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Quiz por Michele Papa, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Michele Papa
aproximadamente 8 anos atrás
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Questão 1
Questão
After the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory, President [blank_start]Jefferson[blank_end] appointed Captains [blank_start]Meriwether Lewis[blank_end] and [blank_start]William Clark[blank_end] to explore it.
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Jefferson
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Meriwether Lewis
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William Clark
Questão 2
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In what year did the United States and Britain sign a treaty giving up British claims south of the 49th parallel?
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1846
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1815
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1821
Questão 3
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Mexico was [blank_start]lenient[blank_end] about slavery in Texas.
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lenient
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strict
Questão 4
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After admitting Texas a state, President [blank_start]Polk[blank_end] wanted U.S. control of the entire Southwest. He sent a diplomatic mission with an ofer to purchase New Mexico and Upper California. The Mexican government [blank_start]refused to meet[blank_end].
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refused to meet
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Polk
Questão 5
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Since Mexico did not sell the United States New Mexico and Upper California, both countries declared war in [blank_start]1846[blank_end].
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1846
Questão 6
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The southwestern boundary of the United States was completed in [blank_start]1853[blank_end].
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1853
Questão 7
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Slavery in the English colonies began in 1619 when [blank_start]twenty Africans[blank_end] arrived in the colony of [blank_start]Virginia[blank_end] at Jamestown.
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twenty Africans
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Virginia
Questão 8
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After 1815 the nation enjoyed the "[blank_start]era of good feelings[blank_end]." People were moving into the West; industry and agriculture were growing; and national pride united Americans.
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era of good feelings
Questão 9
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The [blank_start]American System[blank_end] was proposed by Henry Clay. This tariff's purpose was to fund road building and other infrastructure as well as to create a national bank. This tariff was passed in [blank_start]1824[blank_end].
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American System
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1824
Questão 10
Questão
In the presidential election of 1824, [blank_start]John C. Calhoun[blank_end] had proposed the very high tariffs in an effort to get Eastern business interests to vote with the agricultural interests in the South.
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John C. Calhoun
Questão 11
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Vice President Calhoun declared that if any state felt that a federal law was [blank_start]unconstitutional[blank_end], that state could [blank_start]nullify[blank_end] it.
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unconstitutional
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nullify
Questão 12
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In [blank_start]1832[blank_end], Congress lowered the tariff slightly but not enough to please [blank_start]South Carolina[blank_end], which promptly declared it null and void, threatening to [blank_start]secede from the Union[blank_end].
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1832
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South Carolina
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secede from the Union
Questão 13
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With the admission of [blank_start]Missouri[blank_end], slavery would not be allowed in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory [blank_start]north[blank_end] of latitude [blank_start]36[blank_end] degrees [blank_start]30[blank_end]'.
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Missouri
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north
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36
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30
Questão 14
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Admitting Missouri as a state was the first serious clash between North and South.
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- True
- False
Questão 15
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In its state constitution, the Missouri Territory [blank_start]allowed[blank_end] slavery.
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allowed
Questão 16
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Admitting Missouri would also result in an [blank_start]imbalance of U.S. senators[blank_end].
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imbalance of U.S. senators
Questão 17
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The [blank_start]Missouri Compromise[blank_end] resolved the conflict by approving admission of Maine as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state.
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Missouri Compromise
Questão 18
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[blank_start]Henry Clay[blank_end], known as the Great Compromiser, proposed a second Missouri Compromise. The U.S. Constitution guaranteed [blank_start]protections[blank_end] and [blank_start]privileges[blank_end] to citizens of states, and Missouri's proposed constitution could no deny these to any of its citizens.
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Henry Clay
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protections
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privileges
Questão 19
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The [blank_start]Doctrine of Nullification[blank_end] stated that the states had the right to nullify any act of Congress they believed to be unjust or unconstitutional.
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Doctrine of Nullification
Questão 20
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The [blank_start]nullification crisis[blank_end] climaxed over a new tariff on imported manufactured goods that was enacted by Congress in 1828.
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nullification crisis
Questão 21
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The [blank_start]tariff[blank_end] on imported manufactured goods was primarily intended to protect [blank_start]northern[blank_end] manufacturing interests in the face of imports from other countries, the effect on the [blank_start]south[blank_end] was to simply raise the prices of needed goods.
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northern
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south
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tariff
Questão 22
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In [blank_start]1858[blank_end], Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were running for office of U.S. Senator from Illinois and participated in a series of debates, which directly affected the outcome of the 1860 [blank_start]presidential election[blank_end].
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1858
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presidential election
Questão 23
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Douglas was the [blank_start]democratic[blank_end] candidate and Lincoln was the [blank_start]republican[blank_end] candidate.
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democratic
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republican
Questão 24
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Lincoln viewed slavery as [blank_start]morally wrong[blank_end] and he firmly supported his party principle that slavery must [blank_start]not be[blank_end] allowed to extend further.
