
War and the West CH 2
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- Q1Nez Perce chief who surrendered after a flight of 1,300 milesSitting BullGeorge A. CusterBleeding KansasChief Joseph30s
- Q2declared that no state could deny any person “equal protection of the laws”Fourteenth AmendmentThirteenth AmendmentFifteenth AmendmentEmancipation Proclamation30s
- Q3leader of the Cheyenne who were massacred at Sand CreekGeorge A. CusterRed CloudSitting BullChief Joseph30s
- Q4decreed that all enslaved people in states still in rebellion were freedEmancipation ProclamationSitting BullThirteenth AmendmentBleeding Kansas30s
- Q5U.S. cavalry commander at Little BighornSitting BullAbraham LincolnChief JosephGeorge A. Custer30s
- Q6with its defeat in this battle, the South lost its best chance at gaining international recognition and supportBattle of AntietamEmancipation ProclamationBleeding KansasBattle of Little Big Horn30s
- Q7cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of TexaslonghornSitting Bullbighornhereford30s
- Q8first battleground between those favoring the extension of slavery and those opposing itWounded KneeBull RunAntietamBleeding Kansas30s
- Q9banned slavery throughout the entire United StatesJim Crow13th Amendment18th AmendmentEmancipation Proclamation30s
- Q10declared that the right to vote “shall not be denied . . . on account of race, color, or previous condition”15th AmendmentVoting Rights ActRule of Law13th Amendment30s
- Q11Why was the Nebraska Territory split into two parts?to maintain an equal number of free states and slave statesto follow the requirements set forth in the Missouri Compromiseto balance the number of states east and west of the Mississippi Riverto ensure that slavery could exist in the northern part of the former territory30s
- Q12Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent toAmericans, and it was their destiny to become the greatest nation in the world.Americans and wanted them to settle western land.white settlers, and it was their duty to protect the environment.white men and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.30s
- Q13Anger over the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in a new coalition that became the_______________ Party.LibertyKnow-NothingRepublicanFree-Soil30s
- Q14The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was togrant freedom to enslaved people in areas rebelling against the Union.amend the Constitution to free all enslaved people.end the Civil War immediately.decree freedom for all enslaved people in the loyal border states.30s
- Q15Capturing Vicksburg was an important objective for the North during the Civil War becauseit would prevent the South from shipping its cotton to Europe.it would give the North control of the Mississippi River delta.its location made it an invasion route to the North.it was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.30s
