Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?

The balance between free and slave states was maintained

What was the aim of "total war" as practiced by Union generals Grant and Sherman?

to break the Southern people's will to fight, to break the Southern people's will to fight

Why did new Republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?

Many white Southerners didn't accept equal rights for blacks

What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments have in common?

They were intended to correct the injustices of slavery.

Why were the military districts shown on the map created during Reconstruction?

to govern the former Confederate states

The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to:

protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States to:

keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote

What was a common purpose of the 3 amendments added to the Constitution between 1865 and 1870?

granting rights to African Americans

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1
Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?
The balance between free and slave states was maintained
Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River.
36°30' line forms a new boundary between the US and Canada
Unorganized territories to be governed by the US and Britain
2
What was the aim of "total war" as practiced by Union generals Grant and Sherman?
to fight until the Confederacy had no army left
to break the Southern people's will to fight
to break the Southern people's will to fight
to use the most lethal weapons available
3
Following Reconstruction, passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
Black Codes
tenant farming and sharecropping
the Freedmen’s Bureau
the 14th and 15th amendments
4
Why did new Republican governments in the South after the Civil War have difficulty?
African Americans resented interference from carpetbaggers.
Many white Southerners didn't accept equal rights for blacks
Slavery remained in force in several Southern states.
Blacks didn't hold office at the state or local level
5
Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws were enacted in Southern states as a means to
provide an education for formerly enslaved persons.
enforce racial segregation.
protect the voting rights of formerly enslaved persons.
ensure equal protection under the law.
6
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments have in common?
They all granted more political rights to former slaves
They all limited the power of the state governments.
They were meant to solve problems created by Reconstruction
They were intended to correct the injustices of slavery.
7
Which group benefited most from the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
Abolitionists
Immigrants
Enslaved people
Slave owners
8
The situation shown in this 1950 photograph is a direct result of the:
passage of Jim Crow laws
Great Migration
Montgomery bus boycott
application of grandfather clauses
9
Why were the military districts shown on the map created during Reconstruction?
to create economic and social equality in the South
to move Native American Indians to reservations.
to pay for the physical rebuilding of the South
to govern the former Confederate states
10
The map illustrates the impact on the United States of the
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Decision
Great Compromise
11
These members of the Republican Party left their Northern homes to move south to make $$$
Radical Republicans
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
African Americans
12
The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to:
require the federal gov't to pay the costs of Reconstruction
extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains
make it easier for immigrants to become citizens
protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons
13
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States to:
stop criminals and immigrants from voting
keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote
eliminate bribery and corruption at polling places
enforce the terms of the 15th amendment
14
The Union's 3 part plan to win the Civil War was called:
Total War
The March to the Sea
Grant's Folly
The Anaconda Plan
15
What was a common purpose of the 3 amendments added to the Constitution between 1865 and 1870?
protecting rights of Southerners accused of treason
granting rights to African Americans
extending suffrage to Southern women
reforming the sharecropping system

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