Take home test practice

Which of the following resulted from the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848

The US achieved uncontested ownership of Texas

According to Alexis de Tocqueville in democracy in America American individualism arose as a result of

The absence of an aristocracy

The Ostend manifesto written during the pierce administration suggested the US might be justified in aquiring

Cuba

The compromise of 1850 did which of the following

Enacted stringent fugitive state law

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the civil war is correct

For most of the war they were paid less of white soldiers of equal rank

The rise of the know-nothing (American) party during the 1850s demonstrated that some Americans were

Supportive of clays American system of protectionism and internal improvements

The reconstruction acts of 1867 provided for

Temporary union military supervision of the ex-confederacy

In which year would the population of an Atlantic sea coast city most likely have appeared as follows Born in the US of parents born in the US (white): 70,352 Born in Ireland (white): 25,282 Born in US of parents born in Ireland (white): 2,017 Born in Russia (white): 10 Born in US of parents born in Russia (white):2 Non-white born in US: 2,317

1850

Which of the following was a consequences of the shift to sharecropping and crop lien system in the late ninteeth-century south

A cycle of debt and depression for southern tentant farmers

In the antebellum period free African Americans were

Able to accumulate some property in spite of discrimination

In the pre-civil war era the railroads most important impact on the economy was the

Accessibility to eastern urban markets provided Midwestern farmers

A central theme of Alexander de Tocqueville's democracy in America is

American equality is a product of the Nations social mobility and geographic restlessness

During the civil war both the union and confederate governments experienced

An expansion of the powers of the presidency

African American soldiers who served in the union army during the civil war were likely to

Be assigned menial tasks doing physical labor behind the lines

All of the following statements about pre-civil war american slavery are true except

Because of the relative ease with which slaves could gain their freedom by manumission or by purchase the proportion of freedmen to slaves was almost equal in many areas of the south

A common characteristic of scalawags was they

Came into the south from the north to export the region and enrich themselves

While different political groups came together to form the Republican Party in 1854 they were united by their

Commitment to the immediate abolition of slavery in America

With the publication of uncle toms cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

Condemned souther slaveholders for their brutal and unchristian behavior

The first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in

Kansas

After the civil war women reformers and former abolitionists were divided over

Legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males

"...the descendants of Africans who were imported into this country and sold as slaves... Are not included and wetland were not intended to be included under the word 'citizens' in the constitution and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States." The passage above is from which of the following

Dred Scott v Sanford

When the emancipation proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863 its immediate effect was to

End the civil war

Which of the following achievements of the "carpetbag" governments survived the "redeemer" administrations

Establishment of a public school system

African Americans who fled the violence of the reconstruction south in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas were known as

Exodusters

In the last half of the 19th century the new south advocates supported

Expansion of southern industry

In the 1850s the south differed from the north in that the south had

Fewer european immigrants

Early in the civil war Lincoln hoped to end slavery by

Gradually emancipating slaves in the south but allowing the owners to move west to re-establish slavery on their farms and plantations there

During the civil war the Republican Party passed legislation promoting economic development concerning all of the following EXCEPT the

Granting of government subsidies to encourage the export of manufactured goods

The norths advantages over the south at the outbreak of the civil war included all of the following except

Greater agreement over war aims

Based on senatorial debates with Abraham Lincoln how did Stephen Douglas view slavery

He didn't take a moral position on slavery and mainly considered its impact on his political prospects

In part president Lincoln refrained from taking action to emancipate slaves until the civil war had been in progress for almost two years because

He sought to retain the loyalty of the border states

John brown staged his raid on Harper's ferry in 1859 because he believed

He was gods instrument to destroy slavery by whatever means necessary

Which of the following best describes the policy of the government of Mexico towards Texas

In encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and early 1830s

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the US in the first quarter of the 19th century

Invention of the cotton gin

Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the US during the first half of the 29th century

Ireland

The hostility of the know-nothing party was directed primarily against

Irish a and German Catholic immigrants

In the 1840s many people supported popular sovereignty because

It called for the residents of a territory to decide the question of slavery

Which of the following statements is true of the compromise of 1850

It provided the south with ten years to prepare for secession

Which of the following statements about the dred scott decision is correct

It stated that black people were not citizens of the United States

All of the following were true of the emancipation proclamation EXCEPT

It transformed the focus and objective of the civil war in the south

Which element of the Kansas-Nebraska act caused the greatest controversy

It's de facto repeal of the Missouri compromise

During the civil war a copperhead was someone who

Lived in the north but supported the souths effort to establish an independent nation