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not be
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morally wrong
Questão 25
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[blank_start]Popular sovereignty[blank_end]: people living in territories and states should be allowed to decide for themselves whether slavery should be permitted.
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Popular sovereignty
Questão 26
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In 1849, [blank_start]California[blank_end] applied for admission to the Union.
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California
Questão 27
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The [blank_start]Compromise of 1850[blank_end] was a series of laws designed to solve the issue of slave versus free states. California was admitted as a [blank_start]free[blank_end] state and slave trading was [blank_start]abolished[blank_end] in Washington D.C. New Mexico and Utah territories were created and the southerners were allowed to choose to keep slavery in these states. Congress also authorized implementation of stricter measures to capture [blank_start]runaway slaves[blank_end].
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Compromise of 1850
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free
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abolished
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runaway slaves
Questão 28
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The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories with the [blank_start]Dred Scott Decision[blank_end].
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Dred Scott Decision
Questão 29
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In the debate between Lincoln and Douglas regarding the Dred Scott case, Douglas stated that territorial legislatures could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws supporting it. With this statement, Douglas [blank_start]won[blank_end] the race for senator and [blank_start]lost[blank_end] the [blank_start]nomination[blank_end] for president.
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won
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lost
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nomination
Questão 30
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[blank_start]South Carolina[blank_end] was the first state to secede from the Union.
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South Carolina
Questão 31
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The first shots of the Civil War were fired on [blank_start]Fort Sumter[blank_end] in Charleston harbor.
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Fort Sumter
Questão 32
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The [blank_start]North[blank_end] had a larger population; superiority in finances and transportation facilities; and manufacturing, agricultural, and natural resources.
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North
Questão 33
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There were [blank_start]24[blank_end] Northern states, including CA, OR, MD, DE, KY, MO and WV
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24
Questão 34
Questão
The Southern states numbered eleven and included...
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SC
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GA
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FL
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AL
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LA
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TX
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VA
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NC
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KY
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AR
Questão 35
Questão
The South knew they were at a disadvantage and did not expect to win the Civil War.
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- True
- False
Questão 36
Questão
An advantage of the [blank_start]South[blank_end] is that a number of its best officers had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at [blank_start]West[blank_end] [blank_start]Point[blank_end] and had had long years of army experience.
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South
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West
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Point
Questão 37
Questão
Men from the [blank_start]South[blank_end] were conditioned to living outdoors and were more familiar with horses and firearms.
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South
Questão 38
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The major aim of the Confederacy never wavered: to win [blank_start]independence[blank_end], the right to [blank_start]govern[blank_end] themselves as they wished, and to [blank_start]preserve[blank_end] slavery.
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independence
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govern
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preserve
Questão 39
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The [blank_start]northerners[blank_end] were not as clear in their reasons for conducting war. At the beginning, most believed that [blank_start]preservation[blank_end] of the Union was paramount. By the war's end more northerners had come to believe that [blank_start]freeing the slaves[blank_end] was just as important.
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northerners
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preservation
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freeing the slaves
Questão 40
Questão
The Civil War took more American lives than any other war in history.
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- True
- False
Questão 41
Questão
The [blank_start]South[blank_end] lost one-third of its soldiers in battle compared to about one-sixth for the [blank_start]North[blank_end].
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South
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North
Questão 42
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More than half of the total deaths were caused by [blank_start]disease[blank_end] and the horrendous conditions of [blank_start]field hospitals[blank_end].
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disease
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field hospitals
Questão 43
Questão
The Civil War resulted in the destruction of towns, farms, trade, industry, lives, and homes. An entire [blank_start]Southern[blank_end] way of life was lost.
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Southern
Questão 44
Questão
The Civil War has been called the first modern war. It changed the methods of waging war. Civil War soldiers were the first to
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fight in trenches
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fight under a unified command
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wage "major cordon defense," a strategy of advance on all fronts
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use repeating and breech-loading weapons
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use observation balloons
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use submarines, ironclad ships, and mines
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utilize telegraphy and railroads
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utilize guerrilla warfare
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drop atomic bombs
Questão 45
Questão
The Civil War was considered a [blank_start]modern[blank_end] war because of the vast destruction it created, and it was a "[blank_start]total war[blank_end]," involving the use of all of the resources of the opposing sides.
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modern
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total war
Questão 46
Questão
After the Civil War, Lincoln [blank_start]did not[blank_end] propose to punish the South.
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did not
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did
Questão 47
Questão
Lincoln's program to restore the Union consisted of two major steps. They included...
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All Southerners must swear an oath of allegiance to the Union, promising to accept all federal laws and proclamations dealing with slavery.
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A state would be able to write a new constitution, elect new officials, and return to the Union fully equal to all other states as long as a minimum number of persons take an oath of allegiance.
