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  • How did the South Carolina argue against the Tariff of "Abomination"
    It claimed that states had the right to nullify federal laws
  • What document marked the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement?
    Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848
  • The Mexican Cession resulted from:
    The Mexican-American War
  • Why was the mechanical reaper important for westward expansion?
    It increased farming efficiency
  • Which event marked the start of the Civil War?
    The firing on Fort Sumter
  • What law severely restricted Chinese immigration?
    The Chinese Exclusion Act
  • Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand:
    From the Atlantic to the Pacific
  • What were Jim Crow laws?
    Laws that restricted African American rights in the South
  • What Supreme Court case legalized segregation?
    Plessy v. Ferguson
  • What was Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction?
    Quick restoration of Southern state governments
  • The Missouri Compromise of 1820 established which boundary for slavery?
    36°30' line
  • What happened to Native Americans as a result of westward expansion?
    They were forcibly removed from their lands.
  • What was Lincoln’s initial goal at the start of the Civil War?
    Preserve the Union
  • What law allowed new states to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, leading to violence in Kansas?
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • In which speech did Lincoln state, “A government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”?
    The Gettysburg Address
  • Who published The Liberator and was a leading abolitionist?
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • What organization was co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight racial discrimination?
    NAACP
  • What impact did railroads have on westward expansion?
    They made travel and trade easier.
  • Why did several Southern states secede following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
    They feared he would abolish slavery
  • Who was a famous African American who escaped Charleston by boat and later a U.S. Representative?
    Robert Smalls
  • Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
    Jefferson Davis
  • The Fugitive Slave Act was controversial because it:
    Required all citizens to assist in returning runaway slaves
  • The Whig Party emerged primarily in opposition to which president?
    Andrew Jackson
  • What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    It freed enslaved people in rebelling states.
  • What was a major effect of the 15th Amendment?
    It granted voting rights to African American men.
  • Which law granted free land to settlers in the West?
    The Homestead Act
  • What was the Spoils System?
    A political strategy to reward supporters with government jobs
  • Which amendment abolished slavery?
    13th
  • Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    To free enslaved people in border states
  • What Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no legal rights?
    Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
    Appomattox Court House, Virginia
  • What was the phrase used to justify segregation under Plessy v. Ferguson?
    “Separate but equal”
  • What was the primary reason Northern states supported high tariffs?
    To protect Northern industry from foreign competition
  • Which book intensified Northern opposition to slavery?
    Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  • Which region of the U.S. was left economically devastated after the Civil War?
    The South
  • Why did Southern leaders oppose high protective tariffs?
    They increased the cost of imported goods
  • Who founded the Tuskegee Institute to promote vocational education for African Americans?
    Booker T. Washington
  • Why did Radical Republicans oppose Lincoln’s plan?
    They wanted stricter punishment for the South.
  • The 14th Amendment guaranteed what?
    Citizenship and equal protection under the law
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