Which of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850's?

The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law

Why did Lincoln write the Gettysburg Address?

gain continued support for the war effort

The Republican Party of 1850s took which of the following positions on slavery?

Slavery should stay where it is; shouldn't go in new states

The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

Prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico

The Dawes Act (1887) did which of the following?

Divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings

The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was “a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight” was reflected in

the draft riots in New York City

On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in

experienced military leadership

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the war is correct?

They were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.

The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized

skilled workers in unions to achieve economic gains

Results of business leaders consolidating corporations into large trusts and holding companies...

Increased concentration of wealth expanded the divide between rich & poor

Why was the Compromise of 1850 considered a failure?

The Civil War started 10 years later

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850

Maine joined the union as a free state

The French most differed from the Spanish in relations with American Indians in that the French ...

developed stronger alliances with American Indians.

William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” oration was primarily an expression of his

advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver

Data in the 1st table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?

Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers

Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was

possible British recognition of the Confederacy

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?

The Missouri Compromise in 1820

The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?

Possession of California and most of the Southwest

Define popular sovereignty.

allowing residents to decide issues by voting

The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the Civil War because it

forestalled the possibility of European intervention

In 1861, pro-Union sentiment was strong in western Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina

there were relatively few slaves or large plantations in these regions

When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863,its immediate effect was

strengthen the moral cause of the Union

Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT

growing power of Southern Whites- that planter dominance & abolish slavery

The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to

people can determine if slavery should be allowed in a state

Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct?

It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to

low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work

Jacob Riis is best known for his work in the 1890s as a

journalist who showed the conditions immigrants lived with

The Free-Soil movement...

wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories

Laissez-Faire Economics?

Government keep hands off economy

The Union’s victory at Gettysburg was significant because it

halted the last major Confederate invasion of the North

The basic implication of the Dred Scott decision was what?

Slaves could be brought into any territory, free or slave

southern demand that slavery could expand in territories was motivated by:

fear that North could spread abolitionism south

A journalist exposing problems in society

The difference in slave populations depicted in the graphs most directly resulted from differences in

