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Divisions that resulted in regional loyalty over national unity.
Sectionalism
Robert Elliott
Which happened first: Articles of Agreement or founding the Freedmen's Bureau?
Articles of Agreement
True or False: Planters used strict "supervision clauses" in contracts to mandate absolute obedience.
True
A type of reasoning that considers the outcome as most important.
Consequential
He served as governor of Louisiana, albeit briefly.
P.B.S. Pinchback
Which happened first: The Mexican American War or the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri Compromise
Because it applied only to areas in rebellion and exempted loyal border states, this wartime measure was primarily a military strategy as well as an antislavery measure.
Emancipation Proclamation
True or False: Planters used strict "supervision clauses" in contracts to mandate obedience.
True
This Mississippi senator served a full six-year term beginning in 1875.
Blanche Bruce
Which event happened first: The Amistad trial or the ban on international slaver trade?
Ban on international slave trade
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States..."
14th Amendment
This document is associated with the administration of abandoned or confiscated lands; it was rescinded.
Circular 13
This congressional faction opposed President Andrew Johnson’s policies and helped pass legislation overriding his approach to rebuilding the South.
Radical Republicans
Which event happened first: Salute of Honor or Juneteenth.
Salute of Honor
This political deal settled the presidential election of 1876 and removed federal troops from southern states.
Compromise of 1877
Unlike Lincoln’s plan, this congressional law required Southern states to adopt new constitutions, ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and meet military-supervised conditions for readmission.
This English philosopher argued that property results from using our bodies to produce work
John Locke
Which event happened first: Passage of the 15th Amendment or Civil Rights Act of 1875?
15th Amendment
A Republican Party organization in northern cities that became an important organizing device among freedmen in southern cities after 1865
Union League