1. Which choice could be a slogan for "Jacksonian Democracy"?
Powerful president, common man!
2. Abolitionists spoke out against slavery.
Who were two important people in the abolition movement?
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman
3. Which area did the United States acquire in the 1840s, and how did it acquire the land?
Spain ceded the Louisiana Territory to the United States as part of a peace treaty.
4. What did a sense of optimism and their religious beliefs encourage many Americans to do during the early nineteenth century?
to work in social reform movements
5. Which word describes reformer's efforts to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption?
temperance
6. What was the chief goal of the Compromise of 1850?
to keep the United States together
7. Which ruling did the Supreme Court make in the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were property.
8. What helped bring Abraham Lincoln to national prominence?
Lincoln's debates with Stephen Douglas
9. What was not an element of Abraham Lincoln's platform in 1860?
making slavery legal in U.S. territories
10. Which state was the first to secede from the Union and on what grounds?
South Carolina, because it thought the federal government violated its obligations to the states
11. What best describes Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon during the Civil War?
Union States
12. What is an accurate description of an advantage held by one side at the beginning of the Civil War?
The North's well-established government gave it a distinct advantage.
13. What was a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The goal of the war changed from saving the Union to saving the Union and eliminating slavery.
Explanation:
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