Texas was finally admitted into the Union in 1844 as a result of

annexation legislation signed by President Tyler

The direct cause of the war between Mexico and the United States was:

Mexico’s refusal to sell California to the United States.

The Wilmot Proviso stated that:

Slavery would not be allowed in the land taken from Mexico

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that:

Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin:

intended to show the cruelty of slavery.

The battle at Antietam is considered a decisive moment for all following reasons EXCEPT:

it marked the importance of the use of iron-clad ships.

In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court ruled that:

"separate but equal" facilities were constitutional.

Controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and readmission of southern states to the Union :

showed deep differences between Lincoln and Congress.

All of the following were tenets of Reconstruction as adopted by Congress EXCEPT:

state-sponsored education and land grants to former slaves.

All of the following statements concerning the Wade-Davis Bill are true EXCEPT:

the bill provided for financial compensation to freedmen

Which of the following was NOT a feature of Lincoln's Presidential Reconstruction of the Union?

50% of Confederates have to pledge loyalty to the U.S.

The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed all of the following EXCEPT::

slaves benefited from receiving education and job training.

Congressman Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor because:

Sumner had used abusive language to describe the South

In the Dred Scott decision, the final ruling by the Supreme Court was that:

Congress could allow slavery because slaves were property

Manifest Destiny is best described as the:

idea America's ordained by God to spread beyond its borders

Which of the following best describes the situation in Kansas during the 1850s?

Popular sovereignty led to bloodshed and violence in Kansas

The American Colonization Society was established in the early 19thcentury with the goal of

Returning free blacks to Africa

Lincoln’s primary objective for suspending the writ of habeas corpus was to:

suppress Southern sympathizers in border states

Among the advantages the Union possessed at the beginning of the Civil War was:

a continuing influx of immigrant manpower from Europe.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for:

U.S. acquisition of half of Mexico with compensation

The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following EXCEPT:

it was the last major battle of the Civil War.

Which of these statements is NOT true about the California Gold Rush of 1849?

It reignited the slavery debate.

Scalawag was the label given to-

Southerners who cooperated with Republicans in the South

The South’s greatest weakness in the Civil War was:

its relatively small population.

The primary goal of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which Commodore Matthew Perry signed in 1854, was:

opening Japan to American trade.

When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in:

Confederate states still in rebellion against the U.S.

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction:

had a swift restoration of the southern states

The South’s King Cotton failed to draw Britain immediate support for the Confederacy because:

British found cotton from new sources like Egypt and India.

Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction was that a state could re-enter the Union when:

10% of its voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on Republican platform that advocated all EXCEPT

the abolition of slavery throughout the United States

Which of the following was not true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

It was overturned by the Dred Scott decision.

Sherman's march from "Atlanta to the sea" was especially notable for its

brutual war tactics of destruction and pillaging of South

Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that the:

freed slaves must be granted the right to vote

In the election of 1860, -

Republicans gained executive branch control for first time

Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850,

California as a free state and Utah and New Mexico choose

In his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown intended to:

help slaves rise up and establish black free state

Lincoln rejected the proposed Crittenden Compromise primarily because it:

left open idea that slavery could expand south into Mexico

What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial?

It was a secret plan to get Cuba by the U.S. from Spain

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the:

withdrawal of federal troops in the South.

Northerners coming to South for personal gain and profit

Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT

restriction against black migration from the South

Following the Civil War, most freed slaves-

stayed in the South as sharecroppers

Which of the following best summarizes impact of Reconstruction on the South?

