Unit 5

Which of the following events reflects the congressional tensions on a much larger scale

Bleeding Kansas

Which best provides an example of how the "Constitution and its righteous laws," according to Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country'?

Civil Rights Act of 1866

How does this declaration echo one of the radical republicans goals in the aftermath of the civil war

Former slaves in the south sought the rights and opportunities they previously lacked

How did the reality of reconstruction compare with the goals expressed in this quote

The early promise of reconstruction eventually faded as a confluence of events conspired against their political advancement

How does this image reflect the sectional tensions that existed in the United States leading up to the civil war

The tensions between two sides led to violence even on the floor of congress

President Lincoln delayed issuing the emancipation proclamation because of his concern that it would

cause the border states to secede