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What was one significant outcome of the Mexican-American War?
The U.S. gained new territories, including California and much of the Southwest, through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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What role did women play during the Civil War?
They served as nurses, managed farms and businesses, and supported the war effort through organizations.
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What were the main components of the Republican Party platform in 1860?
Opposition to the expansion of slavery and support for a protective tariff and internal improvements.
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How did the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) change the nature of the Civil War?
It shifted the focus to ending slavery, in addition to preserving the Union.
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How did the Second Great Awakening influence reform movements in the antebellum period?
It inspired movements for abolition, women's rights, and temperance through its focus on morality and societal improvement.
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What was the Union's strategy known as the Anaconda Plan (The Great Snake)?
To blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to strangle the Confederacy's resources.
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What was the significance of the Homestead Act (1862) during the Civil War?
It encouraged westward expansion by granting 160 acres of public land to settlers. Confederates could not.
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Why was the Siege of Vicksburg (1863) a turning point in the Civil War?
It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
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What was the main message of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
To expose the moral and human costs of slavery.
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What was the primary goal of the Missouri Compromise (1820)?
To maintain the balance of free and slave states in the Senate. Maine = Free, Missouri = Slave
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What were the main terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865?
Confederate soldiers could return home with their horses, and no soldiers would be tried for treason.
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Who was John Brown, and why is he a significant figure in the lead-up to the Civil War?
An abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry to incite a slave uprising.
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How did Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 affect the Reconstruction era?
It led to increased tensions between President Johnson and Congress over how to rebuild the South.
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