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The Fourteenth Amendment — Unit test Answers

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Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

A
the citizenship clause
B
the equal protection clause
C
the due process clause
D
the enforcement clause
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In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

A
that his First Amendment rights were being violated.
B
that he couldn't be convicted of the same crime twice.
C
that his Sixth Amendment rights guaranteed him the right to a jury.
D
that he couldn't be jailed without being charged with a crime.
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During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

A
strengthen African American representation in government.
B
ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections.
C
deny African American citizens participation in government.
D
prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections.
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Which of these dating methods is capable of giving the most accurate age of an artifact?

A
DNA
B
tree rings
C
radiocarbon
D
dendrochronology
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Which of the following groups opposed the spread of slavery during the 1860 presidential election?

A
the Southern Democratic Party
B
the Republican Party
C
the Constitutional Union Party
D
the Democratic Party
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Where did the Civil War end in 1865?

A
at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
B
at the Confederate capital in Richmond
C
on the battlefield at Gettysburg
D
on the battlefield at Antietam
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Which statement best describes President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

A
Johnson’s plan angered Democrats in Congress.
B
Johnson’s plan was similar to Lincoln’s plan, but stricter.
C
Johnson’s plan prohibited pardons for Confederates.
D
Johnson’s plan was more lenient on the South than Lincoln’s plan.
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Which took place in 1853?

A
The US made the Gadsden Purchase.
B
The US received payment from Mexico for Texas.
C
Mexico won the Mexican-American War.
D
Mexico paid the US for the Mexican Cession.
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If a sharecropper's portion of the harvest paid too little to cover loans from the beginning of the season, the sharecropper would begin the next season

A
with a clean slate.
B
already in debt.
C
without help from the landowner.
D
by planting a different crop.
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Two cities fall on the same line of latitude. If a line is drawn between the two cities, in which direction could the line go?

A
north to south
B
east to west
C
northwest
D
southeast
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Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too

A
moderate.
B
conservative.
C
extreme.
D
unpopular.
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According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

A
territories above the 36°30’ N line would be free, while those below the line would allow slavery.
B
people in each territory would vote on whether to allow slavery.
C
Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as slave states.
D
Kansas and Nebraska would enter the Union as free states.
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Which best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

A
California’s entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North.
B
California’s entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South.
C
California’s entrance as a slave state would cause free Black people there to lose their freedom.
D
California’s entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
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Which statement best describes the lives of Northern and Southern soldiers during the Civil War?

A
Soldiers on both sides often struggled with hunger and disease.
B
Northern soldiers were well supplied; Southern soldiers were not.
C
Southern soldiers were well fed, but weapons and shelter were in short supply.
D
Soldiers of both sides rarely struggled with hunger or disease.
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This map shows the epicenter of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Question illustration
A
Hinche
B
Saint-Marc
C
Les Cayes
D
Gonaïves
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Which law established martial law in the South after the Civil War?

A
the vagrancy laws
B
the Tenure of Office Act
C
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
D
the Reconstruction Act of 1867

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