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

A
geography
B
anthropology
C
archaeology
D
history
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Under the system of sharecropping, contracts usually favored

A
laborers.
B
the government.
C
landowners.
D
freedmen.
3

What was the important precedent set by the Gitlow v. New York case?

A
The due process clause was dropped from the Fourteenth Amendment.
B
The equal protection clause was dropped from the Fourteenth Amendment.
C
First Amendment freedoms were incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
Fourteenth Amendment rights were incorporated into the Fifteenth Amendment.
4

Why did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

A
to outline the rights granted to all Americans, both men and women
B
to enfranchise former Confederates who had lost their voting rights
C
to outline the rights granted to all male citizens of the United States
D
to support the Black Codes, which granted rights to African Americans
5

The North’s Anaconda Plan was based on

A
capturing Richmond.
B
blockading Southern ports.
C
destroying the South’s railroads.
D
controlling the Mississippi River.
6

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

A
proslavery laws in Kansas.
B
battles during the Civil War.
C
the forced relocation of Indigenous peoples.
D
violence related to slavery.
7

After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by

A
signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
B
paying reparations to them.
C
helping them move to the Northern states.
D
passing amendments to the Constitution.
8

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

A
the Republic of Texas.
B
the Mexican Cession.
C
the Gadsden Purchase.
D
the Louisiana Purchase.
9

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

A
elect a proslavery president to the White House.
B
use its superior resources to overcome the North.
C
block supply ships from entering Southern ports.
D
defend itself until Northern forces gave up the fight.
10

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

A
labels for continents and oceans
B
identification of cities, states, and countries
C
key for natural resources
D
presence of topography and boundaries
11

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?

A
5 percent
B
25 percent
C
50 percent
D
10 percent
12

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

A
the beginnings of the sharecropping system.
B
the passage of the 1875 Civil Rights Act.
C
the start of the Democratic Party.
D
the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South.

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