Which of the following applies to Hinton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South?
It was banned and burned throughout the South.
Who were border ruffians?
Proslavery Missourians who rushed into Kansas to vote illegally and battle antislavery forces
As provided to Congress, what did the Lecompton Constitution provide for?
The admission of Kansas as a slave state
What was the Kansas conflict over slavery known as?
Bleeding Kansas
Who did Democrats nominate as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856?
James Buchanan
Members of the Know-Nothing party were all of the following except:
Irish immigrants
All of the following were true of the Dred Scott decision except:
The Missouri Compromise, banning slavery north of 36° 30', was repealed.
What did Stephen A. Douglas argue in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
That slavery would remain illegal if the people of a territory voted it down, regardless of the Supreme Court's contrary decision in the Dred Scott case
Which of the following is true of the panic of 1857?
It was caused in part by gold pouring into the economy and inflating the currency.
What was the reaction of most Northerners to John Brown?
They condemned the raid on Harper's Ferry but mourned Brown as a martyr after his execution.
At the Democratic convention of 1860, Senator Stephen Douglas did which of the following?
Failed to muster the necessary two-thirds vote, so the entire body dissolved
Who primarily made up the Constitutional Union party?
Whigs and Know-Nothings
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, all of the following states seceded from the Union except:
New Jersey
Who was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
All of the following are true of the Crittenden amendments except:
They prevented slavery from becoming permanent in a territory.
Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?
The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states.
Which of the following best explains Douglass’ point of view in the excerpt?
Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men’s claims to United States citizenship.
Douglass’ rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?
His advocacy for African American equal rights
The data in the tables indicate which of the following?
The Confederacy lost more of its skilled workers than did the Union.
The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?
The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.
The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?
The Confederacy more typically enlisted enslaved African Americans to fill its army.
The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments?
Lincoln sought to avoid violence over the issues that divided the country.
The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations?
States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.
Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following?
Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.
Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?
The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) represented a departure from earlier practices in which of the following ways?
It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?
The Missouri Compromise in 1820
Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following?
Political responses to changing demographics in the United States
Which of the following historical situations can best be used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time?
The rise in immigration to the United States
The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?
Nativist sentiment
The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?
Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South.
The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?
The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery.
Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical contexts?
Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress.
Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman’s and Giddings’ arguments about the Mexican-American War?
Whitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United States.
Based on their arguments in the excerpts, Giddings would likely agree with and Whitman would likely disagree with which of the following claims about the causes of the Mexican-American War?
The United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory.
Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments?
Both sought to justify their positions to international observers.
Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following?
The creation of diplomatic ties with foreign nations
The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?
Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny
Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt?
The desire for international trade and access to global markets
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
South Carolina
Why were Union forces sent to Fort Sumter?
To provide provisions
Which of the following was not a result of the attack on Fort Sumter?
Charleston, South Carolina, became the Confederate capital.
Besides the border states that retained slavery, in what region of the North was an antislavery Civil War the most unpopular?
The Butternut region of southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
As the Civil War began, the South had what advantage?
More talented military leaders
What was the North's greatest strength in the Civil War?
Economy, particularly its greater manufacturing capacity and more efficient and extensive railroad network
Which of the following created tensions between Britain and the Union during the Civil War?
The British built Confederate ships.
How did the French take advantage of disunity in America?
They installed an emperor of Mexico.
The effects of the "cotton famine" in Britain were relieved in all of the following ways except:
Britain broke the naval blockade to purchase cotton from the Confederacy.
Fatal weaknesses of the Confederate government included all of the following except:
The governor of Georgia seceded from the secession and fought both sides.
What did President Lincoln do during the Civil War?
Suspended the precious privilege of the writ of habeas corpus so that anti-Unionists might be summarily arrested
Prior to 1863, what did the North rely on to fill the Union army's demand for troops?
Volunteers
Which of the following is true of the Union's establishment of the National Banking System?
It was the first significant step toward a unified banking network since 1836.
How did women make advances during the Civil War?
They entered industrial employment and provided medical aid for soldiers on both sides.
What were the conditions of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Settlers were offered cheap land in the West if they lived on it for five years and improved it.
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the first battle at Bull Run in July 1861?
Northerners realized that the war would be much more difficult than they initially thought.
Which of the following best describes the outcome of General McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of June–July 1862?
Lee drove McClellan's forces back to the sea.
What threat did the Merrimack—later renamed the Virginia—pose to the Union war effort?
The blockade of southern ports could be undermined
Which of the following best describes the twelve-hour Battle of Antietam in September 1862?
It proved to be the bloodiest single day of the war.
What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the war?
It removed any chance for a negotiated settlement between the North and South.
True or False: Immediately following the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confederate army began filling its ranks with African American soldiers.
false
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863?
The Confederate forces would not again gain the upper hand in the war.
Which of the following Union generals waged their greatest campaign of the war during the siege of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which of the following is one of the tactics used by General William Tecumseh Sherman that helped to usher in the era of modern warfare?
Civilians considered acceptable targets in the interest of obtaining a victory
Which of the following best describes the Copperheads?
Northern Democrats who opposed the Union war effort
Who ran for vice president on the Union party ticket and would preside over the early stages of Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
True or False: Lincoln's reelection in 1864 had no effect on Southern morale.
false
Who met at Appomattox Couthouse in April 1865 to broker the terms of the end of the war?
Generals Grant and Lee
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln proved to:
Be a political calamity for the South
The Union victory ensured that which of the following would be a dominant force in the postwar years?
A strong federal government