This law authorized the arrest of escaped slaves in states
where slavery was illegal
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Fugitive Slave Act
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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United
States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of
the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the
Constitution... Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson The
proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these
historical events?
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The Nullification Crisis
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This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such
scenes would look dramatically different after the
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Ratification of the 15th Amendment
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The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant
because he was the first African American to
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serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
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All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.
To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object
for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while
the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the
territorial enlargement of it. President Abraham Lincoln, second
inaugural address, 1865 In the excerpt above, what does this
interest refer to?
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Slavery
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One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the
Civil War was that Confederate forces had
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knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought
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The information above describes what city?
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New Orleans
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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use
popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be
free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained
from the
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U.S.-Mexican War
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Provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Designated all
people born in the United States (except American Indians) as
citizens Granted all citizens certain rights under the law What is
the historical significance of this act?
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It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected
racial minorities.
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How was the event depicted in this image significant to the
Civil War? Bombardment of Fort Sumter
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The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war.
(1 st Battle of The Civil War)
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This controversial law allowed slave-hunters to seize alleged
fugitive slaves without due process of law and prohibited anyone
from aiding escaped fugitives or obstructing their recovery.
Because it was often presumed that a black person was a slave, the
law threatened the safety of all blacks.... Text from an online
exhibit describing the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 What was one
result of the law described above?
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Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support
the abolitionist movement.
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Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern
governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson.
These laws imposed severe restrictions on freedmen, such as
prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries,
and limiting their right to testify against white men. They were
also forbidden from carrying weapons in public places and working
in certain occupations. Southern states passed the codes described
in this excerpt in order to
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limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments
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The diagram illustrated describes the sequence of events
related to ----
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Dred Scott v Sandford ( 1857)
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What was one major impact of this novel?
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Support grew for the abolitionist movement.
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This quotation shows Clays commitment to --
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Unity for the nation
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To which book is President Lincoln referring to above?
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Uncle Toms Cabin
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Which Amendment reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott
v. Sandford?
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The Fourteenth Amendment
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The Nullification crisis concerned South Carolinas
dissatisfaction with Federal policy on ----
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Tariffs
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What was a result of the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854?
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Fighting broke out between pro- slavery and anti-slavery groups
in Kansas.
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After General Robert E. Lees surrender at Appomattox Court
House, the main priority of the United States was to
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implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the
Union (Reconstruction)
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What helped the development of the plantation culture in the
South?
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The climate allowed planters to raise profitable cash
crops
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Who were the presidents and generals of both the Union and
Confederacy?
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Union President Abraham Lincoln Union General Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy President Jefferson Davis Confederacy General Robert E.
Lee
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Why did Elizabeth Cady Stanton oppose the 15 th amendment?
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Women were still excluded from voting
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What is Civil Disobedience?
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The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and
fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
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The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because
it -
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Gave the Union control of the Mississippi river
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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
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Authorized the President of the United States to survey
American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for
individual Indians.