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| Why did the delegats from small states favor the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention? |
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| because the plan called for each state to have one vote in congress |
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| Why did Antifederalists dislike the proposed Constitution? |
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| The national government would be strong |
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| An important power that the national government lacked under the articles of confederation was.. |
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| What is true of the annapolis convention? |
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| Its failure led to the constitutional convention |
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| The great compromise addressed the issue of.... |
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| how much power each state would have in the national legislature |
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| what groups were not represented at the constitutional convention? |
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| african americans, native americans, white women |
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| The new government added the bill of rights to the constitution because |
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| states demanded a bill of rights during the battle over ratification, it wanted to protect personal rights and freedoms, and americans expected the same protections they had enjoyed under the english bill of rights |
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| what had the most power under the articles of confederation? |
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| why did the delegats from large states favor the virginia plan? |
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| because the plan gave them greater representation in the legislature |
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| what most likely explains why so many americans in the 1780s feared a strong national government? |
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| their experiences under earlier british rule |
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| one feature of the constitution that an antifederalist would have like was |
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| the national government and the state governments would share power under a system called federalism |
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| the qualifications for a us senator or represntative DONT include |
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| being a member of either the democratic or republican party |
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| in order to become the law of the land, the constitution had to be ratified by |
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| the power to declare war and raise armies belongs to |
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| an important check on the power of the president is that |
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| congress has the power to override a presidential veto of a bill |
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| what term describes the division of government into 3 branches? |
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| judicial review allows the supreme court... |
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| to decide wheter or not a law is constitutional |
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| what group was the last to recieve the right to vote? |
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| what must occur for congress to override a presidential veto of a bill? |
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| both houses must pass the bill by a 2/3 majority |
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| what federal official must be a U.S. citizen by birth? |
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| the 15th amendment gave what group the right to vote? |
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| the right to petition the government, worship freely, and to express yourslef publicly are protected under the _______ amendment |
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| the police cannot get a search warrant unless they have.. |
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| good reason to believe that evidence may be found |
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| which of the following has the power to make treaties with foreign governments? |
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| how is the president elected? |
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| in all but 2 states, the candidate who gets the most votes in a state wins all that state's electoral votes. whoever gets the most electoral votes wins |
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| how did alexander hamilton deal with the nations financial problems? |
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| he asked congress to put a tax on imported goods. |
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| washington advised the nation to remain neutral in world affairs because |
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| alliances with other nations might require the U.S. to do something that was not in its best interests |
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| to solve the challenges the new nation faced, president washington depended on |
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| the advice of his cabinet |
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| the power of the supreme court to declare laws that congress passes unconstitutional is an expample of what principle? |
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| why did alexander halmilton believe it was importat to pay the nation's debts? |
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| because other counrties would not do business with the united states unless it paid its debts |
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| in establishing the practice of judicial review, the supreme court gave itself the power to |
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| determine wht the constitution means (interpret) |
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| what problem troubled jefferson about his purchase of louisiana? |
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| the constitution did not empower the president to buy land |
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| what is true about the principle of judicial review? |
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| it allows the qupreme court to declare laws unconstitutional, it increased the power of the supreme court, it made the supreme cour the final interpreter of the constitution |
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| what things were ture about the battle of new orleans? |
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| the battle was a great victory for the american forces, the battle made general andrew jackson a national hero, and in the battle, the americans held off a british assault on new orleans |
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| a telegraph that would allow people to communicate quickly over long distances was demonstrated by |
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| most of the nation's early factories were built in |
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| why did the northeast and midwest develop a close bond? |
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| there was a great deal of trade between them |
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| why was the missouri compromise so important to the nation? |
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| it maintained the balance of power between free states and slave states |
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| what was true of spirituals? |
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| they were inspired by the story of moses leading the hebrew from slavery in egypt, they helped the slaveholders teach religion to their slaves, and they were a way that enslaved african americans resisted slavery |
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| the military commander who claimed florida fro the U.S. was |
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| what was teh missouri compromise? |
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| henry clay's plan to allow slavery to spread into some areas of the nation but not into others |
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| what was true about the invention of the cotton gin? |
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| its development was encouraged by high cotton prices, it encouraged southerners to settle on native american land, and it allowed southerners to grow more cotton |
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| what things were true about african americans in the south by the 1840s? |
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| about 8% of african americans in the souther were free, enslaved african americans formed about 1/3 of the souths population, about 1/2 enslaved african americans lived on large plantations |
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| what political leader was a strong nationalist but later changed his views to become the leading supporter of nullification and states' rights? |
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| why were the cherokees forced to move west? |
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| gold was discovedred on their land, pres. jackson ignored a supreme court ruling in their favor, and congress passed the indian removal act |
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| what did daniel webster, henry clay, and john c. halhoun have in common? |
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| they all were political enemies of andrew jackson |
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| what reason best explains why the doctrine of nullification became popular in the south |
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| southerneres believed that congress was controlled by an alliance of leaders from the northeast and west. |
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why did southerners object to high tariffs on manufactured goods?
