history final review

Question 1

Following the 1868 election, both Black men and women enjoyed a brief time in which they were able to participate in pol

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

In the context of 1850s conversations surrounding slavery, what was filibustering?

Accepted Answer

The occupation of foreign territory without the express approval of the US

Question 3

What was the goal of the Black Codes established in former Confederate states?

Accepted Answer

To impose social control by controlling Black behavior

Question 4

Which of the following groups used the 5th Amendment's due process clause to argue against the constitutionality of slav

Accepted Answer

the North

Question 5

How did the indigenous groups provide a barrier to westward expansion?

Accepted Answer

Powerful tribes controlled the areas not yet occupied by Americans

Question 6

What was the major issue of the sectional crisis in the early- to mid-1800s?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 7

Who was the authoritarian leader of Mexico whose repressive policies caused Texas to declare its independence from Mexic

Accepted Answer

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Question 8

The Fugitive Slave Laws of 1850 incentivized the identification and capture of all Black northerners, even those who wer

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which of the following describe "hard war" tactics used by the Union? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

blue and yellow

Question 10

Which naturally-occurring geographical feature often served as the dividing line between "east" and "west," especially a

Accepted Answer

Mississippi river

Question 11

The Anaconda Plan was a tactic that involved using the Union cavalry to slowly create a stranglehold around the Confeder

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

oldiers in the Civil War were susceptible to disease and lived in unsanitary conditions; exposure to such conditions is

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

In which battle did Sam Houston launch a surprise attack on Santa Anna's forces and deal them a decisive defeat?

Accepted Answer

the battle of San Jacinto

Question 14

How did Lincoln justify the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The seceded states held federal property, so he was authorized to retake th

Question 15

What is the main reason that 1877 is given as the end date of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

It is the year in which federal troops were pulled out of the South

Question 16

Which of the following battles was the first battle fought on Union soil?

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 17

Removal of indigenous groups only occurred in the southeastern US.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Which of the following battles is widely considered to be the turning point in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 19

In general, the USA kept all of its promises regarding Reconstruction and established equality in former Confederate sta

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What was the outcome of the Adams-Onis treaty 1819?

Accepted Answer

The USA gained Florida for 5 million

Question 21

Lincoln waited until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to wait for a

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

How did the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 attempt to stop the vigilante violence committed by groups like the KKK?

Accepted Answer

It criminalized the race-based deprivation of rights and justifies a milita

Question 23

What was a doughface?

Accepted Answer

A white northerner whose politics favored the south

Question 24

Land reform failed in part because there was a lack of a labor force in the South, and economic stability proved to be m

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Churches became central to Black communities in the South because they formed spaces in which freed slaves could form a

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Sectionalism was marked by a focus on the language used in the Constitution; different sides of the argument interpreted

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

How did Union military strategy differ between the East and the West?

Accepted Answer

Eastern engagements were fought over capitals, while western engagements we

Question 28

All members of the Cherokee Nation were strongly opposed to negotiations that involved indigenous removal.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

In which of the following states did the federal government fail to abide by its promise to allow the state to determine

Accepted Answer

Kansas

Question 30

How did Lincoln's assassination change reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

andrew jhonson, a racist and states-rights apologist, assumed the presidenc

Question 31

Which of the following presidents was the first a) to be elected from the Republican Party and b) to have been elected o

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 32

How did movement to the west cause a shift in gendered expectations?

Accepted Answer

Women were responsible for domestic tasks as well as setting up homesteads

Question 33

Which of the following rivers ran from east to west and partially served as the dividing line for slavery between the No

Accepted Answer

Ohio river

Question 34

Following the issue of the Monroe Doctrine, it became clear Monroe was concerned with the potential loss of land to the

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Texas and Florida were admitted to the union in 1845. How did their admission impact the sectional crisis?

Accepted Answer

they both entered as slave states, which shifted the country's free-slave t

Question 36

How many Confederate States were there after the Union retreat at Fort Sumter?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 37

Which of the following is not true regarding Depression of 1873, which was a turning point in Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

It allowed Republicans to regain control of the house of representatives

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