AnswersMACS 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1Changing Abolitionism

Rebuilding the South Answers

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A major result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that

A
it brought an end to the war.
B
it made the Union weaker.
C
it provided the Union with a larger army.
D
it brought border states into the fight.
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The Dred Scott Decision stated all of the following, except _____________ . a. that Scott was property and that Congress, based on the 5th Amendment was prohibited for taking property b. that Scott was to be imprisoned and could face the death penalty for running away c. that Congress had no power to ban slavery in territories d. Scott was still a slave, despite having once lived in a free state, and therefore could not bring forth a lawsuit. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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A
B
B
C
C
D
D
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Although he believed that slavery was wrong, Lincoln felt that Black people and White people

A
would be able to live together freely.
B
should vote on the issue of slavery.
C
should not have natural rights.
D
could not live as true equals.
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After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth

A
was hailed as a hero in the south.
B
was eventually captured.
C
became an abolitionist.
D
escaped to the North.
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The main purpose of Jim Crow laws was to

A
prevent African Americans from going to school.
B
divide African American families.
C
reestablish slavery in the South.
D
divide African Americans from Southern whites.
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Which of the following best describes how abolitionists viewed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

A
fair
B
tyrannical
C
violent
D
weak
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Which of the following best explains why many escaped enslaved people went to Canada in the 1850s?

A
Canada did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
B
Canada was the main destination of the Underground Railroad.
C
Canada had less slavery than the US.
D
Canada had fewer bounty hunters than the US.
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What was Sandford’s argument in the Scott v. Sandford case?

A
An enslaved person in a free state should be granted freedom.
B
A person’s property cannot be taken away without due process.
C
Enslaved people should not be considered property.
D
Enslaved people should have the right to a trial by jury.
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Applying Main Ideas

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A
B
B
C
C
D
D
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Following the Emancipation Proclamation, which of the following constitutional amendments formally ended slavery?

A
the First Amendment
B
the Fifth Amendment
C
the Eighth Amendment
D
the Thirteenth Amendment
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How did Abraham Lincoln become a lawyer?

A
He went to a local law school in Illinois.
B
He taught himself law while in the state legislature.
C
He went to a prestigious law school in the East.
D
He learned about law from the Republican Party.
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Read the excerpt below from the Supreme Court ruling in the Scott v. Sandford.[T]he legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people.The main subject of the excerpt is

A
the lack of citizenship for enslaved people.
B
the practice of importing enslaved people from Africa.
C
the practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.
D
the right of an owner to retain his or her property.
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Which of the following people took part in the murder of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas?

A
John Brown
B
Frederick Douglass
C
William Lloyd Garrison
D
Reverend Luther Lee
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The phrase “Bleeding Kansas” is associated with which of the following men?

A
Anthony Burns
B
Lloyd Garrison
C
John Brown
D
Frederick Douglass
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Which did Stephen Douglas support?

A
free labor
B
popular sovereignty
C
racial equality
D
abolitionism
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General Lee’s surrender in 1865 marked

A
the North’s defeat in the Civil War.
B
the official end of slavery in the United States.
C
the South’s defeat in the Civil War.
D
the end of ten years of armed conflict.
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Which lists Abraham Lincoln’s career achievements in the correct order?

A
member of House of Representatives, member of US Senate, US president
B
Illinois governor, member of House of Representatives, US president
C
Illinois state legislator, member of House of Representatives, US president
D
Illinois state legislator, member of US Senate, US president
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Which of the following best describes the sequence of events following the shooting of President Lincoln?

A
Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was shot leaving Ford’s Theater.
B
Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was arrested that evening.
C
Lincoln died the following day, and his assassin was killed several days later.
D
Lincoln received immediate medical care, and his assassin was never caught.
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African Americans contributed to the Union war effort on the home front by working as

A
cooks and sharecroppers.
B
businessmen and surgeons.
C
carpenters and shopkeepers.
D
carpenters and surgeons.
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Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up

A
the son of a fiery abolitionist.
B
a poor Southerner.
C
in a family that enslaved people.
D
a wealthy Northerner.

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