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In 1777, the Continental Congress drafted the original constitution for the union of the states, known as the ________________.
a) Articles of Confederation
b) US Constitution
c) Magna Carta
d) Great Charter

Which state was the first to secede from the union in events leading up to the Civil War?
a) Georgia
b) Mississippi
c) Virginia
d) South Carolina

Which plan called for proportional representation meaning that the more people a state had, the more representatives it would get in the legislature (government)?
a) New Jersey Plan
b) Virginia Plan
c) Massachusetts Plan
d) Delaware Plan

After his success at Vicksburg, Lincoln turned to this person in the spring of 1864 appointing to command the entire Union Army.
a) William Tecumseh Sherman
b) Ulysses S. Grant
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stonewall Jackson

Which president believed federal government should respect public opinion and should allow public criticism?
a) Jefferson
b) Adams
c) Monroe
d) Madison

By the end of the Civil War, what percentage of the Union Army was made up of black men?
a) 10%
b) 15%
c) 25%
d) 40%

Industrialization led to the emergence of the __________, skilled positions of moderate wealth made up of bankers, lawyers, accountants, clerks, and retailers.
a) Middle Class
b) Working Class
c) Business Class
d) Aristocrats

_____________ the period that followed the American Civil War, is perhaps the most controversial era in American history.
a) Unionization
b) Expansion
c) Reconstruction
d) Realignment

Which event led to various defeats of Native Americans in the South, resulting in millions of acres of southern land opening up for settlement?
a) Louisiana Purchase
b) Marbury V. Madison
c) War of 1812
d) Industrial Revolution

Which system developed after the Civil War that looked very similar to slavery where former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers?
a) Agricultural Innovation
b) Sharecropping
c) Textile Manufacturing
d) Indentured Servitude

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