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1. The process that would let Kansas and Nebraska decide for themselves whether to be free or slave states was known as __________.
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2. How were the North and the South different prior to the Civil War? Select the two that apply.The North was more urban while the
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3. How did Lincoln Evaluate Fairness to Southern States ( 1 sentence )
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4. Lincoln's Plan Evaluation for Fairness to Southern States ( 1 sentence )
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5. Lincoln's Plan Evaluation for Clarity of Goals ( 1 sentence )
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6. Lincoln's Plan Evaluation for Support for Freed People’s Rights Evaluation ( 1 sentence )
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7. Lincoln Reconstruction Plan Evaluation for Clarity of Goals Evaluation ( 1 sentence )
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8. The admission of ___ as a free state threatened to upset the balance of power and violate the Missouri Compromise.B Kansas C
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9. “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free.
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10. What was the outcome of John Brown’s raid?Slaves gained all weapons from a Virginia arsenal. John Brown was elected as a state
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11. Lincoln Reconstruction Plan EvaluationClarity of Goals Evaluation Rating * 1 2 3 4 Clarity of Goals Evaluation Rating
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12. Why did Abraham Lincoln react to the Copperheads by suspending the right of habeas corpus?(1 point) Responses He wanted to jail
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13. Who were the Copperheads?(1 point) Responses northerners who opposed the war northerners who opposed the war northerners who
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14. What was the most common cause of death for soldiers serving in the Civil War?(1 point) Responses bullet wounds bullet wounds
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15. Abraham Lincoln authorized women to oversee which operations in military installations?(1 point) Responses troop recruiting and
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16. 4 of 104 of 10 ItemsQuestion How did the economic role of women change during the Civil War? (1 point) Responses Women refused
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17. QuestionWhat role did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War? (1 point) Responses cook cook nurse nurse soldier soldier teacher
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18. What did Texans think about becoming a part of the Confederacy?(1 point) Responses Almost all Texans supported joining the
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19. Which of the following statements best explains how the Civil War affected most Texans?(1 point) Responses The Civil War made
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20. Which statement best explains the significance of the Battle of Sabine Pass?(1 point) Responses It led Texas to decide to secede
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21. Which statement best explains the significance of the Battle of Galveston?(1 point) Responses It prevented the Union from
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22. What led the Union to attack Sabine Pass?(1 point) Responses to prevent Texas from seceding to prevent Texas from seceding to
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23. Which of the following identifies the location of the Battle of Sabine Pass during the Civil War?(1 point) Responses East Texas
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24. Which of the following led to some Northerners labeling John Brown as a martyr?(1 point) Responses Brown's appearance of being
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25. How did the Union’s capture of Port Hudson and the Confederates’ surrender at Vicksburg divide the Confederacy?(1 point)
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26. Which statement best explains the significance of the Battle of Sabine Pass?(1 point) Responses It led Texas to decide to secede
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27. Which statement best explains the significance of the Battle of Galveston?(1 point) Responses It gave the Confederates control
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28. What led the Union to attack Sabine Pass?(1 point) Responses to prevent the Confederates from trading with Mexico to prevent the
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29. What did the actions of the Border Ruffians demonstrate about the slavery debate? Select all two answers.(1 point) Responses
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30. In the text, you read this about states' rights in the Confederacy:The South also had political problems. The Confederate
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31. lmost from the beginning of his administration, Lincoln was pressured by abolitionists and radical Republicans to issue an
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32. How were the North and the South different prior to the Civil War? Select the two that apply.The North was more urban while the
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33. Why was Fort Sumter significant
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34. How were the North and the South different prior to the Civil War? Select the two that apply. (2 points) Responses The North was
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35. how Attack of Fort Sumter affected the Civil warwhat's the event was in your own words in one sentence
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36. Attack of Fort Sumter details what's the event was in your own words in one sentence
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37. Attack of Fort Sumter details what's the event was in your own words short sentences
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38. Attack of Fort Sumter details what's the event was in your own words
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39. What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Union’s ability to fight the Civil War?(1 point) Responses It caused
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40. What caused the Texas Troubles?(1 point) Responses John Brown’s attack on Harper’s Ferry John Brown’s attack on Harper’s
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41. How were the North and the South different prior to the Civil War? Select the two that apply.(2 points) • The North was more
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42. The term "Redeemers"refers to: • the Union troops who occupied Texas after the war • the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau •
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43. how were the economies of the northern and southern states different how were they the same what factors led them to develop
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44. Which of the following were strategies used by the Union during the Civil War? Select all that apply.naval blockade defensive
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45. As the day wore on, the strength of [Union leader] McDowell's troops was sapped [drained] by the continuous arrival of fresh
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46. "We seek no conquest. All we ask is to be let alone."- Jefferson Davis Question According to this quote, which statement best
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47. Match each strategy to the side that most effectively used the strategy.(2 points) Put responses in the correct input to answer
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48. 2d. Because Fremont is on the right side of the great question which now disturbs the public peace. Opposition to slavery
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49. What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Union’s ability to fight the Civil War?(1 point) Responses It caused
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50. What was the outcome of the battle at sea between the Union ship Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia?(1 point) Responses
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51. Which Confederate military leader opposed slavery and secession but turned down an offer to command Union forces?(1 point)
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52. QuestionHow did the public react to the Battle of Shiloh? (1 point) Responses The public began to believe a quick end to the war
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53. How did the North’s population differ from the South’s population?(1 point) Responses The North’s population was smaller.
