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- During the 1780s, in every new state constitution,a. state legislatures were to be chosen by a direct popular vote.b. governors were prevented from holding a seat in the legislature.c. property requirements for voting were relaxed or eliminated.d. the executive and legislative branches were combined.e. governors were given the authority to veto bills.
- In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor bya. allowing the legislature to set his salary.b. having him elected directly by the people.c. taking away his authority to veto legislation.d. permitting him to sit in the legislature.e. granting him the power to tax.
- The battle at Yorktown involveda. the bloodiest battle of the war.b. the suicide of the commanding British general.c. evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war.d. a combined French and American army and navy.e. treachery on the part of Benedict Arnold.
- Captured by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
- deadliest war in American history; conflict between north (union) and south (confederacy); 11 southern slave states wanted to secede from Union
- territorial acquisitions as settlers began moving westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains
- The recommendation that the U.S. offer Spain $20 million for Cuba. It was not carried through in part because the North feared Cuba would become another slave state.
- 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories
- Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River. The strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.
- Abraham Lincoln's oft-quoted speech, delivered at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg battlefield. In the address, Lincoln framed the war as a means to uphold the values of liberty.
- Idea authored by Stephen Douglas that claimed slavery could only exist when popular sovereignty said so
- What did Douglas say that Lincoln was arguing for?
- What was one effect of John Brown's actions at Harpers Ferry?
- Which party did Lincoln leave to become a Republican?
- What was the topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
- How did Douglas's support of popular sovereignty impact slavery?
- Who was pleased by the Dred Scott decision's?
- What/who did Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war target?
- Who thought that the issue of slavery in Kansas was only a minor issue?