US History Review (USH EOC FLVS)

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue? Options: the right of Northerners to own slaves, the sale of federal lands to slave owners, the expansion of slavery into new territories, the return of slaves who had escaped from the South

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the expansion of slavery into new territories

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Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War? A. the disintegration of the Whig Party, B. the addition of new states to the Union, C. the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, D. the extension of voting rights to African American men

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the extension of voting rights to African American men

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What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

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What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

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African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.

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Which of the following would the author of this excerpt most likely have supported?
We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to punish them for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make them useful, productive laborers.

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the passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws

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What event is described in this diagram? Options: The Battle of Sioux Falls, The Sand Creek Massacre, The Battle of Little Bighorn, The Wounded Knee Massacre

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The Battle of Little Bighorn

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Which of the following was the main reason that the federal government created a method for Native Americans to become U.S. citizens?
Options:
to reduce the amount of money spent supporting Native Americans,
to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society,
to undermine the legal basis of the treaties made with Native American tribes,
to guarantee that Native Americans enjoyed constitutionally protected civil rights

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to encourage Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society

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SS.912.A.2.7
The diagram below shows the various goals of the Dawes Act of 1877

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

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Push Native Americans to adopt an agricultural lifestyle

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What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887? Options: to ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier, to remove import taxes for goods shipped from one state to another, to protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition, to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

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to prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

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What describes a pull factor that drew African Americans during the Great Migration? Options: the availability of good jobs in the North and West, the sale of inexpensive land by the federal government, the construction of low-cost government housing in growing cities, the absence of segregation and racial discrimination outside the South

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the availability of good jobs in the North and West