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What was a finding of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
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Slaves were property.
Slavery was illegal.
Slaves were citizens.
Slavery was a choice each state could make.
23. What helped bring Abraham Lincoln into the national spotlight?
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his position in the Illinois legislature
his efforts to abolish slavery
his ability to bring people with different beliefs together
his debates with Stephen Douglas
24. Who won the election of 1860 with a platform that supported a transcontinental railroad and opposed the spread of slavery?
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James K. Polk
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
25. What did Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, and Oregon all have in common during the Civil War?
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They were all Confederate states.
They were all Union states.
They were all border states.
They were all organized territories.
26. Where did the Civil War begin?
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Hampton Roads, Virginia
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Georgia
27. Which were some strengths of the North at the beginning of the Civil War?
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railroads, a fleet of ironclad ships, and a strong banking system
a strong government, a standing army, and an industrial economy
a strong navy, excellent universities, and exceptional military officers
imports, a food surplus, and low taxes
28. What document announced freedom for the slaves in all of the Confederate states?
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Declaration of Secession
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Articles of the Confederation
29. What was Abraham Lincoln’s main message in the Gettysburg Address?
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The Declaration of Independence had set forth unattainable goals.
The world would probably not remember what happened at Gettysburg.
The Civil War was a true test of patriotism.
Both democracy and the United States would endure.
30. What brought the Civil War to an end in April 1865?
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Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
Davis surrendered to Lincoln in Richmond, Virginia.
Grant surrendered to Lee at Appomattox Courthouse.
Lee surrendered to Lincoln in Washington, D.C.
31. The United States faced a number of political, economic, and social challenges after the Civil War. Which of the following was primarily a political challenge?
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the loss that emancipation created for slave owners
worthless Confederate currency that led to bartering
citizenship rights for freed slaves
collapsed southern infrastructure, including bridges, levees, and railroad tracks
32. What did the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish?
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It officially ended the Civil War.
It directed the Reconstruction of the South.
It abolished slavery in the United States.
It granted citizenship to African Americans.
33. Who offered the greatest resistance to Reconstruction?
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southern white landowners
sharecroppers
Northern Radical Republicans
the Union Army
34. What was one of the failures of the Reconstruction Era?
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African Americans had no due process protections.
African Americans in the South were barred from owning property.
Political opportunities for African Americans disappeared after a short time.
African Americans in the South resisted public education for their children.
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