Reconstruction.

Which of the following systems created a cycle of debt?

Sharecropping.

What issue divided the Whig party?

Slavery

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debate was...

Slavery in the territories

What were the "black codes"?

Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African-Americans

Which battle resulted in the bloodiest day in all of American history, with neither side have gained any ground?

The Battle of Antietam

What new party emerged in 1854 after meeting in Wisconsin, made up of northern whigs and antislavery democrats?

The Republican Party

What ended slavery in the United States?

The Thirteenth Amendment

How did the civil war impact the United States' economy?

The economic gap between the north and the south widened dramatically

All of the following are ways the federal government increased its power during the civil war EXCEPT...

The federal government forced farmers to grow specific crop

Which was true about the Siege of Vicksburg?

The loss of Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River

Which was NOT true of the north and south by mid-1850s?

The north relied more on exports that the south did

The fifteenth Amendment to the construction was passed...

To give African American men the right to vote

Which group faced the biggest changes after the Civil war?

African Americans

What resulted from the Emancipation Proclamation?

African Americans rushed to enlist in the Union Army

As the Civil War waged on, the confederacy faced significant food shortages. What factors led to this?

All of the above

What affect did immigration have on the north?

All of the above

What advantage did the north have over the south in the civil war?

All of the above are true

What did Radical Republicans do to protect African-American rights?

All of the above are true.

The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from

All territories in Mexico

What was on effect of John Browns actions of Hapers ferry?

An increase in tensions between the North and the South

Which of the following is an example of "redemption" as it was defined near the end of Reconstruction?

Democrats regained control, or "redeemed" a state government that has been under Republican leadership for 12 years.

What gave African-Americans full citizenship?

Fourteenth Amendment

What established hospitals, schools, and teacher training centers to help formed and poor whits in the south?

Freedmen's Bureau

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

What happened after the Panic of 1873 caused economic problems?

Northerners lost interest in the south and Reconstruction

The publication of Uncle toms cabin helped...

Northerners understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery

What was Massachusetts 54th regiment?

One if the first African-American regiments organized in the north

Stephen A. Douglas tried to win southern support for the Kansas-Nebraska act by allowing the issue of slavery in these territories to be settled by..

Popular sovereignty

The Dred Scott decision...

Ruled that slaves did not have rights and were considered property

Why were many white women upset after the Fifteenth Amendment?

They believed women should also have the right to vote.

What resulted from the Compromise of 1877?

Reconstruction ended in the Southern states.

The Confederate States of American were...

The slave-holding states that seceded from the Union

Which of the following best explains the dependence of the southern economy on slavery?

The southern economy was rural and consisted mostly of plantations

By 1850, what challenge did California bring to the United States?

The status of slavery in California was in question

What was the economic impact of the civil war on the south?

The war destroyed the south economically