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Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850 The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?

A Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South.

The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?

A Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny

Which of the following describes a difference between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?

A Rable asserts that violence in the South achieved its political goals during Reconstruction, whereas Foner asserts that this violence was suppressed at the time.

President-elect Abraham Lincoln, speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following?

A Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?

A The Missouri Compromise in 1820

Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?

A The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents

Text from a poster announcing a meeting of the American Republican Party, later renamed the American Party, Philadelphia, 1844 Which of the following historical situations can best be used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time?

A The rise in immigration to the United States

Which of the following is a similarity between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?

B Both focus on many Southerners' opposition to racial equality.

Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments?

B Both sought to justify their positions to international observers.

Which of the following factors can best be used to explain the Union victory in the Civil War?

B Greater population and industrial development

Frederick Douglass, excerpt from an editorial, April 1863 Douglass' rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

B His advocacy for African American equal rights

The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

B Nativist sentiment

Source: Adapted from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988). The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?

B The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

Which of the following factors best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the middle of the nineteenth century?

B The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States.

Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following?

B The creation of diplomatic ties with foreign nations

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to refute Stevens' claim in the excerpt that the Union had done little for formerly enslaved people by 1867?

B The creation of schools by the Freedmen's Bureau for formerly enslaved people

Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman's and Giddings' arguments about the Mexican-American War?

B Whitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United States.

Eric Foner, historian, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, published in 1988 Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify Foner's main argument in the second excerpt?

C After 1877 Democrats in the South legislated restrictions on the ability of African Americans to vote.

Which of the following developments could best be used as evidence to support Stevens' claim about African American suffrage in the last paragraph of the excerpt?

C Democrats dominated the Southern states after suppressing African American voting rights.

President-elect Abraham Lincoln, speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments?

C Lincoln sought to avoid violence over the issues that divided the country.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt?

C The desire for international trade and access to global markets

Source: Adapted from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988). The data in the tables indicate which of the following?

D Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.

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?

D It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.

Text from a poster announcing a meeting of the American Republican Party, later renamed the American Party, Philadelphia, 1844 Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following?

D Political responses to changing demographics in the United States

Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the end of slavery in the United States?

D The Union victory in the Civil War led to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Frederick Douglass, excerpt from an editorial, April 1863 Which of the following best explains Douglass' point of view in the excerpt?

C Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men's claims to United States citizenship.

Eric Foner, historian, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, published in 1988 Based on their arguments in the excerpts, both Rable and Foner would most likely agree with which of the following claims?

C Southern resistance hindered Reconstruction.

Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850 Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical contexts?

C Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress.

Source: Adapted from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988). The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?

C The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.

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?

C The United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory.

Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850 The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?

C The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery.

President-elect Abraham Lincoln, speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations?

D States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.

Frederick Douglass, excerpt from an editorial, April 1863 Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?

D The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states.