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Which of the following factors can best be used to explain the Union victory in the Civil War?
Greater population and industrial development
Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
The election of 1860
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
All of the following led Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction measured EXCEPT the
massive exodus of former slaves from the South
The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act
In adopting the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with
protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to
strengthen the moral cause of the Union
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established
that suffrage cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude
The territorial changes shown in the southwestern region of the map most directly resulted from (United States Territorial Claims as of 1849)
the Mexican-American War
The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in
the draft riots in New York City
The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for
the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
the withdrawal of federal troops from the South
Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the end of slavery in the United States?
The Union victory in the Civil War led to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
During Reconstruction, which of following was a change that took place in the South?
African Americans were able to exercise political rights.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the
Missouri Compromise
The data in the tables indicate which of the following? (Source: Adapted from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988).)
Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the conflict referred to in the excerpt? (Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 1863)
Disagreements over whether to allow slavery in new territories
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.
Which of the following statements best summarizes the views of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction?
He believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union.
The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects? (Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854)
Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery
The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to? (Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 1863)
Ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
The Republican Party of the 1850s took which of the following positions on slavery?
Slavery could remain where it existed but should not be extended into territories or new states.
The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations? (President-elect Abraham Lincoln, speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861)
States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.
The provision above overturned the (Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution)
Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election.
Which of the following occurred during Radical Reconstruction?
The formation of the Ku Klux Klan
Which of the following was true of the 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases and the 1883 Civil Rights cases?
They weakened the protections given to African Americans under the Fourteenth Amendment.
After the Civil War, women reformers and former abolitionists were divided over
legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males
The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century? (Senator John C. Calhoun, "Conquest of Mexico" speech, 1848)
Westward expansion
The cartoon above is intended to express (A "strong" government)
a critique of Reconstruction
The situation depicted in the image best serves as evidence of the (Alfred R. Waud, "The Freedmen's Bureau," 1868)
expansion of federal power
On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in
experienced military leadership
