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Manifest Destiny/Civil War Test Review
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1
Proposal of popular sovereignty called for deciding issueof slavery in the territories through
executive order
Constitutional amendment
a popular vote by the residents of each territory
direct national referendum
2
The death toll in the American Civil War was
second only to the U.S. dead in World War
moderately high; about equal to that of the Vietnam War
far greater than that of any other American war
small in comparison with previous wars
3
The man most responsible for getting the Compromise of 1850through Congress was
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Stephen A. Douglas
Jefferson Davis
4
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
all the slaves of the South
all slaves n South except those already under Union control
only those slaves contributing to theConfederate war effort
only the slaves of the South
5
Reformers of the 1840s-1850s believed the best answer for thefuture of Native Americans was
assimilation
reservations
reconciliation
extermination
6
As the Confederacy acquired more states, its capital was transferredfrom Montgomery to
Memphis
Atlanta
Richmond
Atlanta
7
James K. Polk’s 1844 presidential campaign's main issue was his commitment to
territorial expansion of the United States
increasing the tariff
rechartering the Bank of the United States
resolving sectional differences
8
The Battle of Antietam was
victory for General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory in the war
the bloodiest single day’s fighting of the war
All the answers
9
Of the over two million men who served in the Union armies, thelargest number were men who
had been dedicated abolitionists
were paid a bounty to serve
volunteered for service
were drafted into service
10
The provisions of the Compromise of 1850 included
abolishing fugitive slave laws
prohibiting slavery in New Mexicoterritory
abolishing the slave trade in the Districtof Columbia
ending slavery in all new territories
11
President Lincoln responded to opposition to the war effort by
banning the Democratic party
upholding the Bill of Rights in all cases
prohibiting election activities of the opposition party
engaging in widespread suspension of civil liberties
12
Among historians, the key question about the Civil War was
what were the motives of the South?
was the war inevitable?
could the South have won?
who started the war?
13
In 1846, the U.S. signed a treaty dividing the Oregon territoryalong the 49th parallel with
Great Britain
Russia
France
Canada
14
Most migrants traveled to the West Coast by
horseback
clipper ship
rail line
covered wagon
15
Before the Civil War, Northern blacks
usually found very little work
normally worked as laborers on plantations
were rarely victimized by prejudice
were generally limited to the most menialjobs
16
The most prominent black abolitionist of the 1850s was
Frederick Douglass
Theodore Dwight Weld
William Lloyd Garrison
David Walker
17
The slavery question became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because the
U.S. Supreme Court had a Northern majority
Second Awakening raised the issue frequently
nation was expanding to the West
presidents of the era were all from the North
18
Henry David Thoreau argued that it wasnecessary for individuals to
practice civil disobedience when laws were unjust
obey the creeds of organized religion
submit themselves to the good of society
insist upon strict enforcement of all national
19
Just before Texas became a U.S. state in 1845, Texas was
a free-labor territory
part of Mexico
a U.S. territory
an independent nation
20
Harriet Beecher Stowe provided mosteffective piece of abolitionist propaganda with her novel
Black Like Me
American Slavery as It Is
The Fire Next Time
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
21
The majority of Northerners regarded theabolitionists as
harmless cranks on the lunatic fringe
dangerous, fanatical revolutionaries
idealistic people slightly ahead of theirtime
noble, courageous defenders of truth and justice
22
The United States annexed Texas during the presidency of
James K. Polk
John Tyler
Martin Van Buren
Franklin Pierce
23
Advocates of Manifest Destiny claimed the motive for territorial expansionwas to
extend American liberty to new territories
achieve a political balance between North and South
settle the issue of slavery in the West
secure new resources and markets for the UnitedStates
24
The American settlers of California and Oregon went to those territoriesto
escape religious persecution
discover gold in the West
acquire farm land
get rich quick
25
The founder of the Mormon faith was
David Walker
Joseph Smith
John Humphrey Noyes
Brigham Young
26
The victorious Union commanders who led the final major campaigns of thewar were
Sherman and Grant
Beauregard and Jackson
Johnston and Lee
Grant and McClellan
27
The novel
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
was a bestseller throughout the South
inflamed passions over sectional differences over slavery
experienced low sales despite its powerful themes
had little impact on the political tensions of the 1850s
28
Lincoln’s most successful general was
Winfield Scott
Irvin McDowell
Henry W. Hallack
Ulysses S. Grant
29
Experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War included
All the answers
a higher mortality rate than that of white soldiers
initially receiving pay that was lower than that of whites
often being required to do menial labor
30
April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of NorthernVirginia to Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse
Gettysburg
Richmond
Petersburg, Virginia