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| southerners believed that high tariffs hurt them in order to help people in the northeast, money raised from tariffs was used to pay for internal imporvementse to connect the midwest and northeast, and the south's economy depended on trade w/ great britain |
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| the forced journey of the cherokee people from their georgie homeland to indian territory became known as the |
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| andrew jackson's practice of rewarding his political backers with government jobs became known as |
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| who controlled the nations' money supply during most of jackson's presidency? |
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| nicholas biddle, and the national bank |
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| andrew jackson disliked the national bank and attacked it because |
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| he thought the banks policies favored the wealthy and hurt the average person |
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| how was the nation affected by the national bank going out of business? |
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| inflation became a major economic problem |
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| what was true of jacksonian democracy? |
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| it stressed the ideas of majority rule and spreading power to the people, it began before andrew jackson became pres., and it resulted from teh states reducing thier requirement that voters be property owners or taxpayers |
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| most missionaries and farmers moving into the far west traveled along |
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| what best illustrates mainfest destiny? |
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| wagon trains moving west into oregon country |
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| the person most responsible for adding california, oregon, and the southwest to the U.S. is.. |
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| americans went west for all of the follolwing reasons |
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| to escape their debts or other legal problems, to find gold and become rich, and to farm and ranch where the land was plentiful and available |
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| what behavior of the american settlers in texas troubled the mexican government? |
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| that many texans had slaves |
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| what group was affected the most as a result of the gold rush? |
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| how did the second great awakening influence americans? |
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| it inspired a spirit of reform in the U.S. |
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| what group had the most opportunity to get public education |
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| why did elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott organize the seneca falls convention? |
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| they believed that women should have the same rights as men |
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| why was the seneca falls convention such an important event? |
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| it launched the women's rights movement inthe U.S. |
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| whad advice did Walden authour henry david thoreau have for americans? |
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| that they should live by their own personal standards |
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| what is true of immigration during the mid-1800s? |
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| some immigrants came to the U.S. to escape conditions in their home cuonrty, many americans wanted to reduce the number of new immigrants and limit the influence of those already here, teh louisiana purchase and the mexican cession attracted many immigrants to the u.s. |
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| what are push factors in immigration? |
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| something bad that PUSHES you out of a certain counrty |
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| how did the ourbreak of the war with mexico revive disagreements over slavery between norht and south? |
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| northerners thought that southerners wanted land from mexico in order to expand slavery |
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| what impact did uncle tom's cabin have on the slavery contreversy? |
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| white southerners viewed it as an unfair attack on their way of life |
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| the belief that the people living in a religion should vote to decide whether to permet slavery was based on an idea called |
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| what was true of the north and south by the mid-1850s? |
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| the north experienced more population growth from immigration than the south, southerners invested in slavery while northerners invested in industry, and the slavery issue increased tensions between the north and south |
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| how did the supreme court apply the bill of rights to the slavery issue? |
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| it declared that congress could not ban slavery because such laws would violate slaveholders' property rights under the 5th amendment |
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| why did the southern states decide to secede after the election of 1860? |
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| southern leaders feared that lincoln would join other northerners to make laws harmful to the south, southerners viewed the republicans as radicals on the slavery issue and did not trust pres. lincoln's moderate statements, and lincoln's election showed that the north had the population and the political power to control the federal gov. |
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| the civil war began when southern forces attacked u.s. troops at |
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what advance in technology made the civil war much more deadly than earlier american wars?