It failed to make lasting political and social changes

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1
Texas was finally admitted into the Union in 1844 as a result of
annexation legislation signed by President Tyler
the Mexican - American War
Texans' willingness to abandon slavery
a Texas agreement to divide into 5 states for representation
2
The direct cause of the war between Mexico and the United States was:
Mexican support for the antislavery movement in Texas.
Mexico’s refusal to sell California to the United States.
U.S. refusal to pay Mexican claims for damages from Texas
American determination to conquer and annex northern Mexico.
3
The Wilmot Proviso stated that:
Slavery was allowed in Texas and California not New Mexico
Slavery was allowed in New Mexico and Texas, not California
Slavery would not be allowed in the land taken from Mexico
Plantation owners in Texas could retain current slaves
4
Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that:
the fort's commander was trying to evacuate his troops.
southern support for secession was weakening.
Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with federal troops.
Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
5
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin:
received little notice at the time it was published.
was prompted by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.
intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
6
The battle at Antietam is considered a decisive moment for all following reasons EXCEPT:
Union military strength kept Britain from intervening .
it allowed Lincoln to issue Emancipation Proclamation.
it marked the importance of the use of iron-clad ships.
Union success was based on discovery of Lee’s battle plans.
7
In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court ruled that:
African Americans could be denied the right to vote.
"separate but equal" facilities were constitutional.
the 14th Amendment did not apply to African Americans.
literacy tests for voting were constitutional.
8
Controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and readmission of southern states to the Union :
showed close ties developing between Lincoln and Democrats.
showed that Congress believed the South had never seceded.
showed Lincoln’s desire for a harsh Reconstruction Plan.
showed deep differences between Lincoln and Congress.
9
Which of the following political parties based its entire platform on issue of immigration?
Democrats
Free-Soilers
Whigs
Know-Nothings
10
All of the following were tenets of Reconstruction as adopted by Congress EXCEPT:
ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
state laws enfranchising former male slaves.
new state constitutions reorganized by state government.
state-sponsored education and land grants to former slaves.
11
Blacks who violated Jim Crow laws or other elements of South's racial code were often subject
to criticism from both white and black churches
to lynchings
to losing their case in the Supreme Court
to prosecution in federal courts
12
All of the following statements concerning the Wade-Davis Bill are true EXCEPT:
the bill provided for financial compensation to freedmen
bill required majority of population take allegiance oath
Lincoln used his pocket veto to defeat it
bill stipulated Congress would administer Reconstruction
13
Which of the following was NOT among the Border States?
Maryland
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kentucky
14
Which of the following was NOT a feature of Lincoln's Presidential Reconstruction of the Union?
Presidential pardons offered to Confederate officials.
Reorganization of Southern states swift readmission to Union
50% of Confederates have to pledge loyalty to the U.S.
The notion that the South had never actually left the Union.
15
The South's "positive good" argument for slavery claimed all of the following EXCEPT::
slavery was supported by the Bible and Constitution.
slaves were better off than most northern workers.
slaves benefited from receiving education and job training.
slaves were treated as members of the family.
16
Congressman Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor because:
Sumner helped to fund John Brown’s violent activities.
Sumner personally blocked the admission of Kansas as free
Sumner threatened to kill Brooks if he had the opportunity.
Sumner had used abusive language to describe the South
17
In the Dred Scott decision, the final ruling by the Supreme Court was that:
Congress could allow slavery because slaves were property
Scott was still slave by not filing suit in a free state
Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court
the Kansas Nebraska Act was unconstitutional.
18
Manifest Destiny is best described as the:
America’s push toward becoming a commercial nation
sense of mission to ultimately eliminate slavery from U.S.
idea America's ordained by God to spread beyond its borders
expelling all foreign influences from American borders
19
Congress passes the 14th Amendment to the Constitution with all of the following terms EXCEPT:
the right to vote.
citizenship and civil rights for African Americans.
linking state’s representation in Congress to blacks voting
disqualifying from office certain former Confederates.
20
Which of the following best describes the situation in Kansas during the 1850s?
Kansas was permitted to enter the Union as a slave state
Kansas was clearly on the side of the pro-slavery forces.
The people of Kansas were overwhelmingly abolitionist
Popular sovereignty led to bloodshed and violence in Kansas
21
During the Civil War, Britain and the U.S were nearly provoked into war by:
British working-class support for the South.
Napoleon III's effort to place Maximilian on Mexican throne.
the Trent affair.
Britain's refusal to observe Union's blockade of ports.
22
The American Colonization Society was established in the early 19^thcentury with the goal of
