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53 Cards in this Set
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The goal of the new Federalist Party was to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories
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False
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Stephen Douglas took a strong stand against slavery's expansion in the Lincoln-Douglas debates
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True
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Roger B Taney was the Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote that Dred Scott was not a free man
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True
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Northerners supported John Brown
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False
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Northern reaction to John Brown's raid shocked and angered southern African Americans
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False
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In northern states, dissenters called abolitionists spoke out against the war
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False
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In the South, strong beliefs in military service caused some governors to object to their troops' being commanded by officers from other states
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True
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Both the North and South had draft laws
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False
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The Union blockade prevented the South from gaining money by selling rice overseas
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True
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The Wade-Davis Bill required 50 percent of voters sign a loyalty oath before a state could return to the Union
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True
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Most freedmen were uneduated and poor
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False
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The assasination of Abraham Lincoln dashed hopes for a harsh plan for Reconstruction
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True
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To outlaw the black codes, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1866
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False
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The Fourteenth Amendment banned slavery in the United States
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False
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The Radical Republicans used violence to keep African Americans out of political office
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False
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The Democratic candidate during the election of 1876 was Rutherford Hayes
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False
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Republicans were hurt by widespread corruption in the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes
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False
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The election of 1870 led to the end of Reconstruction
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True
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The Grandfather clauses were a way to ensure that only white men could vote
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False
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The separate facilities set up for blacks and whites in the South were usually equal
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True
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During Reconstruction, the South began to develop its industry in order to become more self-sufficient
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True
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Congress set up the Freedmen's Bureau to help former enslaved people find jobs
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True
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Plains Native Americans relied on buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing
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False
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The Ghost Dance represented a way for Native Americans to return to the reservations
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True
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In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson wrote a book that told of the destruction of native culture
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Freesoil Party
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The ________________ Party did not want the land gained in the Mexican-American War to allow slavery
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California
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The question of the admission of _____________ to the Union as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850
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Washington DC
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In 1850, slave trade was banned in ____________
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Fugitive Slave law
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The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to join the US as a free state and passed a strict _____________, which allowed escaped slavers in the North to be recaptured
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South
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Leadership by the most experienced military officers was an advantage held by the _______________
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Battle of Bull Run
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Expectations of a quick victory were dashed for both sides at ___________
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North
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General Robert E. Lee decided to invade the ________________ when General George McClellan was forced to retrear near Richmond.
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Forts
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General Ulysses S. Grant was able to capture two important ____________ in the western Confederacy
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Union
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In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was able to capture two important ____________ in the western Confederacy
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Boomtowns
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Town that grew near mines were called __________
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Wild West
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The myth of the "____________" came from the idea that the West was a place of adventure
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Railroads
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The increase in western farming after the Civil War promoted in part by __________
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Native Americans
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Many _________ fought to defend their deeds to land in the Southwest as other settlers moved in.
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John Brown
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abolitionist who led a raid on US Army weapons stored at Harper's Ferry
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Propaganda
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false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
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Abraham Lincoln
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candidate for the senate who argued against the spread of slavery
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Popular Sovereignity
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process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elevted representatives decide
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John C. Calhoun
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senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850
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Carpetbaggers
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name given to northern whites who went south to start business or to pursur political careers during Reconstruction
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Ku Klux Klan
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the secret society that terrorized blacks and their white allies
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Amnesty
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A pardon for a group of people
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Voting tax
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a personal tax to be paid before voting
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Jim Crow laws
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the laws passed by southern states that barred mixing of the races in most aspects of everyday life
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Comstock Lode
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source of gold and silver in Nevada
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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reformer who wrote A Century of Dishonor
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Reservations
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land set aside for Native Americans to live on
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Promontory
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town in Utah where the two parts of the transcontinental railroad were joined
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Vaquero
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Mexican Cowhand
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