In the text, you read this about states' rights in the Confederacy:
The South also had political problems. The Confederate constitution favored states' rights and limited the authority of the central government. As a result, the Confederate government often found it difficult to get things done. On one occasion, for example, the governor of Georgia insisted that only Georgian officers should command Georgian troops.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
How did the governor’s order that only Georgian officers could command Georgia’s troops demonstrate a problem in the South?
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Responses
The troops were often turning against one another.
The troops were often turning against one another.
The troops were fighting for individual states.
The troops were fighting for individual states.
The Confederate military had difficulty organizing itself.
The Confederate military had difficulty organizing itself.
The Confederate military only answered to state governors.
The Confederate military only answered to state governors.
The governor's order that only Georgian officers could command Georgia's troops demonstrated a problem in the South because it showed that the Confederate military had difficulty organizing itself.
What did the actions of the Border Ruffians demonstrate about the slavery debate? Only two answers allowed.
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Responses
that opposing sides would resort to violence
that opposing sides would resort to violence
that abolitionists would triumph by using the press
that abolitionists would triumph by using the press
that settlers would follow the laws
that settlers would follow the laws
that compromises would not solve the debate
The actions of the Border Ruffians demonstrated that opposing sides would resort to violence in the slavery debate.
In the text, you read this about the surrender at Appomattox:
At Appomattox Court House, Grant offered generous terms of surrender to the defeated Confederate army. Soldiers were required to turn over their rifles, but officers were allowed to keep their pistols. Soldiers who had horses could keep them. Grant knew that southerners would need the animals for spring plowing. Finally, ordered Grant, “each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities.”
As the Confederates surrendered, Union soldiers began to cheer. Grant ordered them to be silent. “The war is over,” he said. “The rebels are our countrymen again.”
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why did Grant not want his troops to celebrate the surrender of the Confederate troops?
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Responses
It could bring surprise attacks on the North.
It could bring surprise attacks on the North.
It would not help in unifying the nation again.
It would not help in unifying the nation again.
It would cause his troops to view Southerners as countrymen.
It would cause his troops to view Southerners as countrymen.
It could cause the South to revoke their surrender.
Grant did not want his troops to celebrate the surrender of the Confederate troops because it would not help in unifying the nation again.
In the text, you read this about the Dred Scott case:
Dred Scott had been enslaved for many years in Missouri. Later, he moved with his owner, who was an army surgeon, to Illinois and then to the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was not allowed. After they returned to Missouri, Scott’s owner died. The owner's wife took ownership of Scott, and eventually those rights transferred to her brother, John Sandford. Antislavery lawyers helped Scott to file a lawsuit, a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups. Scott’s lawyers argued that, because Scott had lived in a free territory, he had become a free man.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
According to Dred Scott's lawsuit, how had his rights been violated?
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Responses
He had been forced to move against his will to different places.
He had been forced to move against his will to different places.
He was not allowed to talk to a lawyer to prepare for his case.
He was not allowed to talk to a lawyer to prepare for his case.
He was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
He was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
His ownership had been transferred without his agreement.
According to Dred Scott's lawsuit, his rights had been violated because he was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
That we here highly resolve [decide] that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
Question
Which of the following best summarizes President Lincoln's meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg Address?
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Responses
Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.
The best summary of President Lincoln's meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg Address is that Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
Which of the following best exemplifies how the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War for the Union?
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The Confederacy did not launch another invasion of the North after the battle.
The Confederacy did not launch another invasion of the North after the battle.
General Lee's loss at Gettysburg led to his being removed from command.
General Lee's loss at Gettysburg led to his being removed from command.
General Lee's army regrouped and began planning attacks on Washington, D.C.
General Lee's army regrouped and began planning attacks on Washington, D.C.
The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River because of the defeat.