front 1 Which of the following applies to Hinton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South? | back 1 It was banned and burned throughout the South. |
front 2 Who were border ruffians? | back 2 Proslavery Missourians who rushed into Kansas to vote illegally and battle antislavery forces |
front 3 As provided to Congress, what did the Lecompton Constitution provide for? | back 3 The admission of Kansas as a slave state |
front 4 What was the Kansas conflict over slavery known as? | back 4 Bleeding Kansas |
front 5 Who did Democrats nominate as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856? | back 5 James Buchanan |
front 6 Members of the Know-Nothing party were all of the following except: | back 6 Irish immigrants |
front 7 All of the following were true of the Dred Scott decision except: | back 7 The Missouri Compromise, banning slavery north of 36° 30', was repealed. |
front 8 What did Stephen A. Douglas argue in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates? | back 8 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 |
front 9 Which of the following is true of the panic of 1857? | back 9 It was caused in part by gold pouring into the economy and inflating the currency. |
front 10 What was the reaction of most Northerners to John Brown? | back 10 They condemned the raid on Harper's Ferry but mourned Brown as a martyr after his execution. |
front 11 At the Democratic convention of 1860, Senator Stephen Douglas did which of the following? | back 11 Failed to muster the necessary two-thirds vote, so the entire body dissolved |
front 12 Who primarily made up the Constitutional Union party? | back 12 Whigs and Know-Nothings |
front 13 After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, all of the following states seceded from the Union except: | back 13 New Jersey |
front 14 Who was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America? | back 14 Jefferson Davis |
front 15 All of the following are true of the Crittenden amendments except: | back 15 They prevented slavery from becoming permanent in a territory. |
front 16 Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments? | back 16 The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states. |
front 17 Which of the following best explains Douglass’ point of view in the excerpt? | back 17 Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men’s claims to United States citizenship. |
front 18 Douglass’ rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following? | back 18 His advocacy for African American equal rights |
front 19 The data in the tables indicate which of the following? | back 19 The Confederacy lost more of its skilled workers than did the Union. |
front 20 The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War? | back 20 The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union. |
front 21 The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following? | back 21 The Confederacy more typically enlisted enslaved African Americans to fill its army. |
front 22 The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments? | back 22 Lincoln sought to avoid violence over the issues that divided the country. |
front 23 The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations? | back 23 States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election. |
front 24 Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following? | back 24 Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system. |
front 25 Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments? | back 25 The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents |
front 26 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? | back 26 It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. |
front 27 The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives? | back 27 The Missouri Compromise in 1820 |
front 28 Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following? | back 28 Political responses to changing demographics in the United States |
front 29 Which of the following historical situations can best be used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time? | back 29 The rise in immigration to the United States |
front 30 The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following? | back 30 Nativist sentiment |
front 31 The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations? | back 31 Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South. |
front 32 The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following? | back 32 The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery. |
front 33 Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical contexts? | back 33 Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress. |
front 34 Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman’s and Giddings’ arguments about the Mexican-American War? | back 34 Whitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United States. |
front 35 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? | back 35 The United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory. |
front 36 Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments? | back 36 Both sought to justify their positions to international observers. |
front 37 Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following? | back 37 The creation of diplomatic ties with foreign nations |
front 38 The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments? | back 38 Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny |
front 39 Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt? | back 39 The desire for international trade and access to global markets |
front 40 Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | back 40 South Carolina |
front 41 Why were Union forces sent to Fort Sumter? | back 41 To provide provisions |
front 42 Which of the following was not a result of the attack on Fort Sumter? | back 42 Charleston, South Carolina, became the Confederate capital. |
front 43 Besides the border states that retained slavery, in what region of the North was an antislavery Civil War the most unpopular? | back 43 The Butternut region of southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois |
front 44 As the Civil War began, the South had what advantage? | back 44 More talented military leaders |
front 45 What was the North's greatest strength in the Civil War? | back 45 Economy, particularly its greater manufacturing capacity and more efficient and extensive railroad network |
front 46 Which of the following created tensions between Britain and the Union during the Civil War? | back 46 The British built Confederate ships. |
front 47 How did the French take advantage of disunity in America? | back 47 They installed an emperor of Mexico. |
front 48 The effects of the "cotton famine" in Britain were relieved in all of the following ways except: | back 48 Britain broke the naval blockade to purchase cotton from the Confederacy. |
front 49 Fatal weaknesses of the Confederate government included all of the following except: | back 49 The governor of Georgia seceded from the secession and fought both sides. |
front 50 What did President Lincoln do during the Civil War? | back 50 Suspended the precious privilege of the writ of habeas corpus so that anti-Unionists might be summarily arrested |
front 51 Prior to 1863, what did the North rely on to fill the Union army's demand for troops? | back 51 Volunteers |
front 52 Which of the following is true of the Union's establishment of the National Banking System? | back 52 It was the first significant step toward a unified banking network since 1836. |
front 53 How did women make advances during the Civil War? | back 53 They entered industrial employment and provided medical aid for soldiers on both sides. |
front 54 What were the conditions of the Homestead Act of 1862? | back 54 Settlers were offered cheap land in the West if they lived on it for five years and improved it. |
front 55 Which of the following best describes the outcome of the first battle at Bull Run in July 1861? | back 55 Northerners realized that the war would be much more difficult than they initially thought. |
front 56 Which of the following best describes the outcome of General McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of June–July 1862? | back 56 Lee drove McClellan's forces back to the sea. |
front 57 What threat did the Merrimack—later renamed the Virginia—pose to the Union war effort? | back 57 The blockade of southern ports could be undermined |
front 58 Which of the following best describes the twelve-hour Battle of Antietam in September 1862? | back 58 It proved to be the bloodiest single day of the war. |
front 59 What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the war? | back 59 It removed any chance for a negotiated settlement between the North and South. |
front 60 True or False: Immediately following the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confederate army began filling its ranks with African American soldiers. | back 60 false |
front 61 Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863? | back 61 The Confederate forces would not again gain the upper hand in the war. |
front 62 Which of the following Union generals waged their greatest campaign of the war during the siege of Vicksburg? | back 62 Ulysses S. Grant |
front 63 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? | back 63 Civilians considered acceptable targets in the interest of obtaining a victory |
front 64 Which of the following best describes the Copperheads? | back 64 Northern Democrats who opposed the Union war effort |
front 65 Who ran for vice president on the Union party ticket and would preside over the early stages of Reconstruction? | back 65 Andrew Johnson |
front 66 True or False: Lincoln's reelection in 1864 had no effect on Southern morale. | back 66 false |
front 67 Who met at Appomattox Couthouse in April 1865 to broker the terms of the end of the war? | back 67 Generals Grant and Lee |
front 68 The assassination of Abraham Lincoln proved to: | back 68 Be a political calamity for the South |
front 69 The Union victory ensured that which of the following would be a dominant force in the postwar years? | back 69 A strong federal government |