Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Southerners declared they would only war another year.

In the election of 1860, Democrats

Split into northern and southern factions

After the Mexican-American war, the Wilmot Proviso called for

Prohibition of slavery in territory acquired from Mexico

Nativists groups persecuted Irish immigrants because

The Irish were largely Catholic

Plessy v. Ferguson established

The “separate but equal” doctrine

Why did some Southerners refuse to fight in the Civil War?

Farmers had to take care for their property and slaves.

What did Lincoln’s platform say on slavery (1860)?

Slavery could remain in the South but not extend elsewhere.

The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

Organized Southern states into military districts

Established trade ties with the U.S.

Many abolitionists believed that African American suffrage should

Have been granted before women’s suffrage

There was nativist backlash against Irish immigrants, in part, because

Irish low-skilled workers drove down wage prices.

Which of the following is true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

It gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty.

In 1844, James K. Polk ran on the campaign slogan

“Fifty-four forty or fight”

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1
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Civil War’s purpose was reframed
Southerners declared they would only war another year.
It prevented European diplomatic support of the South
African Americans joined the Union army.
2
The Gettysburg Address emphasized
Unity between the North and South
Disunity between the North and South
The necessity to abolish slavery
The equality of men
3
In the election of 1860, Democrats
Split into northern and southern factions
Were unified under Stephen Douglass
Overwhelmingly voted for Lincoln
Lost their major voting bloc
4
After the Mexican-American war, the Wilmot Proviso called for
Prohibition of slavery in territory acquired from Mexico
The separation of Kansas and Nebraska
The annexation of Texas
Popular sovereignty in territory acquired from Mexico
5
Nativists groups persecuted Irish immigrants because
Ireland was not a democracy
The Irish were largely Catholic
The Irish did not take low-skilled jobs
The Irish always begged for food and labor
6
The fifteenth amendment created a divide in the
Women’s suffrage movement
Whig party
Republican party
Abolitionist movement
7
What amendment granted equal protection under the laws regardless of race or color?
The sixteenth amendment
The fifteenth amendment
The thirteenth amendment
The fourteenth amendment
8
Why did Mormons move to Western territories?
To mine gold
To flee persecution
All of the above
To hide from sin
9
Plessy v. Ferguson established
The incorporation doctrine
The Supremacy Clause
The “separate but equal” doctrine
Judicial Review
10
What best describes German economic standing upon arrival to America?
Rich
Poor
Bourgeoisie
Diverse
11
What term referred to the return of white supremacy to the South?
“Separate but Equal”
Redemption
Carpetbagging
Copperheading
12
Why did some Southerners refuse to fight in the Civil War?
They thought secession was a waste of time.
Farmers had to take care for their property and slaves.
Southerners wanted mercenaries to fight for them.
All of the above
13
Which abolitionist believed that armed insurrection was the solution to slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
14
What did Lincoln’s platform say on slavery (1860)?
None of the above
Slavery could remain in the South but not extend elsewhere.
Slavery was permissible universally.
Slavery must be abolished universally.
15
Who owned the majority of Southern land post-Civil War?
White plantation owners
Previously poor white farmers
African Americans
Carpetbaggers
16
The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
Granted amnesty to the Confederate’s military
Was the formal declaration of war against the Confederacy
Declared that only Congress could formally declare war
Organized Southern states into military districts
17
In the 1850s, Japan
Established trade ties with the U.S.
Rested in a period of isolation
Expelled the United States navy from their harbor
made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with the U.S.
18
Many abolitionists believed that African American suffrage should
None of the above
Have been granted after women’s suffrage
Not be compared to women’s suffrage
Have been granted before women’s suffrage
19
What term was used to rally support for expansion into the frontier?
Popular sovereignty
The Four Frontiers
Manifest destiny
States’ rights
20
There was nativist backlash against Irish immigrants, in part, because
The Irish crowded farm lands.
Irish low-skilled workers drove down wage prices.
Irish cultural beliefs were considered “backwards.”
Ireland would not trade with the United States.
21
What was “squatters’ rights”?
Popular sovereignty
A term for gold miners
Nullification
Judicial review
22
Which politician most likely to describe slavery as a “positive good”?
Thomas Jefferson
John C. Calhoun
Thaddeus Stevens
None of the above
23
During the mid-nineteenth century, settlers were drawn to California because
There were prospects of gold.
There was greater equality in the West.
Soil was exhausted in the South.
It was a slave state.
24
The Republican Party was composed of former
Democratic-Republicans and Free-soilers
Federalists and Southern Democrats
Tories and Whigs
Free-soilers and Whigs
25
What was Lincoln’s initial goal in the Civil War?
To preserve the Union
To maintain popular sovereignty
To abolish slavery
To protect the Union’s economy
26
What led to the fall of the Plains Indians’ traditional lifestyle?
Disease
Mass-killing of the buffalo
All of the above
Railroads
27
Who supported the Mexican-American war?
Whigs
None of the above
Abraham Lincoln
Henry David Thoreau
28
Under what principle did southerners justify slavery as legal?
Judicial review
Popular sovereignty
States’ rights
Extradition
29
What novel sent a strong anti-slavery message?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Scarlet Letter
The Rise of American Democracy
The Birth of a Nation
30
Which of the following is true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty.
It made Kansas a free state.
It made Nebraska a free state.
It gave only Nebraska popular sovereignty.
31
During the mid-nineteenth century, the United States
Traded with Asia through European routes
Was denied access to Asian trade
Gained access to trade in Asia
Did not wish to trade with Asia
32
How did northerners receive the Civil War?
None of the above
Indifferently.
There were draft riots.
They were ready to fight against the South.
33
How did Southern states restrict voting rights despite the fifteenth amendment?
Poll taxes
Gerrymandering
Grandfather clauses
All of the above
34
Southern states seceded after Lincoln’s 1860 election because
They believed Lincoln would interfere with states’ rights
All of the above
The South could not economically live without slavery
They believed the North would destroy their way of life
35
Under the Compromise of 1850,
The international slave trade ended in D.C.
California became a free state
Utah’s slavery position would be left to popular sovereignty
All of the above
36
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address sought to
Reunify the Union
Disparage the South
Mourn the dead
Abolish slavery
37
In 1844, James K. Polk ran on the campaign slogan
“Vote yourself a farm”
“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”
“Fight or flight”
“Fifty-four forty or fight”
38
Which political party was against extending slavery into the frontier?
Tories
Free-soil
Whigs
Democrats
39
Dred Scott v. Sanford overturned the
“Separate but equal” doctrine
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
40
What federal legislation provided land grants for universities?
Dawes Act
Wagner Act
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
41
White Southern legislators respond to Reconstruction with
Black codes
Resignation
Indifference
Armed rebellion
42
The Union strategy during the Civil War was known as
Sherman’s Plan
The Trail of Tears
The Anaconda Plan
Operation Barbarossa
43
Sharecropping was
All of the above
Charity for poor farmers
Charity for freedmen
A form of economic slavery
44
During the Civil War, the Southern army largely led a(n)
Guerilla strategy
Defensive strategy
Offensive strategy
Reconnaissance strategy
45
Which of the following was NOT a nativist group during the Antebellum era?
The American (“Know Nothing”) Party
Ku Klux Klan
None of the Above
Order of the Star-Spangled Banner
46
The Indian Wars post-1860s were largely about
Assimilating Native Americans
Expanding American territory
None of the above
Punishing Native Americans
47
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed for settlers to
Expand railway networks
Own slaves
Seize Native American lands
Own up to 160 acres of land
48
Members of the Free-soil party would most likely agree with the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Fugitive Slave Act

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