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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.
It would cause his troops to view Southerners as countrymen.
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A map of the results of the Missouri Compromise.
A map shows the free states and territories and the slave states and territories as of the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise line is at 36°30' North.
Free states and territories include the following:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
the Michigan Territory, which includes modern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
the Unorganized Territory north of Missouri and the Missouri Compromise line, which includes modern Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, and the Dakotas.
Slave states and territories include the following:
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
the Florida Territory, which is modern Florida
the Arkansas Territory, which includes modern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
Question
Use the map to answer the question.
Based on the map, why might some Southerners feel the Missouri Compromise favored the North?
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Responses
There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more fresh water north of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
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.
His ownership had been transferred without his agreement.
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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.
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.
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