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Those who were a part of the Confederate government, those in the Confederate army above the rank of lieutenant, and Confederates who were guilty of mistreating prisoners of war and blacks were not eligible to receive a full pardon.
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Men who had resigned from the civil and military positions in the federal government to serve in the Confederacy were required to take an oath of allegiance and serve time in jail to receive a full pardon.
Questão 48
Questão
Reconstruction refers to the period between [blank_start]1865[blank_end] and [blank_start]1877[blank_end] when the federal and state governments debated and implemented plans to provide [blank_start]civil rights[blank_end] to freed slaves and to set the terms under which the former [blank_start]Confederate[blank_end] states might once again join the Union.
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1865
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1877
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civil rights
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Confederate
Questão 49
Questão
In [blank_start]1865[blank_end], Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, leaving Vice President [blank_start]Andrew[blank_end] [blank_start]Johnson[blank_end] to oversee the beginning of the implementation of Reconstruction.
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1865
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Andrew
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Johnson
Questão 50
Questão
Johnson allowed former Confederates to keep control of their state governments which consequently enacted [blank_start]Black Codes[blank_end]. These [blank_start]denied[blank_end] the vote to blacks and granted them [blank_start]limited[blank_end] civil rights.
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Black Codes
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denied
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limited
Questão 51
Questão
The radical Republicans in Congress sought to override the Black Codes by granting [blank_start]U.S. citizenship[blank_end] to blacks by passing a [blank_start]civil[blank_end] [blank_start]rights[blank_end] bill. Johnson [blank_start]vetoed[blank_end] the bill and Congress received the necessary [blank_start]votes[blank_end] to pass the law.
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U.S. citizenship
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civil
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rights
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vetoed
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votes
Questão 52
Questão
In 1866, the radical Republicans won control of Congress and passed the [blank_start]Reconstruction[blank_end] [blank_start]Acts[blank_end], which placed the [blank_start]governments[blank_end] of the southern states under the control of the federal military.
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Reconstruction
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Acts
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governments
Questão 53
Questão
[blank_start]Scalawags[blank_end] were white southerners who had not supported the Confederacy.
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Scalawags
Questão 54
Questão
[blank_start]Carpetbaggers[blank_end] were northerners who had moved to the South.
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Carpetbaggers
Questão 55
Questão
Resentful of Republican control, white southerners fought the new political system by joining a secret society called the [blank_start]Ku Klux Klan[blank_end]. It used [blank_start]violence[blank_end] to keep black Americans from voting and was a loos group made up mainly of former Confederate soldiers who opposed the Reconstruction government. They espoused a doctrine of [blank_start]white[blank_end] [blank_start]supremacy[blank_end].
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Ku Klux Klan
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violence
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white
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supremacy
Questão 56
Questão
In 1871, President [blank_start]Ulysses[blank_end] [blank_start]S[blank_end]. [blank_start]Grant[blank_end] took action to use federal troops to halt the activities of the KKK and actively [blank_start]prosecuted[blank_end] them in federal court.
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Ulysses
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S
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Grant
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prosecuted
Questão 57
Questão
Between [blank_start]1866[blank_end] and [blank_start]1870[blank_end], all of the states had returned to the Union.
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1866
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1870
Questão 58
Questão
Reconstruction was a limited success. It
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established public school systems
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expanded legal rights of black Americans
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successfully granted civil rights to freed slaves
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prosecuted former Confederate states
Questão 59
Questão
The [blank_start]Emancipation Proclamation[blank_end] of 1863 and the [blank_start]Thirteenth Amendment[blank_end] in 1865 ended slavery in the United States.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Thirteenth Amendment
Questão 60
Questão
The [blank_start]Redeemer[blank_end] governments consisted of Democrats who took control after federal troops and Republicans left at the end of Reconstruction. The rise of these governments marked the beginning of the [blank_start]Jim Crow[blank_end] laws and official [blank_start]segregation[blank_end].
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Redeemer
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segregation
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Jim Crow
Questão 61
Questão
Blacks were allowed to vote but [blank_start]literacy tests[blank_end] and [blank_start]poll taxes[blank_end] made it difficult to do so.
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literacy tests
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poll taxes
Questão 62
Questão
This court case upheld the Jim Crow laws in 1896 in the case [blank_start]Plessy[blank_end] v. [blank_start]Ferguson[blank_end]. [blank_start]Louisiana[blank_end] passed a law requiring separate train cars for blacks and whites. In 1892, [blank_start]Homer[blank_end] [blank_start]Plessy[blank_end] purchased a ticket in the white section and did not move when he was told to.
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Plessy
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Ferguson
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Louisiana
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Homer
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Plessy
Questão 63
Questão
Segregating races was not unconstitutional as long as the facilities for each were [blank_start]identical[blank_end]. This became known as the "[blank_start]separate but equal[blank_end]" principle.
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identical
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separate but equal
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