Practice Test

Question 1

Under the system of sharecropping, contracts usually favored

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landowners.

Question 2

As the Civil War began, the South’s strategy was to

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defend itself until Northern forces gave up the fight.

Question 3

Why did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

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to outline the rights granted to all male citizens of the United States

Question 4

In the 1850s, the term “Bleeding Kansas” referred to

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violence related to slavery.

Question 5

Under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction, what percentage of a state’s population had to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union for the state to be readmitted?

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10 percent

Question 6

Which of these is the most common characteristic of a political map?

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identification of cities, states, and countries

Question 7

Which discipline helps us to understand the past by studying the physical features of the environment?

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geography

Question 8

The tract of land the United States received at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 was called

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the Mexican Cession.

Question 9

The North’s Anaconda Plan was based on

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blockading Southern ports.

Question 10

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to

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the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South.

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