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- On what date did Confederate troops take Fort Sumter?
- Which Battle marked the end of the American Revolution?
- While they were increasingly _____ and _____________ based, they were certainly still akin the peasant class and aptly named the '_______ Class'
- In 1819 there were ___ free states and ___ slave states
- Which colony did not attend the First Continental Congress?
- Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
- What are three rights specifically mentioned in Declaration of Independence?
- On what date was the Confederate States of America formed?
- In the _______ class, families were also impacted by the new factory life: specialized labor meant _________ families.
- After the Civil War, most poor rural Southerners relied on credit from A. local banks. B. the federal government. C. Northern financial institutions. D. country stores. E. state governments.
- What two states seceded from the Union two weeks after Georgia did?
- The election of Abraham Lincoln caused what kind of talk immediately after winning the election?
- Congressional Reconstruction might have been more effective if A. the federal government had not involved itself with redistributing income. B. the federal government had not passed the Enforcement Acts. C. Radical Republicans had not put Jefferson Davis on trial for treason. D. the Freedmen's Bureau had been ended sooner. E. the federal government had better enforced the laws designed to assist blacks.
- Stopping strikes caused the _______ class to form their own identity vs. the middle and gov.
- In the middle class, family life changed dramatically from the past: men were often gone at ____, while women remained ____ to raise & educate their children.
- The Alabama claims A. saw the United States refuse to pay Alabama for losses incurred during the Civil War. B. involved complaints by the United States against England. C. ended an experiment in black landownership. D. marked a renewed effort in asserting the rights of states over federal authority. E. were found by the Supreme Court to invalidate Radical Reconstruction
- When did Georgia polititcians meet to discuss the issue of secession?
- In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to attacking A. the legality of segregation. B. restrictions on black education. C. the loss of black voting rights. D. the crime of lynching. E. the arguments of Booker T. Washington
- The elections of 1876 saw A. the Supreme Court decide the presidential election. B. a Democrat become president for the first time since the Civil War. C. the candidate with the most popular votes fail to get elected. D. Ulysses Grant make an unsuccessful bid for an unprecedented third term. E. the governor of New York become president.
- In the 1890s, voting percentages in the South A. increased for blacks only. B. increased for whites only. C. declined for blacks only. D. increased for whites and declined for blacks. E. decreased for whites and blacks.