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| Argument Abraham Lincoln used against the secession of the Southern States. | The government was a union of people and not of states. |
| The abolitionist movement, women's suffrage movement, and 1960s civil rights movement are all examples of reform effots that | reform movements that developed significant popular support. |
| This statement best explains President Lincoln's justification for the Civil War. | President Lincoln't oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union. |
| A major result of the Civil War | Federal Government's power over the States was strengthened. |
| Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because of this. | Economic conditions and interests in each region varied. |
| "By the 1850s, the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become ... sectional discord." | This quote suggests vast differences of opinion existed over the issue of States rights |
| Early in his Presidency, Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to do this | preserve the Union |
| The rulings of "Dred Scott v. Sanford", "Plessy v. Ferguson, and "Korematsu v. United States all show that | the Supreme Court sometimes failed to protect the rights of minorities. |
| MANIFEST DESTINY; "Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter Union"; "California Admitted to Union as a Free State"; "Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty". | The issue of the extension of slavery is shown here. |
| The legal basis for the United States purchase of the Lousiana Territory was this ... | power granted to the President to make treaties. |