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-Guarantee passing score -60 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: 23. Which explains why southern states supported the institution of slavery?
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Their economic system was dependent on slave labor.Question 2: 20. Which explains why Abraham Lincoln's name was left off the Louisiana ballot in 1860?
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Louisiana did not recognize the Republican Party.
Question 3: 2. The freeing of slaves
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Emancipation Question 4: 45. What did General Butler do to improve conditions in New Orleans?
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supported a free market and cleaned the city
Question 5: 35. Who ordered the attack on Fort Sumter?
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General Beauregard Question 6: 52. Using Source on SG, which statement best explains why many battles took place along the Mississippi River in Louisiana?
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The Union wanted to separate the confederacy into two parts.Question 7: 5. Proposed legislation, which was never passed, that would prohibit slavery in any new territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
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Wilmot Proviso Question 8: 14. Making an unfair profit on essential goods during emergency times
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Profiteering Question 9: 44. Which conclusion can be drawn about the Union's plan to defeat the Confederacy?
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Blockading the South's major ports and waterways would cripple their transportation, supplies, and economy.Question 10: 10. The union, formed in April 1861, of seven (eventually eleven) slave states that had seceded from the United States beginning shortly after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
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Confederate States of America Question 11: 26. This poster would have been created following which event? (Caution!!)
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Fugitive Slave Law
Question 12: 17. A bitter herb whose root was ground to serve as a replacement for coffee during the Civil War
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Chicory Question 13: 6. A multipart compromise whereby California joined the Union as a Free State, Utah and New Mexico Territories could decide on slavery by popular sovereignty, and a Fugitive Slave Act was passed
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Compromise of 1850 Question 14: 19. The murder of a prominent person, usually for political reasons
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Assassination Question 15: 11. An act first passed in the Civil War to set up a draft (compulsory enlistment for military service)
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Conscription Act Question 16: 53. Based on Source on SG, why did the Union use the blockade policy against Louisiana during the Civil War?
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To weaken Louisiana's military and economy.Question 17: 24. Who do the primary characters represent in the cartoon called a Family Quarrel?
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Northern States and Southern States Question 18: 41. Why did the soldiers and civilians burn the cotton bales in New Orleans?
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They wanted to keep them out of Union hands.
Question 19: 42. How was the complaint "a rich man's struggle but a poor man's fight" related to the Conscription Act?
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Draft exemptions favored upper class professionals and those who benefited from slavery.Question 20: 57. Using the SG, which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the information presented in this source?
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The Democratic party split their vote between two candidates.Question 21: 39. How did the Confederate government try to increase voluntary military service?
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They offered a bounty (reward).Question 22: 36. Which of the following was a result of the attack on Fort Sumter?
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The Union and Confederacy went to war.Question 23: 22. Which Union general was labeled "Beast" because of his treatment of the Confederates?
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Benjamin Butler Question 24: 47. Which action did Governor Henry Watkins Allen take to lessen the suffering of the people of Louisiana?
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He opened trade with Mexico and provided financial benefits to families of soldiers.Question 25: 38. Which explains why Wheat's unit became known as the "Fighting Tigers"?
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They were ferocious with the enemy and wild off the battlefield.Question 26: 12. The use of naval forces to isolate a seaport and prevent ships from entering or leaving it
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Blockade