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November 20, 2025

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are raccoons feline?
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How did Americans disagree over the role of federal and state governments before and during the Civil War?
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Use the image to answer the question. Based on the illustration showing freed people with Union Army soldiers, what assumption is the artist making about the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation? (1 point) Responses...
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After the Dred Scott decision, Frederick Douglass said he sought to have Americans live up to the principles of the Constitution. What did he believe prevented Americans from living up to the Constitution? (1 point) Resp...
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Which of the following led to some Northerners labeling John Brown as a martyr? (1 point) Responses Brown's appearance of being insane and the failure of his raid Brown's appearance of being insane and the failure of his...
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The Free-Soil Party was a precursor to which political party? (1 point) Responses Know Nothing Party Know Nothing Party Whig Party Whig Party Republican Party Republican Party Copperhead Party
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A bar graph shows the number of battles that occurred in the states with the most Civil War Battles. Arkansas had 17; Georgia had 27; Louisiana had 22; Mississippi had 16; Missouri had 29; North Carolina had 20; Tennesse...
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How did the Union’s capture of Port Hudson and the Confederates’ surrender at Vicksburg divide the Confederacy? (1 point) Responses The Confederacy lost the faith and support of its civilians. The Confederacy lost the fa...
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General William T. Sherman explained that his aim was to relentlessly pursue the Confederates and make them fear and dread him and the Union Army. Which wartime strategy is represented by this idea? (1 point) Responses n...
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How did women like Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton contribute to the Union war effort during the Civil War? (1 point) Responses They accompanied their husbands to war. They accompanied their husbands to war. They worked as...
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“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” -A...
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Why did Lincoln inform the Confederacy that he would not be sending troops or weapons as food supplies were sent to Fort Sumter? (1 point) Responses to allow the Confederacy to retain full ownership of the fort to allow...
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Which of the following best exemplifies how the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War for the Union? (1 point) Responses The Confederacy did not launch another invasion of the North after the battle....
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Use the image to answer the question. This image shows a crowd in Boston protesting the return of an enslaved person to Virginia. What opinion did members of this crowd most likely share? (1 point) Responses They support...
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That we here highly resolve [decide] that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall no...
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In the text, you read this about the Dred Scott case: Dred Scott had been enslaved for many years in Missouri. Later, he moved with his owner, who was an army surgeon, to Illinois and then to the Wisconsin Territory, whe...
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Use the passage from “The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allen Poe to answer the question. Which detail does the author leave uncertain in this excerpt? Select the two correct answers. (1 point) Responses who the narrator trave...
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In the text, you read this about the surrender at Appomattox: At Appomattox Court House, Grant offered generous terms of surrender to the defeated Confederate army. Soldiers were required to turn over their rifles, but o...
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What did the actions of the Border Ruffians demonstrate about the slavery debate? Select all that apply. (1 point) Responses that opposing sides would resort to violence that opposing sides would resort to violence that...
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death. . . . She did not hear the sto...
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In the text, you read this about states' rights in the Confederacy: The South also had political problems. The Confederate constitution favored states' rights and limited the authority of the central government. As a res...
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In the text, you read this about states' rights in the Confederacy: The South also had political problems. The Confederate constitution favored states' rights and limited the authority of the central government. As a res...
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Which answer choice accurately defines the meaning of the word inference?(1 point) Responses a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning a conclusion formed from evidence and reasoning a direct statement used to deve...
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"With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us strive…to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” —Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural...
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Cannibalism in the Cars by Mark Twain Presently two men halted near us for a single moment, and one said to the other: “Harris, if you’ll do that for me, I’ll never forget you, my boy.” My new comrade’s eye lighted pleas...
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