Settling White Americans on western lands
Returning free blacks to Africa
preventing Europe from colonizing in the Americas
Settling American Indians on reservations
23
Lincoln’s primary objective for suspending the writ of habeas corpus was to:
better control the newspapers in the North
be allowed to end slavery officially in the capital
suppress Southern sympathizers in border states
bolster the size of the army with a draft
24
Among the advantages the Union possessed at the beginning of the Civil War was:
the ability to fight a primarily defensive war
better preparation of ordinary soldiers for military life
strong support from the British and French aristocracy
a continuing influx of immigrant manpower from Europe.
25
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War provided for:
American guarantees of fair treatment for Mexican citizens
the eventual American acquisition of all of Mexico
U.S. acquisition of half of Mexico with compensation
a return to the status quo that existed before the war.
26
The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following EXCEPT:
it helped to quell Northern peace agitation.
it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas.
it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.
it was the last major battle of the Civil War.
27
Which of these statements is NOT true about the California Gold Rush of 1849?
It fueled lawlessness in the California territory
It sent thousands into a territory with limited resources
It led Californians to seek rapid admission as a state
It reignited the slavery debate.
28
Scalawag was the label given to-
Southerners who cooperated with Republicans in the South
Northerners who opposed Republican Reconstruction policies
Southern blacks who fought for Confederacy
Northerners who went South to participate in Reconstruction
29
The South’s greatest weakness in the Civil War was:
its relatively small population.
poor military leadership from the beginning.
it's minimal control of the seas
its lack of arms and weaponry.
30
The primary goal of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which Commodore Matthew Perry signed in 1854, was:
establishing a balance of power in East Asia
opening Japan to American missionaries.
guaranteeing the territorial integrity of China.
opening Japan to American trade.
31
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in:
areas controlled by the Union
the Border states
slave states that remained loyal to the Union
Confederate states still in rebellion against the U.S.
32
President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction:
guaranteed former slaves the right to vote
established literacy tests for voting in the South
had a swift restoration of the southern states
required former Confederates to ratify 14th amendment
33
The South’s King Cotton failed to draw Britain immediate support for the Confederacy because:
Confederate blockade runners delivered cotton to Britain.
the British proved sufficient to grow their own cotton.
British found cotton from new sources like Egypt and India.
the threat of war with France distracted British attention.
34
Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction was that a state could re-enter the Union when:
it formally adopted plan guaranteeing black political rights
10% of its voters took an oath of allegiance to the Union
it ratified the 14th and 15th amendments
it repealed its original secession act and withdrew soldiers
35
The conflict over slavery following the election of 1852 led shortly to the:
death of the Republican Party.
takeover of the Whig Party by pro-slavery elements.
rise of the Free Soil Party.
death of the Whig Party.
36
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on Republican platform that advocated all EXCEPT
the abolition of slavery throughout the United States
government subsidies for a transcontinental railroad
higher protective tariffs
free western land for settlers who would live and work on it
37
Which of the following was not true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
It allowed for the creation of the transcontinental railroad
It was overturned by the Dred Scott decision.
It allowed for popular sovereignty within the region.
38
Sherman's march from "Atlanta to the sea" was especially notable for its
commitment to emancipate slaves and bring them to Union Army
brutual war tactics of destruction and pillaging of South
impact in inspiring Northern public opinion against slavery
tactical brilliance against Confederate cavalry forces
39
Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that the:
Southern states should be quickly readmitted into the Union
federal power should be used for social/economic change
blacks should be the foundation of the Republican Party
freed slaves must be granted the right to vote
40
In the election of 1860, -
tariff was most controversial issue
Republicans gained executive branch control for first time
most Southerners voted for John Bell
most Southerners refused to vote
41
Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850,
California as a free state and Utah and New Mexico choose
South and North agreed to number of slave and free states
California as free state, and Utah and New Mexico as slave
New Mexico and Utah as free and Texas as slave state
42
In his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown intended to:
help slaves rise up and establish black free state
arouse the South to secede from the Union
get West Virginia to break away from Virginia
seize weapons to start his own war against the South
43
Lincoln rejected the proposed Crittenden Compromise primarily because it:
left open idea that slavery could expand south into Mexico
would have been ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
represented continuation of Douglas' popular sovereignty
would have restored a balance of slave and free states
