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U.S. History 1492-1877: The Civil War

Today's lesson: The Civil War. A war may be civil, but it's never pretty. Well, aside from the Pretty Pink Fairy Wars of '93...but no one seems to want to talk to us about those.


Continued Debate over Rights and Citizenship Videos 4 videos

AP U.S. History Exam 2.22
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.22. How did many immigrants seek refuge from the sentiments expressed in the image?

AP U.S. History 2.5 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 2.5 Period 5: 1848-1877. In general, how did Southerners react to the wave of Northerners who migrated to the South after the Civil...

AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. At the same time as minstrel shows were gaining popularity in the 1830s to 1850s, Catholic immigrants to t...

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Enthusiasm for Expansion Videos 6 videos

AP U.S. History Exam 2.22
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.22. How did many immigrants seek refuge from the sentiments expressed in the image?

AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History: Religion and Reform in Antebellum America Drill 1, Problem 2. How did the creation of Kansas affect the country's political l...

AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 5: 1848-1877. The railroad built through Kansas in the mid-19th century developed primarily...how?

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Reconstruction Videos 13 videos

AP U.S. History 4.3 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 4.3 Period 5: 1848-1877. The increased awareness of the 14th and 15th Amendments during the 1860s is most similar to which of the f...

AP U.S. History Exam 1.32
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Take a look at this sweet question about Equal rights. ...Oh. It's not about the sweetener? Gotcha. Check it out anyway and see if you can find out...

AP U.S. History 2.3 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 2.3 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following trends most severely undermines the intentions of the Thirteenth Amendment?

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Responses to Slavery Videos 7 videos

AP U.S. History Exam 2.23
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Which major contrasts does the excerpt highlight? Bonus points if you saluted and said "major contrast". Did you do it? Good, you've got the...gene...

AP U.S. History Exam 2.24
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.24. The goal of the author in writing the excerpt was to...what?

AP U.S. History 4.4 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 4.4 Period 5: 1848-1877. The goals presented in Sumner's excerpt have the most in common with which of the following?

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Southern Secession Videos 7 videos

AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 5: 1848-1877. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 marked what legislative change in the western territories?

AP U.S. History 3.3 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 3.3 Period 5: 1848-1877. One effect of the Compromise of 1850 was...what?

AP U.S. History Diagnostic 10
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AP U.S. History Diagnostic 10. What led to the splintering of the political parties shown in the image?

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The Civil War Videos 5 videos

AP U.S. History Exam 2.26
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.26. This speech reinforced a shift in the focus of the war that Lincoln established by...what?

AP U.S. History 3.5 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 3.5 Period 5: 1848-1877. The Emancipation Proclamation was a continuance of which of the following developments?

AP U.S. History 3.4 Period 5: 1848-1877
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AP U.S. History 3.4 Period 5: 1848-1877. According to the excerpt, the Emancipation Proclamation did what?

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