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The Supreme Court’s ruling against Dred Scott stated that

A
enslaved people were not citizens.
B
free Black people had the same rights as other US citizens.
C
enslaved people could not go into free states or territories.
D
the Missouri Compromise should be upheld.
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After emancipation, many formerly enslaved people built farms on abandoned land. What did President Johnson do with this land during Reconstruction?

A
Johnson returned the land to its former owners.
B
Johnson seized the land for the federal government.
C
Johnson officially gave the land to formerly enslaved people.
D
Johnson arranged for the government to purchase the land.
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The main reason the Free Soilers came to Kansas in the 1800s was

A
to ensure that the people of Kansas could be enslavers.
B
to ensure that Kansas voted to become a free state.
C
to help free Black people move into the territory.
D
to claim the free land they were promised in Kansas.
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Which side claimed victory for the Battle of Shiloh?

A
neither the North nor the South.
B
both the North and South.
C
the South.
D
the North.
5

In the debate over the Thirteenth Amendment, Democrats in Congress

A
sought to end the institution of slavery for good.
B
tried to stop racism against African Americans.
C
pushed for the reinstatement of states’ rights.
D
called for a ban on involuntary servitude.
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Where did the first major battle of the Civil War take place?

A
Antietam
B
Chancellorsville
C
Bull Run
D
Fredericksburg
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How did the system of sharecropping affect landowners and laborers in the South?

A
The system did not provide landowners with enough profits because laborers often took sizable cuts.
B
The system typically drove laborers off the farms they had worked when they were enslaved and left landowners without workers.
C
The system often trapped laborers in a cycle of debt and dependence while allowing landowners to profit from laborers’ hard work.
D
The system left landowners with mounting piles of debt because laborers had little to no incentives to work the fields.
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How did Congress react to the Black Codes of the 1860s?

A
Congress passed new laws that restricted the rights of African Americans.
B
Congress asked President Johnson to take control of Reconstruction.
C
Congress took control of Reconstruction from President Johnson.
D
Congress supported President Lincoln’s plan for states’ readmittance.
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Five days after General Lee surrendered to General Grant,

A
Jefferson Davis was assassinated.
B
Jefferson Davis was arrested.
C
Andrew Johnson was arrested.
D
President Lincoln was assassinated.
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How did the First Battle of Bull Run affect the North’s view of the Civil War?

A
It provided confidence that victory would be easy.
B
It led the North to use the Anaconda Plan.
C
It provided confidence the war would have little consequence.
D
It led the North to create the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for

A
killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.
B
unlawfully taking someone's possessions.
C
forcing someone to work at gunpoint.
D
setting a sharecropper's house and fields on fire.
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In 1883, several civil rights cases came before the Supreme Court that were related to

A
freedom of speech and the Ku Klux Klan.
B
land ownership for Southern sharecroppers.
C
discrimination in public facilities.
D
voting, poll taxes, and literacy tests.
13

How many states or parts of states did the US create from the Mexican Cession?

A
two
B
five
C
seven
D
ten
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Which of the following best explains why South Carolina wanted to secede from the Union?

A
South Carolinians disagreed with Northerners, who believed Dred Scott should have won his freedom.
B
South Carolinians believed that Abraham Lincoln was not qualified to be president.
C
South Carolinians disagreed with Northerners, who refused to let Jefferson Davis run for president.
D
South Carolinians saw Abraham Lincoln as a threat to the institution of slavery.
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Which law banned slavery anywhere in the United States or its jurisdiction?

A
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
B
the Reconstruction Act of 1867
C
the Thirteenth Amendment
D
the Fourteenth Amendment
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President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

A
punished Confederates who owned large farms.
B
issued harsh penalties for Confederate military officers.
C
required all states to abolish the practice of slavery.
D
required states to repay their war debts quickly.
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How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the rights of free Black people in the North?

A
It required them to work for lower wages.
B
It limited their freedom of speech.
C
It prevented them from traveling to Canada.
D
It stripped them of their right to trial by jury.
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Who surrendered on behalf of the South at the end of the Civil War?

A
Andrew Johnson
B
Jefferson Davis
C
Robert E. Lee
D
Ulysses S. Grant
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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

A
anyone can enforce the law as long as they are citizens.
B
all states follow similar rules and legal processes.
C
any state can deprive its citizens of due process.
D
all non-citizens are not covered by due process.
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Which was an advantage for the North at the start of the Civil War?

A
It was fighting a defensive battle.
B
It had cotton it could sell to Europe.
C
It had a longer coastline.
D
It had a larger population.

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