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practice questions: below is a poster created during the civil war in 1863. to colored men! freedom, protection, pay, and a call to military duty! what event led to the creation of this poster? a. president lincoln’s emancipation proclamation, which encouraged black men to serve in the union army. b. the kansas - nebraska act, which let people in new states vote on slavery. c. congress’s decision not to ban slavery in territories gained from mexico. d. the missouri compromise of 1820, which kept a balance between free and slave states. 14th december 1855 dear sir, i have just returned from the kansas war (about which you have no doubt learned by the newspapers)... i intend to send you shortly a paper published here giving you a fuller account of the invasion... i will only say at this time that the territory is now entirely in the power of the free state men... i believe the missourians will give up all further hope of making kansas a slave state. tomorrow the people of kansas will decide whether to adopt or reject the free constitution submitted to them... what major political development contributed to the violent conflict john brown refers to in his letter? e. the relocation of native american tribes into kansas territory. f. the supreme court’s decision in the dred scott case, denying citizenship to african americans. g. the deployment of union troops into contested border regions. h. the passage of the kansas - nebraska act, which allowed popular sovereignty on slavery. reconstruction define: • freedman’s bureau - • sharecropping -

Explanation:

1. The Emancipation Proclamation made it possible for Black men to enlist in the Union Army, which is reflected in the poster's call to military duty.
2. The Kansas - Nebraska Act's provision of popular sovereignty led to violent struggles over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.
3. The Freedman’s bureau was a key post - Civil War institution for helping the newly freed African Americans.
4. Sharecropping was a common economic arrangement in the post - Civil War South for landless farmers.

Answer:

1. A. President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which encouraged Black men to serve in the Union Army.
2. H. The passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act, which allowed popular sovereignty on slavery.
3. Freedman’s bureau: An agency established to aid freed slaves after the Civil - War, providing education, food, housing, and legal assistance.
4. Sharecropping: A system where farmers (often former slaves) worked on landowners' land in exchange for a share of the crop produced.