Overtime STAAR Review

Question 1

This group led a strong movement to rid America of slavery with the help of Frederick Douglass.

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Abolitionists

Question 2

This erupted over a border dispute between the Rio Grande and Nueces River.

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Mexican American War

Question 3

I was a strong advocate for Women's Rights and worked alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Susan B. Anthony

Question 4

This law provided families with land they could own after 5 years of improvements & growth.

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Homestead Act

Question 5

This territory, purchased in 1803 for $15 million, helped unknowingly finance a revolution

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Louisiana Purchase

Question 6

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a strategic move to free Southern slaves after the...

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Battle of Antietam

Question 7

This was vetoed by Lincoln for making it too difficult to repair the Union.

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Wade-Davis Bill

Question 8

This Supreme Court case was a victory for the Cherokees as Marshall upheld land rights

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Worcester v. Georgia

Question 9

This is the idea that states have the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional

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States' Rights Theory

Question 10

This law encouraged states to sell land for universities to create agricultural arts.

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Morrill Act

Question 11

I vetoed the 2nd National Bank and spread political power to all people for majority rule.

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Andrew Jackson

Question 12

This amendment to the Constitution granted citizenship to all races.

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14th Amendment

Question 13

This territory, purchased for $15 million, was a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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Mexican Cession

Question 14

This reform aimed to end American dependency on alcohol leading some to prohibition

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Temperance

Question 15

This law from 1828 raised taxes on raw materials & manufactured goods angering Southerners

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Tariff of Abominations

Question 16

This group provided food, supplies, and helped establish schools after the Civil War for slaves

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Freedmen's Bureau

Question 17

This significant event in 1848 enabled one group to write their "Declaration of Sentiments"

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Seneca Falls Convention

Question 18

"The right of citizens... to vote shall not be denied...on account of race or color."

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15th Amendment

Question 19

I worked to provide free public education for all and training for teachers.

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Horace Mann

Question 20

This territory was purchased for $10 million to fund a trans-continental railroad.

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Gadsden Purchase

Question 21

I was the Southern general who refused to fight for the Union but fought for Virginia.

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Robert E. Lee

Question 22

These led to decades of oppression for African Americans in the South all the way to the 1960s.

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Jim Crow and Black codes

Question 23

This is the practice of winning candidates giving govt jobs to political backers or supporters.

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Spoils System

Question 24

This law nearly destroyed the Native American culture but sought to help them adapt.

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Dawes Act

Question 25

This period came to an end when most southern states had troops removed and ratified 13-15th.

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Reconstruction

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