade - Unit 7 - Civil War Flashcard

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In 1861 a civil war began between northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about — the admission of free states into the union, the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery, the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders, the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

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the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

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Study the diagram. Which event best completes this diagram? Options: Civil War, Manifest Destiny

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Civil War

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Study the map. What was the most significant cause of the division shown on this map?

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the expansion of slavery

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What was the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

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It gave Congress the power to legalize slavery.

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The Republican candidate who won the presidential election of 1860 was —

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Abraham Lincoln

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What song composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett is this excerpt from?

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Dixie Land

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Which political change came about in the United States as a result of the Civil War?

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The union of states was reconstructed.

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Which social change was brought about by the Thirteenth Amendment?

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The practice of enslaving people was outlawed in the United States.

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How were Omaha and Sacramento likely impacted by the event illustrated in the map?

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They profited economically

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How did Congress address the issue depicted in the image? Options: by encouraging a rebellion, by ratifying the 13th Amendment, by ratifying the 15th Amendment, by letting the states decide the issue

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by ratifying the 15th Amendment