5. what were the major consequences of the civil war?
a. the end of slavery and the strengthening of the federal government's power.
b. recognition of the rights of states to leave the union and nullify federal laws.
c. an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation.
d. the abolition of slavery in all northern states and in all federal territories north of 36°30'n.

8. what impact did radical republicans in congress have on reconstruction?
a. they opposed the passage of the fourteenth amendment.
b. they encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.
c. they persuaded president johnson to pardon former confederate leaders.
d. they prevented president johnson from sending federal troops to the south.

13. under the new fugitive slave act passed in 1850,
a. northerners could buy and sell slaves in washington, d. c.
b. congress declared that slavery was morally wrong.
c. popular sovereignty would decide the issue of slavery in new mexico.
d. citizens who runaway slaves could be imprisoned.

15.
"laws permitting, or even requiring, the separation of the races do not place a badge of inferiority upon one group
over another. thus it is not a violation of the fourteenth amendment."
the excerpt above is from the supreme court's decision in plessy v. ferguson (1896). what practice did this ruling
uphold?
a. job training for freedmen
b. free public schooling for all races
c. racial segregation in public places
d. african-american participation in politics