Social studies test regents
"Since the Southern states never legally left the Union, they should be restored to the Union as soon as possible."
Abraham Lincoln
Which argument was used by President Abraham Lincoln to explain his policy of leniency toward the South after the Civil War?
Healing the nation's wounds quickly is essential.
The principle of popular sovereignty was an important part of the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
14 amendment
Positive - equal rights and citizen Negative- plessy vs Ferguson
15 amendment
Positive- vote Negative- Grandfather clause
13 amendment
Positive-slavery Negative-sharecropping
The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.
Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South.
Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported
States rights
Which constitutional principle was the main focus of the North-South conflicts that led to the Civil War?
States rights
"Uncle Tom's Cabin Stirs Controversy" "Kansas Rocked by Bloody Conflict" "John Brown's Raid Angers South" Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by these headlines?
The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.
What was a major result of the Civil War?
The power of the central government was strengthened.
As the Civil War ended, which action was supported by President Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans?
abolishing the institution of slavery by a constitutional amendment
One way in which Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar is that they all supported the
abolitionist movement
Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the
adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
Jim Crow laws passed in the South during the late 1800s were designed to
create a system of legal segregation
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to
deny suffrage rights to African Americans
Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?
election of Abraham Lincoln as president
What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?
granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to
guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States primarily to
keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote
Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by
passing Black Codes
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. — 14th amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to
protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by the federal government to
reduce the conflict over slavery
The constitutional controversy that led directly to the start of the Civil War concerned the right of states to
secede from the Union
After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by
selling their plantations to formerly enslaved persons
Which group benefited most directly from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
slave owners
"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter the Union" "California Joins the Union As Part of Compromise of 1850" "Kansas-Nebraska Act Establishes Popular Sovereignty in the Territories" Which issue is most closely associated with these headlines?
status of slavery in new states
After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over
the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union
After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because
the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty
With malice (hatred) toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on (continue) to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne (fought in) the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. — President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 This statement by President Lincoln contributed to disagreements over the
treatment of the former Confederate states and their leaders
After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?
use of the sharecropping system