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Which of the following BEST describes southern reaction to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
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saddened, because Brown was a southern hero and news of his death was disheartening
amused, because they dismissed it as an isolated incident led by a fool
encouraged, because it showed that some men were willing to go to extreme measures to protect states' rights
alarmed, because they saw it as a violent threat to the southern way of life
Q 2/15
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Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the US war with Mexico?
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cession of California and New Mexico to the U.S.
increased sectional tensions over slavery
U.S. annexation of Texas
securing Texas' southern border on the Rio Grande
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Which of the following BEST describes southern reaction to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
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Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the US war with Mexico?
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Sectionalism can BEST be defined as what?
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Although President Jackson and others wanted to annex Texas after winning its independence form Mexico, political leaders in the North opposed annexation. The reason for this opposition was primarily for what reason?
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A U.S. congressman in the 1840s who favored western expansion on the grounds that it was God's will for the U.S. to control and "civilize" the western territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast was undoubtedly a believer in what?
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The most appealing feature of the Compromise of 1850 to many northerners was
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What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise?
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Against which of the following individuals would Georgians have been MOST bitter following the Civil War?
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In what way was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the Civil War?
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The first shot of the Civil War was fired at
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In terms of position in government and role in decision-making, Jefferson Davis shared the most similarities with whom?
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The Battle of Antietam was important in the Civil War because it
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Lincoln's second inaugural address can be BEST described as
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Someone who believes strongly in civil rights would have been MOST upset with Lincoln for which of the following?
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Which was a MAJOR difference between Andrew Johnson's view of Reconstruction and the view of the Radical Republicans?
