Why was Dred Scott's Supreme Court decision so impactful?

Reaffirmed that all enslaved African Americans were property.

Which of the following IS NOT an issue that divided Americans during the era of Reconstruction?

Should women be given the right to vote?

The States' rights to create tariffs became a point of contention because ...

the North wanted High & South wanted Low/No.

What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?

Freedmen often remained economically dependant on their former owners.

Which phrase completes the diagram below (the question mark in the middle)?

Discriminated against African Americans, Denied African Americans' freedom of movement and basic civil rights

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Created imaginary line indicating slave & non-slave states across the US.

What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?

providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

After the Kansas - Nebraska Act passed (including Popular Sovereignty), Northerners headed to Kansas because ...

They wanted to create an anti-slavery majority of voters there.

The Republican Party ran on platforms of ...

North, Anti-Slavery, Federal Gov control

Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent the 15th amendment?

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed.

The excerpt below is from Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) What practice did this ruling uphold?

racial segregation in public places

What was an immediate effect of the changes described below, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?

The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

Which of the following was NOT a direct consequence of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Slavery in the United States was abolished.

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

The war became a moral contest over slavery

What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan?

Suffocate the S. by controlling the Mississippi River & S. ports.

What do the Reconstruction Amendments all have in common?

Extended rights to African Americans and/or minorities after the Civil War.

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1
Why was Dred Scott's Supreme Court decision so impactful?
Decision to add 2 new members to the Supreme Court.
Gave all African Americans the right to vote.
Reaffirmed that all enslaved African Americans were property.
Reaffirmed segregation in public places.
2
Which of the following IS NOT an issue that divided Americans during the era of Reconstruction?
How should Southern states be re-admitted to the Union?
Should former Confederate leaders be allowed in public office?
What was the position of former slaves (freedmen) in Southern society?
Should women be given the right to vote?
3
The States' rights to create tariffs became a point of contention because ...
the North wanted Low/No & the South wanted High.
Tariffs are all about the ability to own enslaved people.
the North wanted High & South wanted Low/No.
it involved the debate of who was permitted to vote.
4
Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Civil War?
Failed Compromises
Institution of Slavery
States' Rights
South Holding More Power
5
The Radical Republicans in Congress in the House of Representatives overrode Johnson's Veto of what?
Reconstruciton Acts of 1867
Ostend Manifesto
Emancipation Proclamation
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
6
What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?
Freedmen often remained economically dependant on their former owners.
Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former owners.
Freedmen played an important role in local and state government.
Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.
7
Which phrase completes the diagram below (the question mark in the middle)?
Discriminated against African Americans
Denied African Americans' freedom of movement and basic civil rights
Provided Americans of all races with equal rights under the law
Required racial segregation in all public places
8
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Created an imaginary line for trade with England across the US.
Allowed Kansas & Nebraska to vote on their slavery status.
Added CA as a free state into the US.
Created imaginary line indicating slave & non-slave states across the US.
9
What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
providing aid and education to emancipated slaves
helping Confederate states get readmitted to the Union
preventing violence against African Americans in the South
securing protections for African Americans' voting rights
10
After the Kansas - Nebraska Act passed (including Popular Sovereignty), Northerners headed to Kansas because ...
The climate and rich soil promised better farming than the North.
They wanted to create an anti-slavery majority of voters there.
Southern immigrants there were campaigning to secede from the Union.
Jobs working on the transcontinental railroad were available there.
11
Which party was created in the aftermath of Bleeding Kansas with Lincoln at the forefront?
Republican Party
Democrat Party
Libretarian Party
Whig Party
12
The Republican Party ran on platforms of ...
North, Pro-Slavery, Federal Gov control
South, Anti-Slavery, State Gove control
North, Anti-Slavery, Federal Gov control
South, Pro-Slavery, State Gov control
13
Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent the 15th amendment?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed.
Increased participation in government = nation’s first biracial democracy
“Jim Crow” laws imposed racial segregation in public places.
Southern states were required to attend separate public schools
14
The excerpt below is from Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) What practice did this ruling uphold?
racial segregation in public places
free public schooling for all races
African-American participation in politics
job training for freedmen
15
What was an immediate effect of the changes described below, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?
Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties.
The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld.
Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly.
The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.
16
Which of the following was NOT a direct consequence of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Literacy tests and poll taxes implemented to prevent freedmen from voting.
African American males earned the right to vote.
African Americans were terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan
Slavery in the United States was abolished.
17
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in Northern states were freed
The war became a moral contest over slavery
Slaves in border states were immediately freed
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army
18
What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan?
Sign treaties with Britain & France.
Suffocate the S. by controlling the Mississippi River & S. ports.
Disrupt the S. supply lines by contorlling the railroad junctions.
Attack and bring under control key Southern cities.
19
Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?
15th
13th
14th
1st
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What do the Reconstruction Amendments all have in common?
They were passed by Abraham Lincoln.
They were passed in order to favor the white Southern governments.
Extended rights to African Americans and/or minorities after the Civil War.
Radical Republicans did not support them.

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