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54. How did President Abraham Lincoln respond to the Union retreat at the Battle of Bull Run?(1 point) Responses He called for
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55. What were the South's two main military strategies at the beginning of the war?(1 point) Responses blockade Union ports along
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56. What is one geographic advantage the South had over the North?(1 point) Responses Northerners would be uncomfortable in the hot
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57. why was the Civil War’s first large battle, the first Battle of Bull Run, so shocking?(1 point) Responses The battle occurred
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58. hat port on the Gulf of Mexico was captured by Union forces early in the war?(1 point) Responses Vicksburg Vicksburg Richmond
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59. What was the name of the Union strategy to control the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy?(1 point) Responses Blockade
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60. How did some formerly enslaved African Americans in the South respond to advancing Union forces?(1 point) Responses They served
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61. Which of the following arguments best explains texas's decision to join the confederacy during the civil war?A. Texas refused to
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62. Examine the effectiveness of the Southern Strategy in Charleston.(1 point)Responses Charleston militia forces were able to
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63. A bar graph shows the number of battles that occurred in the states with the most Civil War Battles. Arkansas had 17; Georgia
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64. How did the Union’s capture of Port Hudson and the Confederates’ surrender at Vicksburg divide the Confederacy?(1 point)
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65. How did the Union’s capture of Port Hudson and the Confederates’ surrender at Vicksburg divide the Confederacy?
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66. In the text, you read this about the surrender at .Appomattox:At Appomattox Court House, Grant offered generous terms of
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67. Your verdict must be 1 paragraph in length and must use witness testimony and evidence to support why you believe that William
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68. What was Sam Houston’s reaction to early attempts to secede from the Union?(1 point) Responses He tried to abolish slavery in
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69. Which statement best explains how slavery affected Texas’s decision to secede from the Union?(1 point) Responses Texas
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70. How were African Americans treated while serving in the Union military?(1 point) Responses They were returned to southern
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71. What discovery led to George B. McClellan's victory over Robert E. Lee at Antietam?(1 point) Responses General McClellan found
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72. QuestionHow did some formerly enslaved African Americans in the South respond to advancing Union forces? (1 point) Responses
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73. Why did President Lincoln reverse General Fremont's order to free captured slaves?(1 point) Responses General Butler had already
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74. Union victory came at a cost to African American volunteers. About how many of the Union's 180,000 African American volunteers
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75. Where was the first major battle for African American troops in the Union army?(1 point) Responses Richmond, Virginia Richmond,
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76. QuestionWhy did Union General Benjamin Butler declare enslaved African American refugees to be contraband, or captured war
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77. Why was it necessary for the Confederacy to seek the support of Great Britain and France?(1 point) Responses The Confederacy
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78. How did Abraham Lincoln help ensure that border states supported the Union?(1 point) Responses He insisted that his only goal
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79. How did President Abraham Lincoln respond to the Union retreat at the Battle of Bull Run?(1 point) Responses He withdrew Union
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80. What advantage did Robert E. Lee offer the Confederacy?(1 point) Responses strong military leadership strong military leadership
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81. How did the public react to the Battle of Shiloh?(1 point) Responses The public was shocked and horrified by the large number of
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82. Why was the South vulnerable to a blockade by the North?(1 point) Responses The North had a large manufacturing base to produce
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83. Which statement best describes the Anaconda Plan?(1 point) Responses It was the Union's plan to produce more industrial goods
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84. Which Confederate military leader actually opposed slavery and secession and turned down an offer to command Union forces?(1
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85. What were the South's two main military strategies at the beginning of the war?(1 point) Responses blockade Union ports along
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86. What battlefield event damaged Ulysses S. Grant's rising military reputation?(1 point) Responses the deaths of nearly 25,000
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87. The Union army’s initial policy regarding escaped enslaved southerners was to offer them amnesty (protection) in exchange for
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88. The “contraband policy” declared by General Benjamin F. Butler MOST concerned which category of “contraband of war”?mili
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89. Based on the role played by its namesake in the Civil War, which duties would you MOST expect a company of the same name
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90. Which contributing factor to the American Civil War was MOST tertiary?moral objections to slavery political control of the
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91. Concerns over which (modern) territory was a secondary cause of the Civil War?the Northeast the deep South the West the
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92. Identify which of the following groups would have been most supportive of slavery in texas before the u.s civil warA.
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93. Match the following terms with the correct meaning based on Georgia’s Decision to Leave the Union.* 4 points In 1857, the
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94. Most popular union civil war regiments
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95. Most popular union civil war ranks
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96. Transcript of the ProclamationJanuary 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation.
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97. Transcript of the ProclamationJanuary 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation.
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98. Who suggested that the South should secede from the Union if an agreement could not be reached on slavery?(1 point) Responses
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99. Why did some northerners support personal liberty laws?(1 point) Responses They believed runaway slaves should be returned to
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100. Directions: Use the following quotation to answer the questions below.“[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States,
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