44
What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial?
It showed northern interests to block slave territories
It had the backing of France, Britain and Spain.
It was a secret plan to get Cuba by the U.S. from Spain
It was an attempt at U.S. expansion into Asian territories
45
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the:
a plan to build the first transcontinental railroad.
election of a Democrat to the presidency.
withdrawal of federal troops in the South.
Republican support for a silver-money policy..
46
Carpetbaggers were
Southerners supporting Radical Republicans
Northerners coming to South for personal gain and profit
freed slaves who fled the South after emancipation
Southern governments refusing to accept the 13th Amendment
47
Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT
a ban on jury service by blacks
restriction against black migration from the South
punishment of blacks for idleness
fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts
48
Following the Civil War, most freed slaves-
took work building the nation's railroads
joined the pioneer movement as it headed West
stayed in the South as sharecroppers
moved to the North to work in factories
49
Most of the Irish who came to the U.S in the 1840s after the potato famine settled in
California
urban areas of the North
seacoast cities of the South
rural areas in the Old Northwest
50
Which of the following best summarizes impact of Reconstruction on the South?
It reformed public education in the South to equal the North
Left many problems unresolved but promoted racial progress
It strengthened hold of the Republican Party in the South
It failed to make lasting political and social changes
51
Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
A Southern supporter of popular sovereignty
A Missouri slaveholder
A New England abolitionist
52
The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because:
Philadelphia and New York were safe from attack.
Lee's military genius, Stonewall Jackson, was killed.
it guaranteed Lincoln’s re-election in 1864.
Union victory gave hope that Lee could actually be defeated.
53
The Fifteenth Amendment provided for:
racial integration of public schools and public facilities
full citizenship and civil rights for former slaves
voting rights for former slaves
readmitting Southern states to the Union
54
The Morrill Act of 1862:
granted public lands to states to support higher education
required copulsory school attendance through high school.
established the modern research university.
established women's colleges like Vassar.
55
How was the question of the Oregon boundary finally resolved between the U.S. and Britain?
Britain settled for the proposed line of 49 degrees.
Both nations agreed to continue jointly occupying the region
Polk pushed for the 54 degrees 40 line until Britain agreed.
America declared war on Britain over boundary.
56
Who were the Free-Soilers?
Political party supported banning slavery in the territories
Political party to end slavery and grant land to freedmen.
Political group supporting rights of squatters to keep land
Coalition of farmers sought to curb excesses of industries
57
In the context of the Civil War, a border state was a:
free state that bordered on slave states with Union support
free state that bordered on slave states
slave state that did not secede from the Union
slave state that seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter
58
Which is NOT a true statement about the rise of the Republican Party in the mid-1850s?
It symbolized increasing sectionalism leading to war.
Attracted dissatisfied Whigs, Democrats, and Know-Nothings.
Most of its support began below the Mason-Dixon line.
It held the position of Speaker of the House within 2 years.
59
The doctrine of popular sovereignty, as seen in the 19th century, is best defined as allowing:
people of a territory the right to decide on slavery issue
Congress to decide issue of slavery before admitting state
powers of the federal government to be above that of states.
the government to be subjected to the will of the people.
60
What was the justification for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?
He had obstructed Reconstruction.
He allegedly violated the Tenure of Office Act.
He was often drunk.
He had a harem of women.
61
The Ku Klux Klan formed during Reconstruction with the purpose of:
Keeping African Americans from exercising rights
Taking control of Southern state governments
Restarting the Confederacy
Fighting Union armies stationed in the South
62
Abolitionist John Brown made his first entry into violent antislavery politics by:
leading an armed raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
organizing a slave rebellion in Missouri
killing 5 proslavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek
organizing an armed militia to help slaves escape to Canada
63
Pro-Union sentiment was strong in western Virginia and eastern Tennessee before the war because
there were few slaves or large plantations in these regions
these regions were more industrialized than other regions
Confederate troops had committed atrocities in these areas
these regions had more trade with the North than the South
64
What was the major spark that triggered the New York draft riots in 1863?
The use of bounty brokers to staff the army.
The disproportionate number of upstate farmers in military
Mandatory conscription for all males age 20 to 45
The provision that allowed the rich to hire draft substitute
65
The most significant effect of the Fugitive Slave Law, passed as part of the Compromise of 1850
was an idea by abolitionists for violent slave rebellions
was an end to slave escapes and the Underground Railroad.
was the extension of the Underground Railroad into Canada.
was a sharp rise in northern antislavery feeling.

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