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What was the MOST important part of the Compromise of 1850 for southerners?
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a new Fugitive Slave Act
the slave trade was ended in Washington, DC
a new protective tariff
California a free state
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What best explains the huge drop in cotton production from 1861 to 1864?
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British diplomatic recognition of the Confederate States of America
The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and full freedom for former slaves
The Emancipation Proclamation and the immediate freeing of all slaves
The disruption caused by the Union blockade and the course of the Civil War
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What was the MOST important part of the Compromise of 1850 for southerners?
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What best explains the huge drop in cotton production from 1861 to 1864?
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Which of the following would be appropriate bullets for a slide entitled "Congressional Reconstruction?' Choose THREE
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What BEST describes the type of agreement being entered upon with the signing of this document?
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The Battle of Antietam was witness to the single bloodiest day in the Civil War, yet it remains important for what other reason?
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Which of the following would be appropriate bullets for a slide for the Battle of Chickamauga? CHOOSE TWO
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According to this quote, what part of the Compromise of 1850 must be followed by the federal government in order for the Union to be preserved and for Georgia to remain a part of it?
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President Andrew Johnson allowed southern states to enter after passing only the thirteenth amendment. As a result, new southern states like Georgia created "black codes" that limited the rights of the former slaves. Therefore, the new fourteenth amendment became a central part of this reconstruction plan.
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What was the response of Georgians to the Compromise of 1850 that stated Georgia would remain loyal to the deal and the nation as long as nothing further was done to restrict slavery in the territories?
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What was the name of the organization that was created to help the former slaves make the transition to free citizen?
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Who was the leader of the black legislators removed from the General Assembly by white Democrats in 1868?
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This excerpt would MOST likely be found in documents associated with what organization?
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What BEST explains why Union prisoners of war were shuffled around between a variety of sites, including the Blackshear prison camp, during the fall of 1864?
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What aspect of Sherman's March to the Sea was this Georgia women describing in her war diary?
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According to the cartoonist, what group of southerners are in a condition "worse than slavery?"
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According to the cartoonist, what group of southerners is controlling the political and social conditions in the South after Reconstruction?
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What best characterizes Chief Justice Roger Taney's decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
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Henry McNeal Turner is protesting what action by the Georgia General Assembly?
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What BEST explains the rise in cotton production from 1868 to 1870?
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Which of the following occurred In reaction to Black Codes like the example above from Mississippi? CHOOSE 3
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One vital component of the what became known as the "Anaconda Plan" was the Union hope to prevent southern cotton from being sold overseas. What was employed by the North to enforce this?
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Which of the following BEST defines the concept of "states' rights" in the antebellum era?
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From which of the Reconstruction Era Amendments is this excerpt taken?
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The officer in the middle of the picture is MOST likely a representative of what Reconstruction Era organization?
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Which listing places the following events proper chronological order?
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What was the group of white vigilantes who used violence to try and keep black Georgians from voting after the Civil War?
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What BEST explains the importance of Atlanta to Union leaders in the Civil War?
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Which of the following BEST defines the concept of "nullification" in the antebellum era?
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The first controversy involving nullification in the antebellum era came about between South Carolina and the federal government. What issue sparked that controversy?
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Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri came in as a slave state and Maine entered the Union as a free state. What was the third part of this sectional deal?
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What Reconstruction Era amendment gave black men the right to vote?
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What Reconstruction Era amendment guaranteed full rights of citizenship to all Americans regardless of race?
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Which of the following set of events in Reconstruction history is in the proper chronological order?
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What slave sued for his freedom in a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court?
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What BEST characterizes the presidential election of 1860? CHOOSE 3
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What future Vice President of the Confederacy was initially a leader of the group of Georgia leaders at the secessionist convention who wanted to remain in the Union?
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Which of the following is the MOST accurate description of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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What Union general claimed Atlanta and then marched across Georgia to Savannah in 1864?
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What BEST explains the huge number of deaths (nearly 13,000) at Andersonville prisoner of war camp?
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What Reconstruction Era amendment abolished slavery in all of America?
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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan only required the southern states to do three things to reenter the Union. They were required to abolish slavery, write a new state constitution, and have how many of its male citizens take a loyalty oath?
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According to this excerpt from the Milledgeville Convention of 1861, what is the primary reason that Georgia's leaders have voted to secede from the Union?
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Under a sharecropping agreement, what would a sharecropper use to pay for rental on his land?