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Unit 4 Review

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    Unit 4
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  • This Supreme Court case mostly contributed to the start of the Civil War
    Dred Scott vs Sanford
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  • TRUE or FALSE: At the end of the Reconstruction era, most African-Americans found themselves left out of the political process because of poll taxes and literacy tests
    TRUE
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  • This revolt or uprising revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation in 1786
    Shays' Rebellion
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  • What is Manifest Destiny?
    God-given right to expand the United States (answers vary)
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  • This principle in the Constitution divides authority between THREE branches of government
    Separation of Powers
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  • What was the Union's strategy during the Civil War?
    Blockade the South or Anaconda Plan
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  • The power of "judicial review" was established with which supreme court case?
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Marbury v. Madison
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Dred Scott v. Sanford
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  • What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
    Abolished Slavery
    Gave Black Americans the right to vote
    Gave citizenship to all people born in the US
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  • What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?
    Gave citizenship to all people born in the US
    Abolished Slavery
    Gave Black Americans the right to vote
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  • What did the 15th Amendment accomplish?
    Gave Black Americans the right to vote
    Gave citizenship to all people born in the US
    Abolished Slavery
  •  25
  • What was the purpose of passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments after the Civil War?
    recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.
    granting universal voting rights for all genders and races
    upholding rights of free speech and religion.
    decreasing the power of the Federal government.
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  • This term means to cancel or reject a federal law
    Nullification
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  • What was the last straw for southern states, specifically SC, and led to their secession from the Union in 1860?
    Election of Lincoln as President
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  • What was the main purpose of Sherman's "March to the Sea" in 1864 during the Civil War?
    Destroy the South's ability to fight
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  • This law divided the Nebraska territory into 2 states and gave each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
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  • Many people left England in the 17th century to come to North America because the colonies represented a chance to worship freely. This attraction to come to a new place is known as a
    Push Factor
    Pull Factor
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