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Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were intended to settle disputes over
the spread of slavery.
In 1832, why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the Union?
South Carolina was displeased with the Tariff of 1832.
On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. What was John Brown’s goal?
to start a slave rebellion
What component of the Compromise of 1850 benefited the South the most?
The Fugitive Slave Law was instituted.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened the sectional crisis because it
resulted in radical proslavery and antislavery settlers clashing in Kansas.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that no African-American was a citizen and overturned the Missouri Compromise?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Who was the Union general whose “March to the Sea” after the Battle of Atlanta successfully broke the South’s will to fight?
William T. Sherman
Which constitutional right did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?
habeas corpus
Which factor provided a military advantage to the North during the U.S. Civil War?
The North had a population advantage of 3.5 to 1 over the South.
When the Civil War began, Abraham Lincoln’s main goal was to
preserve the Union.
Which of the following was the first act of aggression of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee’s first attempt to go on the offensive
at its conclusion Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
Which Civil War battles, both ending in July 1863, were considered turning points because they crippled and divided the Confederacy?
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Why was the defeat at Vicksburg a significant loss for the Confederate Army?
It allowed the Union Army to have total control of the Mississippi River.
What popular sovereignty?
The people who settled there could vote on whether or not to allow slavery.
Manifest Destiny, tariffs, and slavery
led to increased sectionalism in the country.
The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the Federal government to
forbid states from limiting citizenship based on race, color, or creed.
The Fifteenth Amendment was primarily meant to
allow former slaves the right to vote.
After the Civil War, the US faced two major problems:
restoring the Southern States to the Union and integrating newly freed African Americans into society.
The agency established by Congress to train teachers, build schools, and assist former slaves to adjust to new found freedom was called the
establish the Freedman’s Bureau to help freedmen transition from slavery to freedom.
What was the result of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson?
He avoided conviction by one vote.
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
Hayes promised to remove troops from the South if he won the 1876 presidential election.
Which action by the U.S. government contributed to the outbreak of the Mexican American War in 1846?
annexing the Republic of Texas
Whose presidency was MOST concerned with fulfilling Manifest Destiny?
James Polk
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America (CSA) was
Jefferson Davis.