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