Unit 5 history

When President Lincoln made this speech, which step toward civil war had already taken place?

(4) Several Southern states had seceded from the Union.

Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of

14th and 15th amendments

Speaker A: the [African-American] demands equality- political equality, industrial equality and social equality; and he is never going to be satisfied with anything else Speaker B: equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races is for the preservation of the public peace and good order Speaker C: vocational training will provide the means for African Americans to gain the civil liberties they deserve Speaker D: the best answer for the equality of the [African Americans] lies in a return to his homeland Africa Which speaker most strongly agrees with the beliefs of W.E.B DuBois?

A

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." This statement reveals president Lincolns support for

A fair and generous peace

The passage of Jim Crow laws in the south after reconstruction was aided in part by

A narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment by the United States Supreme Court

The underlying reason for the for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was

A power struggle with Congress over reconstruction

Since the southern states legally never left the union they should be restored to the union as soon as possible. the position expressed in this statement is most closely associated with the beliefs of

Abraham Lincoln

Which speaker would most likely support the Jim Crow laws that emerged in the 1890s?

B

Which speaker most accurately represents the opinions of President Abraham Lincoln?

C

A. Nullification crisis B. Kansas-Nebraska Act C. Dred Scott v. Sanford D. Election of Lincoln Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

Causes of sectional conflict

President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to

Convince southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life

Before the civil war, the principal of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of

Deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state

The homestead act, The mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad are most likely associated with the

Decline of the plains Indians

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford helped to increase sectional conflict because the decision

Denied congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories

In the homestead act and the pacific railway act were passed primarily to

Develop the Midwest and western parts of the country

Which Supreme Court decision created the need for a constitutional amendment that would grant citizenship to formerly enslaved persons?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

The purpose of the homestead act of 1862 which provided free liberal land, was to

Encourage settlement of the west

Compromise enables Maine and Missouri to enter Union California admitted to union as free state Kansas-Nebraska sets up popular sovereignty Which issue is reflected in these headlines?

Extension of slavery

Which newspaper headline would have appeared during the reconstruction period after the civil war?

Former slaves made citizens

Which region of the United States was most directly affected by the passage of the homestead act?

Great Plains

The north's rapid economic growth during the civil war stimulated by

Increased government demand for many products

The publication of Uncle Tom Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

Intensifying northern dislike of slavery

What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the south after the civil war?

It kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent

A major reason for commodore Matthew Perry's 1854 visit to Japan was to

Open United States trade relations with Japan

Publication of the liberator Kansas-Nebraska act Dred Scott decision These events listed above all contributed to

Outbreak of the civil war

After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

Passage of Jim crow laws

A poster in Boston urged their citizens to keep a sharp look out for kidnappers and slave catchers that might be in the city This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the

Passage of the fugitive slave law

Speaker A: the right way to settle the question of slavery in territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free Speaker B: the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford is exactly is country needs. Perhaps now the abolitionists will stop their meddling. Speaker C: secession is unlawful and treasonous. Everything possible must be done to preserve the union. Speaker D: the rights of the states must be protected. The federal government is exceeding its authority The solution by Speaker A is known as

Popular sovereignty

As the civil war began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

Preserve the Union

The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th amendment was to

Protect the rights of African Americans

This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to

Protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons

Most southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford because it

Protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Stanford was significant because it

Ruled that congress could not ban slavery in the territories

Which phrase best completes the title for the paragraph outline shown below 1. Reasons for the A. Increasing sectionalism B. Disagreements over states rights C. Breakdown of compromise D. Election of 1860

Secession of the southern states of the union

The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in plessy v. Ferguson, provided for

Separate public facilities based on race

A house divided against itself cannot stand... I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or another... The divided house referred to in the speech was caused primarily by...

Slavery

In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States.

Which statement most accurately describes president Abraham Lincolns plan for reconstruction after the civil war?

The Union should be restored as quickly as possible.

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

activities of the Underground Railroad

Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the

adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution

Following reconstruction, the term new south was most often used to describe

changes in the Southern economy

During reconstruction, the black codes passed by southern states were attempts to

deny equal rights to African Americans

Many Southern States tried to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction by

enacting Jim Crow laws

The homestead act was important in the growth of the west because it

encouraged settlement of the Great Plains

The Jim Crow legal system, which expanded in the south after Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was based on the Supreme Courts interpretation of the

equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

What was a common purpose of the three amendments added to the United States constitution between 1865 and 1870?

granting rights to African Americans

The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in

increased individual rights for African Americans

Black codes were established in the south immediately after the civil war in an effort to

limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

literacy tests and poll taxes were often used to

limit voter participation by African Americans

One way that "Bleeding Kansas" the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events

made sectional compromise more difficult

Following the civil war fewer immigrants settled in the south because

more factories that employed unskilled laborers were located in the North

Southern states attempted to limit the impact of constitutional amendments passed during the reconstruction era by

passing Jim Crow laws

The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to

prevent them from voting

In the 1850s, the phrase Bleeding Kansas was used to describe clashes between

proslavery and antislavery groups

The homestead act of 1862 helped the development of the west by

providing free land to settlers

Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, the congressional plan for Reconstruction required them to

ratify the 14th amendment

The radical republicans in congress opposed president Abraham Lincolns plan for reconstruction because Lincoln

rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South

Following the civil war, many southern states enacted black codes to

restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that...

sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

In the ten years following the civil war, a large number of former slaves earned a living by becoming

sharecroppers on Southern farms