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Mr. Potter - 8th Grade U.S. History
U.S. History Chapters 14-16
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8th Grade
02/19/2013

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Yes or No

 

Mill towns grew in the pastwar South because of the new emphasis on grain farming.

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No
Term
What agricultural economic system developed in the South after the Civil War?
Definition
sharecropping
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Which Constitutional amendment dealt with citizenship?
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the Fourteenth Amendment
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Which Constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
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the Thirteenth Amendment
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Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president?
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Andrew Johnson
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What was the name of Lincoln's plan for reconstructing the South?
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the Ten Percent Plan
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What term denotes the time following the Civil War in which the nation dealt with the problems left by the war?
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Reconstruction
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Yes or No

 

Both the first and second battles of Bull Run ended in Confederate victory.

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Yes
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Who assassinated President Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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What term describes General Sherman's destructive advance through the South?
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March to the Sea
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In the Battle of Gettysburg, what famous Confederate attack through an open field resulted in the loss of thousands of Confederate soldiers?
Definition
Pickett's Charge
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What did President Lincoln issue following the Battle of Antietam to strengthen the Union cause?
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Confederate cause was lost when Lee surrendered at...
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Appomattox
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The Battle of Antietam...
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gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue his Emancipation Proclamation
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What name was given to the nation formed by the states that seceded from the Union?
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the Confederate States of America
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Who was the leading black abolitionist who traveled and gave lectures against slavery?
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Frederick Douglass
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What secret network of people gave aid to runaway slaves traveling north?
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the Underground Railroad
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What vocal abolitionist condemned slavery through the publication of a newspaper called the Liberator?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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What word meant a movement to do away with slavery?
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abolitionism
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What word meand granting freedom to the slaves?
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emancipation
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At the outset of the war, the South had all of the following advantages except

-a hope of foreigh assistance

-a large and well-trained navy

-better military commanders

-a concern for protecting its homes and way of life

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a large and well-trained navy
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At the outset of the war, the North had all of the following advantages except

-having only to defend its borders

-more industry

-a fast-growing population

-more railroads

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having only to defend its borders
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The Confederate States of America chose as its first president...
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Jefferson Davis
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The first state to secede from the Union was...
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South Carolina
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Which of the following was a result of the Dred Scott decision?

-Chances for political compromise on the slavery issue were destroyed.

-The expansion of slavery into the territories was prohibited.

-Slaves received full citizenship.

-The Missouri Compromise was upheld.

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Chances for political compromise on the slavery issue were destroyed.
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In 1857, the Supreme Court decided a very important case regarding slavery and involving...
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Dred Scott
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The new political party that formed in 1854 was the...
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Republican Party
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The one piece of literature that contributed most to the abolitionist cause in the years prior to the Civil War was...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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