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1. Question 13 PointsThe Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 proposed by Stephen Douglas, senator from Illinois:was popular throughout the countrysought to make both Nebraska and Kansas Territories open to slaveryremoved part of Nebraska territory to form the Kansas Territorywas voted on in national elections
2. Question 23 PointsAnthony Burns was:an escaped enslaved person whose capture under the Fugitive Slave Law further divided the United Statesa fire-eater from Virginia who threaten secession in 1854an abolitionist Senator from Boston, Massachusetts who threatened civil war over the repatriation of an enslaved person back Southa candidate for the Free-Soil party who opposed the emancipation of enslaved people
3. Question 33 PointsShortly following the 1860 Presidential election, succeeding states formed the:Constitution of the Southern StatesConfederal Slave Owning States of AmericaSecessionist UnionConfederate States of America
4. Question 43 PointsOne of the consequences of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was:the gradual ending of slaverythe growing numbers of supporters of the Liberty Partythe improvement of women’s rights to own propertythe expansion of slavery to new territories
5. Question 53 PointsThe invention of the _________ led to the rapid expansion of slavery.spinning wheelsteam enginecold presscotton gin
6. Question 63 PointsThe Civil War effectively ended at _________ when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.Petersburg, VirginiaRichmond, VirginiaAppomattox Courthouse, VirginiaWashington, D.C.
7. Question 73 PointsThe “Anaconda Plan” included:destroying the Confederate economy by producing more goods in Union statessurrounding the Confederacy with a naval blockade while dividing it along the Mississippi Riversqueezing the Confederacy by capturing Richmond and state capitalsreleasing snakes during battles to frighten Confederates
8. Question 83 PointsThe New York City Draft Riots in July 1863 started over:economic and racial anxietiesthe lynching of eleven black menthe destruction of the Colored Orphan Asylumthe exemption for planters who owned twenty or more slaves
9. Question 93 PointsVicksburg, scene of a key battle during the American Civil War, lies along this major river:JamesMissouriOhioMississippi
10. Question 103 PointsAll the following were candidates for President in 1860, except:Abraham LincolnJohn C. BreckinridgeHenry ClayStephen Douglas

ANSWERS

Question 1:
Answer: sought to make both Nebraska and Kansas Territories open to slavery

Question 2:
Answer: an escaped enslaved person whose capture under the Fugitive Slave Law further divided the United States

Question 3:
Answer: Confederate States of America

Question 4:
Answer: the expansion of slavery to new territories

Question 5:
Answer: cotton gin

Question 6:
Answer: Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

Question 7:
Answer: surrounding the Confederacy with a naval blockade while dividing it along the Mississippi River

Question 8:
Answer: economic and racial anxieties

Question 9:
Answer: Mississippi

Question 10:
Answer: Henry Clay

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