US History: Chapter 13, chater 14
Zachary Taylor was all of the following except
An abolitionist
The gold rush to ___________________ in ________________ was the greatest mass migration in American history.
California, 1848
Manifest destiny was based on the notion of the United States spreading both _____________________ and _______________ westward.
Christianity, capitalism
(Q049) During the Civil War, the North instituted a draft, but the South never did.
False
(Q053) Government involvement in the economy decreased during the Civil War.
False
(Q058) The Sea Islands experiment was a Confederate government experiment in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the Civil War in which a large breakwater was constructed to stop massive flooding of plantations during hurricanes.
False
David Crockett was not a real person but purely a fictional character.
False
During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.
False
Henry Clay was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1844.
False
John Tyler favored Henry Clay's American System
False
Support for the Mexican-American War was strongest in New England.
False
The Crittenden Compromise would simply guarantee the preservation of slavery in the states in which it already existed.
False
The Republican platform in 1860 promised to end slavery in the southern states.
False
The outbreak of the Mexican-American War was caused by the dispute over Oregon.
False
The proposed Lecompton Constitution would make Kansas a free state.
False
John Brown's Raid was an attack on _________________ in _____________.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia; 1859
On January 9, 1861, the unarmed ship, the Star of the West, was attacked by Confederate cannons while it was attempting to resupply Fort Sumter. Buchanan responded by
Ignoring the challenge and hoping to ride out the remaining weeks of his term.
The president of the United States at the time both Oregon and California were officially acquired was
James K. Polk
Which president acquired the most territory in the history of the United States?
James K. Polk.
The first man to run for president under the banner of the Republican party was
John C. Fremont
____ became a free state in 1861
Kansas
Due to the actions of President James K. Polk, the immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was
Mexican troops attacking U.S. soldiers in disputed territory north of the Rio Grande.
Which of the following statements regarding the Mexican-American War is incorrect?
More American soldiers died in battle than from disease.
As a result of the Mexican-American War the United States acquired all of the following future states except
North Dakota
All of the following were fronts during the Mexican-American War except
Oregon
The majority of those who chose to emigrate to Texas in the first half of the19th century were
Southerners and their slaves
What two new parties filled the gap left by the death of the Whigs in the 1850s?
The American party and the Republicans
Which statement regarding the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford is incorrect?
The Court said Scott should go free.
What party split in the presidential election of 1860?
The Democrats
Which of the following statements regarding the Mexican-American War is most accurate?
The Mexican-American War was imperialistic.
Which statement regarding the Crittenden compromise is untrue?
The compromise passed the Senate
Which statement regarding "Bleeding Kansas" is correct?
The people of Kansas killed each other over whether the state would be free or slave.
The final version of the Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except which?
The sale of slaves would end in the state of Washington
(Q046) Many late-nineteenth-century "captains of industry" made their initial fortunes during the Civil War.
True
All the western Indian tribes eventually felt the unrelenting pressure of white expansion and conquest.
True
California entered the Union as a free state.
True
During the 1860 election Lincoln would not even be on the ballot in the South.
True
In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln said: "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."
True
James K. Polk won the 1844 election without a majority of the popular vote.
True
On December 20, 1860, a special convention made up of mainly white slave owners unanimously approved an Ordinance of Secession. Thereby removing South Carolina from the union and proclaiming the State of South Carolina an Independent Commonwealth.
True
The Republican party was created in 1854 by the merger of several anti-slavery groups.
True
There were more than 200 different Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River in 1840.
True
Through his execution, John Brown became a martyr for the anti-slavery cause.
True
William Henry Harrison died one month after his inauguration as president.
True
The United States army under __________________ captured ________________ in March 1847.
Winfield Scott, Mexico City
The Battle of the Alamo in Texas was
a defeat for the Texians
(Q008) A Sanitary Fair is
a grand bazaar that raised money for the care of Union soldiers.
According to your textbook "Bleeding Kansas" was
a series of violent conflicts in the Kansas Territory and was a rehearsal for civil war.
(Q025) The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December 1865,
abolished slavery throughout the Union.
(Q015) During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to
camps of fugitive slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
could be used to punish those who helped runaway slaves.
In his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln
declared secession illegal
(Q010) Spiritualism, in the sense that Mary Todd Lincoln and others perceived it,
grew in popularity with such devices as séances.
