history test
What did the 15th amendment guarantee?
African American men the right to vote
Who was Frederick Douglass?
An abolitionist who started an anti-slavery newspaper
which of these were odds about how to reconstruct the nation
Andrew Johnson and Congress
what was the anaconda plan designed to do?
Block the souths port cities so they could not get supplies
What state was at the center of the compromise of 1850?
California
What impact did the dred scott case have on the various "Compromises" over slavery?
It made them all valid
The abolitionist who tried to lead a slave revolt at harpers ferry was whom?
John Brown
Why did andrew Johnson become president in 1863
Lincolns assassination
Which of these were a piece of the Missouri Compromise
Maine would enter the union as a free state, Slavery would not be allowed north of the 36'30' line of latitude.
The idea that it "Seemed obvious that the u.s. would extend from one ocean to the other" refers to..
Manifest Destiny
How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the civil war
Newly freed African Americans joined the union army
what state was carved out for native americans by the indian removal act of 1830
Oklahoma
Abolitionists believed that
People should actively work to end slavery and keep it from spreading west
The Kansas-nebraska act said which one of these?
Popular sovereignty would decided whether kansas would allow slavery or not.
The lawful separation of the races in the south was known as what?
Segregation
What did the 13th amendment guarantee
That slavery would be banned in the united states
What event caused the south to secede from the union?
The election of lincoln
Americans were driven westward, mostly as a result of what?
The incredible rush of gold and other resources
one major advantage for the north(union) during the civil war was
a larger population
How did the supreme court rule in the dred scott case?
all of the above
Who was the Ku Klux Klan?
all of these
What was the Freeman's Bureau?
an agency designed to help newly freed slaves in adjusting to freedom
Lincoln questioned whether he had the __________ to free slaves prior to the Emancipation Proclamation
authority
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
citizenship to freed slaves
what was a major advantage for the south in the civil war
fighting on their home turf
the emancipation proclamation freed slaves who were residing where
in the southern states that were taken back by the union states
Why was the civil war particularly hard on the south?
many of the battles took place there, so their farms and towns were destroyed.
How did an increase in voters during the 1800s benefit andrew jacksons politcal career
new voters identified his humble beginnings
What was a major disadvantage for the south during the civil war?
they had few factories to make supplies
The term secede means
to break away