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Which of the following events tried to settle the slave issue by creating a boundary for slavery at 36° 30’?
Missouri Compromise
What was the underlying cause of sectionalism?
Cultural, political and economic differences
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was significant because it
caused many Northern readers to sympathize with slaves.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
The 14th Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?
freed slaves
A major contribution of Texas to the Civil War was
supplying troops
Which of the following is not true of Lincoln’s election?
He was an abolitionist
John Brown’s attack on Harper’s Ferry led to
his death.
The image depicts which of the Reconstruction Amendments?
15th amendment
Which of the following is an example of States’ Rights?
The state of Alabama refusing to follow a Federal law.
Which of the following is not true of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a slave state.
The Texas battles of the Civil War were
fought on a border or water source, usually over trade and supplies.
Which of the following events occurred first?
Lincoln elected
Which of the following was not a decision made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
If slaves lived in the North, they were free.
This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?
The promise of a new beginning for the nation.
Which of the following is an example of a Jim Crow law?
School integration was strictly prohibited.
All of the following describe the North except
loyalty to their section first
Eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form the
Confederate States of America
What was the purpose of the “Black Codes” which were enacted in Southern states in 1865 and 1866?
To restrict the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force
Which individual opposed the secession of Texas?
Sam Houston
What day do we celebrate the freeing of the slaves in Texas?
Juneteenth
Organization developed to help find jobs, shelter, food, etc. for the former slaves.
Freedmen’s Bureau
All of the following were changes for Texans during the Civil War except
more farms were created.
From the excerpt of the 1861 Inaugural Address, Lincoln implies that
the Southern states did not have the legal right to secede from the Union.
What was the result of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