(Q035) The Civil War shifted power from slaveowning planters to
northern capitalists.
(Q012) At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862,
northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war.
(Q018) Of the more than 180,000 black men who served in the Union army during the Civil War, how many died of disease, of wounds, or in battle?
one-third
_____________________ is the notion that citizens of a territory should regulate the existence of slavery just like the citizens of a state.
popular sovereignty
The Free-Soil coalition believed
slavery should be excluded from the western territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
supported the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
All of the following groups suffered as a result of manifest destiny except
the French
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War was
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
(Q038) What was General Grant's strategy in 1864 that became a turning point in the war for ultimate Union victory?
to base his troops in Canada for a final assault against Lee's army in Virginia
(Q032) Rose Greenhow
was a Confederate spy working in Washington, D.C.
The first shots of the Civil War
were fired by South Carolinians.
Which of the following statements regarding westward expansion after 1830 is not accurate?
Southerners were not in the least bit interested in moving west.
The Mexican-American War offi cially ended in
1848
(Q013) Population in the North was 22 million in 1860, while the white population of the South in 1860 was
5.5 million.
Which statement regarding the settlement of California in the 19th century is true?
As whites moved into California the native population dropped drastically.
Which of the following statements about the American military during the Mexican-American War is correct?
Blacks were banned from military service.
Which statement regarding the presidency of James Buchanan is incorrect?
James Buchanan did not believe in westward expansion.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
_______________________ coined the term manifest destiny in ________.
John L. O'Sullivan, 1845
During Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address he promised all of these things BUT?
Promised to abolish slavery immediately.
Which of the following statements regarding the Wilmot Proviso is untrue?
The proviso passed the Senate.
(Q063) Lincoln referred to the United States in speeches primarily as a "nation," and not the "Union," by the end of the Civil War.
True
On the morning of April 12, 1961, Confederate troops began to shell Fort Sumter. After 34 hours, General Anderson for the Union forces would lower the American Flag. This official began the Civil War.
True
President Martin Van Buren failed to win the Democratic party's nomination to run for a second term due to his position in Texas.
True
The Mexican-American War was opposed by all of the following except?
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan's great experience in public service helped him become one of the most successful presidents.
False
Mexico initially banned all American settlement in Texas.
False
Mexico's winning of independence from Spain slowed American expansion westward.
False
The states of the Deep South did not secede from the Union until Lincoln took office.
False
Zachary Taylor's decisive victory at the Battle of Buena Vista led to an immediate Mexican surrender.
False
Which statement regarding President James K. Polk is not true?
He opposed western expansion into California
(Q059) The Wade-Davis Bill, introduced in Congress to begin Reconstruction in the summer of 1864, required a majority of white male southerners to pledge support for the Union, and guaranteed blacks equality before the law, but not the vote.
True
After the end of the Mexican-American War, Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina made the claim that _____________________ protected the institution of slavery.
Fifth amendment
Lincoln's home state, ___________________ was a ____________ state.
Illinois, free
Abraham Lincoln was elected in _______________ 1860 and took office in ______________________ 1861.
November, March
The "Oregon Country" that Americans coveted included all what would become the following states except
Oklahoma
(Q051) Black soldiers played a crucial role in winning the Civil War and in defining the war's consequences.
True
(Q069) During the Civil War, the Confederate Congress authorized military officers to seize farm goods to supply the army, paying with increasingly worthless Confederate money.
True
(Q054) Before going off to war, many Civil War soldiers sat for photographs, which were reproduced on small cards and distributed to friends and loved ones.
True
(Q056) Not since the American Civil War had mass armies confronted each other on the battlefield with the deadly weapons created by the industrial revolution.
True
When he won the presidency, Abraham Lincoln carried ___________ slave states in the Electoral College.
0
(Q033) General William T. Sherman moved his forces from Tennessee into this state, seizing the main railroad center in 1864.
Georgia
In the presidential election of 1848, a third party called the ________________ ran _______________.
Democrats, Lewis Cass
In response to the secession of South Carolina, James Buchanan
Did nothing
(Q073) Later in life, Ulysses Grant traveled on a two-year world tour with his wife, and was generally greeted as a modern-day hero.
True
(Q057) In March 1865, the month before the Civil War ended, the Confederate Congress authorized the arming of slaves to fight for the South.
True
