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This law authorized the arrest of escaped slaves in states where slavery was illegal

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Fugitive Slave Act

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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution... Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson The proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?

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The Nullification Crisis

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This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the

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Ratification of the 15th Amendment

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The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to

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serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

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All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. President Abraham Lincoln, second inaugural address, 1865 In the excerpt above, what does this interest refer to?

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Slavery

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One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had

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knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

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The information above describes what city?

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New Orleans

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the

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U.S.-Mexican War

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Provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Designated all people born in the United States (except American Indians) as citizens Granted all citizens certain rights under the law What is the historical significance of this act?

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It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities.

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How was the event depicted in this image significant to the Civil War? Bombardment of Fort Sumter

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The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war. (1 st Battle of The Civil War)

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This controversial law allowed slave-hunters to seize alleged fugitive slaves without due process of law and prohibited anyone from aiding escaped fugitives or obstructing their recovery. Because it was often presumed that a black person was a slave, the law threatened the safety of all blacks.... Text from an online exhibit describing the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 What was one result of the law described above?

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Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

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Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freedmen, such as prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, and limiting their right to testify against white men. They were also forbidden from carrying weapons in public places and working in certain occupations. Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to

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limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments

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The diagram illustrated describes the sequence of events related to ----

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Dred Scott v Sandford ( 1857)

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What was one major impact of this novel?

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Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

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This quotation shows Clays commitment to --

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Unity for the nation

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To which book is President Lincoln referring to above?

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Uncle Toms Cabin

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Which Amendment reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

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The Fourteenth Amendment

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The Nullification crisis concerned South Carolinas dissatisfaction with Federal policy on ----

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Tariffs

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What was a result of the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854?

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Fighting broke out between pro- slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

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After General Robert E. Lees surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to

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implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union (Reconstruction)

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What helped the development of the plantation culture in the South?

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The climate allowed planters to raise profitable cash crops

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Who were the presidents and generals of both the Union and Confederacy?

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Union President Abraham Lincoln Union General Ulysses S. Grant Confederacy President Jefferson Davis Confederacy General Robert E. Lee

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Why did Elizabeth Cady Stanton oppose the 15 th amendment?

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Women were still excluded from voting

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What is Civil Disobedience?

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The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

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The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it -

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Gave the Union control of the Mississippi river

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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

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Authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.