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Popular sovereignty affected slavery in the U.S. so |
States or territories would decide whether to permit slavery |
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Chief Justice Rodger B Taney argued that congress couldn’t prohibit someone from taking slaves into federal territory because |
Slaves were property and property was defended by the law |
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Ulysses S Grant was qualified to lead an army because |
He served in the Mexican-American war and proved his strength in battle |
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Lincoln waited till after the battle of Antietam to announce the emancipation proclamation because |
He wanted the union to be in a position of strength |
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African-American soldiers faced more difficulties than a white soldier because they were |
Killed or sold into slavery if captured by the confederacy |
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Lincoln waited till after the battle of Antietam to announce the emancipation proclamation because |
He wanted the union to be in a position of strength |
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African-American soldiers faced more difficulties than a white soldier because they were |
Killed or sold into slavery if captured by the confederacy |
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The battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War because |
It was the last time Lee’s troops launched an attack in the north |
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The Wade Davis bill differed from Lincolns 10% plan because |
The way Davis bill required that a majority of southern males take an oath of loyalty |
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Lincoln’s main vision for the reconstruction was to |
Reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible |
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After winning the election in 1888 Tamany Hall rewarded his supporters with |
Jobs |
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Why were business leaders apprised to granting women the right to vote |
They thought women would support minimum wage and child labor |
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Which of the 3 reconstruction amendments granted African American men to vote |
15th |
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Andrew Jackson’s administration set up new southern government by |
Allowing elections of state and federal representatives |
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Which group of people did the 14th amendment exclude from US citizenship |
Native Americans |
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What change in southern governments brought about the end of many reconstruction reforms |
Low ranking former confederates were permitted to hold public office |
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A direct affect of the compromise of 1877 was the |
Removal of federal troops from the south |
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Jobs in which industry offered many southern workers in alternative to farming |
Cotton |
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The decline in working conditions in the late 1800s occurred because of |
The emphasis on high profits and efficiency |
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The government responded to the Homestead and Pullman strikes by |
Sending in federal troops to break up the strikes |
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what were Union members fighting for that led to the Haymarket Riot |
8 hour workdays |
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Politics during the Gilded age were |
Corrupted |