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| one northern strategy for winning the civil war was |
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| a naval blockade of the south to cut off its imports and exports |
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| why did the south's cotton exports drop at the beginning of the civil war? |
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| confederate leaders hoped to pressure britian and france into helping the south win the war |
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| why did confederate forces invade the north in september 1862? |
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| to help convince britian and france to aide the south |
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| the north's strategy to defeat the south in civil war was called |
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| what were the border states? |
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| kentucky, maryland, missouri, and west virginia |
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| why did the union navy establish a blockade of the souths coastline at the beginning of the war? |
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| to discourage other nations from sending troops to help the south |
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| what strategy did the south have for fighting the war? |
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| cut off cotton exports in order to pressure britian and francce to help the south fight the war |
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| how did the south's plantation economy put it at a disadvantage in fighting the civil war? |
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| the south had not developed the industreis it needed to produce the guns and other suppolies necessary to fight a war, planters' dependace on slaves as their labor force reduced the # of men availabel to serve in sourthern armies, and the south's longtime dependence on cotton exports to europe deprived it of the internal transportation systems needed to fight a war |
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| what common problem did civil war soldiers on both sides face? |
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| filthy camps littered with garbage, fleas and lice due to poor personal hygiene, and chronic diarrhea from bad food and water |
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| confederate troops invaded maryland in september 1862 for all of the following reasons except |
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| to convince maryland to secede and join the confederacy |
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| why did union commanders decide to try and capture new orleans? |
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| captureing the city was key to gianing control of the mississippi river |
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| pres. lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation after.. |
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| the union victory in the battle of antietam |
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| the person whose actions were most responsible for helpoing pres. lincoln win re-election in 1864 was |
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| why did lincoln wait so long after the war started to issue the emancipation proclamation? |
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he knew that if he ended slavery, the south would never return to the union peacefully, he did not believe the constitution empowered him to free the slaves, and the early part of the war went badly for the north and he wanted to act in a position of strength
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| what inpired african americans to enlist inthe union army? |
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| the emiancipation proclimation made ending slavery a goal of the war and gave african americans a powerful reason to fight |
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| why was the battle of gettysburg an important event? |
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| lee's second invasion of the north was turned back with heavy losses, northerners were tired of war and lee hoped a victory in the north would force lincoln to make peace, and lee hoped that a victory on northern soil would bring help from europe for the confederacy |
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| which of the following statements is true about the 13th amendment? |
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| it ended slavery in the u.s. |
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| the war affected the south's economy in all of the following ways except: |
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| the need for war supplies encouraged the growth of southern industries |
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| northern democrats who wanted the union to stop fighting and make peace with the south were known as |
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| how did the u.s. gov. raise money to fight the war? |
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| it taxed people's earnings |
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| why did poor southern whites complain that the civil war was a 'rich mans war but a poor mans fight?' |
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| because the south's conscription law allowed planters who owned 20 or more slaves to avoid military service |
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| how did the union draft compare to the confederate draft? |
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| both sides allowed drafted men to hire substitutes to serve in their place |
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| how did the war affect gov. in the south? |
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| southerners' wartime disagreements renewed claims of states' rights, which hurt the south's unity and weakened its war effort |
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| women on both sides adied their country's war effor by doing all of the following except |
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