Climate and geographic conditions for cash crop agriculture

The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the

passage of a tougher fugitive slave law

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1
By the time of the American Revolution, most patriots had come to believe that sovereignty was located in
state governments
a centralized government
Parliament
the people
2
Which of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850's?
principle of pop. sovereignty in the Mexican cession
The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law
The admission of California as a free state.
continued protection of slavery in the District of Columbia
3
Why did Lincoln write the Gettysburg Address?
to free slaves
At the end of the civil war
to get re-elected president
gain continued support for the war effort
4
The Republican Party of 1850s took which of the following positions on slavery?
Citizens of territories can decide on having slavery or not
Slavery should stay where it is; shouldn't go in new states
The federal government should abolish slavery
The federal government shouldn't play a role in slavery
5
The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for
Prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico
The abolition of the international slave trade
The prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory
The primacy of federal law over state-legislated Black Codes
6
The Dawes Act (1887) did which of the following?
Divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings
gave Native Americans citizenship
Granted immediate citizenship to Native Americans
Promoted the preservation of Native American cultural identity
7
What political party was formed to help stop the spread of slavery?
Democrats
Copperheads
Independent
Republicans
8
True or False: Douglass has argued for recruitment for African American soldiers
Idk
False
True
9
The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was “a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight” was reflected in
the draft riots in New York City
Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus in the South
the Richmond Bread Riots
Sherman’s march to the sea
10
In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to
liberate the slaves
stop a southern invasion of the north
end slavery in the territories
preserve the Union
11
On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in
shipping capacity
experienced military leadership
railroad mileage
total population
12
Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the war is correct?
They were led by African American officers
They were limited to non-combat duty
They were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.
They fought west of the Mississippi River
13
Which amendment protects the States' Rights?
1st
10th
5th
12th
14
The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized
workers and intellectuals into a labor party
all workers in one big union
workers in an organization to provide unemployment
skilled workers in unions to achieve economic gains
15
Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 1800s
The Netherlands
England
Ireland
Africa
16
Results of business leaders consolidating corporations into large trusts and holding companies...
Limits placed on both Business Monopolies and New immigrants
Increased compition in business, and an expansion of Urban areas
Increased concentration of wealth expanded the divide between rich & poor
Increase in the standard of living, redistribution of wealth to lower class
17
Why was the Compromise of 1850 considered a failure?
Jim Crow laws were enacted in the South
The Civil War started 10 years later
Military Governments were installed in the south
Women still could not vote
18
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850
Maine joined the union as a free state
California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
A harsher fugitive slave act was enacted
The slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C.
19
The French most differed from the Spanish in relations with American Indians in that the French ...
did not intermarry with American Indians.
more frequently enslaved American Indians.
converted more American Indians to Catholicism.
developed stronger alliances with American Indians.
20
William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” oration was primarily an expression of his
anti-imperialist convictions
fundamentalist religious beliefs
neutral stance toward the belligerents of the First World War
advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver
21
Data in the 1st table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?
The Union lost a greater percentage of its population
Confederate forces suffered more casualties than did Union forces.
Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers
The Confederacy lost more of its skilled workers than did the Union.
22
Which of the following pairs of immigrant groups were most prominent in the construction of the transcontinental RR?
Italians and Irish
German and English
Irish and Chinese
Irish and Japanese
23
Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was
the size of the Confederate Army outnumbering the Union army
French objections to the Union blockade
British insistence on the abolition of slavery
possible British recognition of the Confederacy
24
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?
The Missouri Compromise in 1820
The forced removal of American Indians
The funding of internal improvements under the American System
The annexation of Texas in 1836
25
Spain established the colony of New Spain in:
1535
1567
1890
1345
26
The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?
The right to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
Control of the sugar trade with Cuba
An undisputed claim to Oregon
27
African Americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas were known
homesteaders
exodusters
scalawags
jayhawkers
28
Define popular sovereignty.
making territories into states
bringing new voters into a state or territory
electing the president of the United States
allowing residents to decide issues by voting
29
Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
election of Lincoln
Dred Scott decision
30
Whose presidential election in 1860 led to the southern states seceding from the Union?
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
31
The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the Civil War because it
marked the first use of Black troops by the Union army
forestalled the possibility of European intervention
represented the Union’s deepest thrust into southern territory
resulted in the border states joining the Confederacy
32
In 1861, pro-Union sentiment was strong in western Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina
there were relatively few slaves or large plantations in these regions
Lincoln had promised not to send federal troops into these regions
Confederate troops had committed atrocities in these regions
these regions were more industrialized than other regions of the South
33
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863,its immediate effect was
free slave held in the border states
to end the Civil War
abolish slavery
strengthen the moral cause of the Union
34
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
a constitutional crisis pitting states’ rights against federal power
the actions of irresponsible politicians & agitators in the North & South
growing power of Southern Whites- that planter dominance & abolish slavery
clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrializing regions
35
The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to
people can determine if slavery should be allowed in a state
admit Kansas as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state
towns to decide the issue of slavery ona case-by-case basis
prohibit slavery above Missouri’s southern border
36
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Law
Wilmot Amendment
Wilmot Proviso
37
Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.
It freed Scott, but not other slaves in circumstances similar to Scott’s.
It upheld the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise.
It recognized the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories
38
Which group supported the Populist Party?
Farmers.
African Americans.
Robber barons.
Captains of Industry.
39
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to
the presence of women in certain areas of industrial work
low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work
the large numbers of immigrants working in factories
federal protection of workers’ rights to organize
40
Jacob Riis is best known for his work in the 1890s as a
leader of the People's Party
labor organizer and Socialist Party activist
journalist who showed the conditions immigrants lived with
reformer who encouraged new immigrants to homestead
41
What were causes of the Mexican-American War?
All of the above
The expansion of slavery
The border between Texas and Mexico was in dispute
Polk supported American expansion and wanted to gain Mexican held territory
42
The Free-Soil movement...
Wanted to expand slavery
Called for the immediate abolition of slavery
wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories
Had no real stance on slavery
43
Laissez-Faire Economics?
Private citizens have no rights
Invisible Hand moves economy
Government keep hands off economy
Economy controlled by ancestors
44
Who wanted preserve the union without violence
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Bill Clinton
Ulysses S. Grant
45
All of these were causes of the Civil War except...
The caning of Sumner
The Know- nothing party
The Fugitive Slave act
The election of Abraham Lincoln
46
The Union’s victory at Gettysburg was significant because it
prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
halted the last major Confederate invasion of the North
gave the Union control over the Mississippi
caused the Confederacy to surrender
47
The basic implication of the Dred Scott decision was what?
Slaves could be brought into any territory, free or slave
The issue of slavery was best left to Popular Sovereignty
Slaves were people, not property, so they had full rights
Slaves could not be moved out of their state of origin
48
southern demand that slavery could expand in territories was motivated by:
expansion allowed profitable sale of surplus south slaves.
fear that North could spread abolitionism south
that they would be more profitable in the west than south
southern politicians in political bargain with North
49
What is a muckraker
The President of the United States
Teddy Roosevelt
A journalist exposing problems in society
A street cleaner
50
The difference in slave populations depicted in the graphs most directly resulted from differences in
Climate and geographic conditions for cash crop agriculture
colonial relationships with American natives
the degree of participation in the Atlantic economy
structures of British imperial control
51
The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
passage of a tougher fugitive slave law
admittance of Texas as a slave state
measure's endorsement of popular sovereignty
entry of MO as a slave state and creation of the 36-30 line
52
Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s?
Increased involvement of colonial merchants in the Atlantic economy
Efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies
The forging of American Indian political alliances with European powers
The expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

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