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War and the West CH 2

Quiz by Paul Bachman

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  • Q1
    Nez Perce chief who surrendered after a flight of 1,300 miles
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    Sitting Bull
    George A. Custer
    Bleeding Kansas
    Chief Joseph
    30s
  • Q2
    declared that no state could deny any person “equal protection of the laws”
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    Fourteenth Amendment
    Thirteenth Amendment
    Fifteenth Amendment
    Emancipation Proclamation
    30s
  • Q3
    leader of the Cheyenne who were massacred at Sand Creek
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    George A. Custer
    Red Cloud
    Sitting Bull
    Chief Joseph
    30s
  • Q4
    decreed that all enslaved people in states still in rebellion were freed
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    Emancipation Proclamation
    Sitting Bull
    Thirteenth Amendment
    Bleeding Kansas
    30s
  • Q5
    U.S. cavalry commander at Little Bighorn
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    Sitting Bull
    Abraham Lincoln
    Chief Joseph
    George A. Custer
    30s
  • Q6
    with its defeat in this battle, the South lost its best chance at gaining international recognition and support
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    Battle of Antietam
    Emancipation Proclamation
    Bleeding Kansas
    Battle of Little Big Horn
    30s
  • Q7
    cattle that roamed wild on the grasslands of Texas
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    longhorn
    Sitting Bull
    bighorn
    hereford
    30s
  • Q8
    first battleground between those favoring the extension of slavery and those opposing it
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    Wounded Knee
    Bull Run
    Antietam
    Bleeding Kansas
    30s
  • Q9
    banned slavery throughout the entire United States
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    Jim Crow
    13th Amendment
    18th Amendment
    Emancipation Proclamation
    30s
  • Q10
    declared that the right to vote “shall not be denied . . . on account of race, color, or previous condition”
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    15th Amendment
    Voting Rights Act
    Rule of Law
    13th Amendment
    30s
  • Q11
    Why was the Nebraska Territory split into two parts?
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    to maintain an equal number of free states and slave states
    to follow the requirements set forth in the Missouri Compromise
    to balance the number of states east and west of the Mississippi River
    to ensure that slavery could exist in the northern part of the former territory
    30s
  • Q12
    Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to
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    Americans, 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
  • Q13
    Anger over the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in a new coalition that became the_______________ Party.
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    Liberty
    Know-Nothing
    Republican
    Free-Soil
    30s
  • Q14
    The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to
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    grant 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
  • Q15
    Capturing Vicksburg was an important objective for the North during the Civil War because
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    it 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

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