Kansas-Nebraska Act and Civil War

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What was the primary purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

To give Northerners the right to own slaves

To prevent the sale of federal lands to slave owners

To allow the expansion of slavery into new territories (correct)

To restrict the use of popular sovereignty

What was a direct consequence of the Civil War?

The use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery

The disintegration of the Whig Party

The extension of voting rights to African American men (correct)

The prevention of violence against African Americans in the South

What was the main goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

To secure protections for African Americans' voting rights

To help Confederate states get readmitted to the Union

To prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories

To provide aid and education to emancipated slaves (correct)

What was the result of the Reconstruction period?

The addition of new amendments to the Constitution Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

It extended voting rights to African American men Signup and view all the answers

What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The expansion of slavery into new territories Signup and view all the answers

The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?

The rise of violence against emancipated slaves Signup and view all the answers

What was the main purpose of Black Codes in the South during the Reconstruction era?

To limit the rights and advancement of African Americans in the South Signup and view all the answers

What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery Signup and view all the answers

What would the author of the excerpt printed in a magazine in the South in 1866 most likely have supported?

The passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws Signup and view all the answers

What was the consequence of not having a yearly labor contract in many Southern states?

African Americans could be imprisoned Signup and view all the answers

What event is described in the diagram?

The Battle of Little Bighorn Signup and view all the answers

Kansas-Nebraska Act and Civil War

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What was the primary purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

What was a direct consequence of the Civil War?

What was the main goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

What was the result of the Reconstruction period?

What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

What was a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?

What was the main purpose of Black Codes in the South during the Reconstruction era?

What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

What would the author of the excerpt printed in a magazine in the South in 1866 most likely have supported?

What was the consequence of not having a yearly labor contract in many Southern states?

What event is described in the diagram?

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