All of the following led congress to impose radical reconstruction measures EXCEPT the

Massive exodus of former slaves from the south

The supreme courts decision in the dred Scott case on 1857 effectively repealed the

Missouri compromise

Support for slavery in the southern states was based on all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Most white families owned slaves

Which of the following principles was established by the dred Scott decision

National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories

The majority of white families in the antebellum south owned

No slaves

The Republican Party originated in the mid- 1850s as a sectional party committed to which of the following

Opposition to the further extension of slavery into territories

The most controversial and divisive component of the compromise of 1850 was the

Passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act

All of the following contributed to the northern fear of slave power conspiracy in the 1840s and 1850s EXCEPT the

Passage of the wilmot proviso

Black codes passed in a number of southern states after the civil war were intended to

Place limits on he socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people

Of the following the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861-1863 was

Possible british recognition of the confederacy

In 1861 the north went to war primarily to

Preserve the union

During reconstruction the main goal of the ku klux klan was to

Prevent the changes in southern society envisioned by the radical republicans

In adopting the 14th amendment congress was primarily concerned with

Protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves

After the civil war the freedmen's bureau had its greatest success in

Providing educational opportunities for former slaves

All of the following elements of the radical republican program were implemented during reconstruction EXCEPT

Provision of 40 acres to each feedmen

The wilmot proviso transformed the politics of the Mexican war by

Raising the issue of whether territory acquired through the war would be slave or free

Which of the following best summarizes the impact of reconstruction on the south

Reconstruction failed to make lasting changes in the political and social power structure in the south

During the civil war era the slave states of Maryland Delaware Kentucky and Missouri all

Remained in the union

The Kansas-Nebraska act (1854) heightened the sectional crisis because it

Repealed the Missouri compromise

The battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 is considered pivotal to the outcome of the civil war because it

Represented the unions deepest thrust into southern territory

The primary objective of the founders of the know-nothing party was the

Restriction of the rights of immigrants

Which of the following most likely increased Mexican suspicion of United States territorial objectives in the 1830s and 1840s

Rhetoric on "manifest destiny" in the American press

In his speeches during the 1850s Abraham Lincoln took the position the slavery

Should co-exist with non-salve territories for years into the future.

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

During reconstruction a major economic development in the south was the

Spread of sharecropping

Which of the following states the principle of popular sovereignty

The american people shall decide where slavery will exist through a national plebiscite

How did northerners react to the dred Scott case in 1857

The decision confirmed to many northerners that "slave power" was gaining control of the government

The direct impact of the civil war on the economy included all of the following EXCEPT

The emergence of the trust as a form of business organization

In the presidential campaign of 1860 which of he following positions was asserted by the Republican Party platform with respect to slavery

The extension of slavery to United States territories should be prohibited by the federal government but slavery should be protected in the states where it already existed

Which of the following occurred during radical reconstruction

The formation of the ku klux klan

Which of the following best describes the situation of freedmen in the decade following the civil war

The majority entered share cropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters

Which of the following was a serious constitutional question are the civil war

The political and legal status of the former confederate states

Which of the following best explains why the US denied Texas admission to the union between 1836 and 1845

The presidents in these years opposed annexation because it would weaken national security.

The wilmot proviso specifically provided for

The prohibition of slavery in Louisiana purchase territory

Thaddeus Stevens and other radical republicans believed

The rebellious states should undergo widespread political and social changes

Why did congressional reconstruction end in 1877

The republican and democratic parties effected a compromise agrement after the 1876 presidential election

Which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850s

The strengthened fugitive state law

Which of the following best characterizes the response of Great Britain and France to the American civil war

They saw advantages in a divided union but pursued cautious policies toward both sides

Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850s

They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories

During reconstruction southern blacks typically did which of the following

Tilled farms as renters and sharecroppers

Which of the following correctly summarizes the beliefs of Tecumseh before the war of 1812

United by common spiritual beliefs, Native Americans should come together and fight to protect their lands

Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States following the potato famine of the 1840s settled in

Urban areas of the north

Which of the following would most likely have expressed opposition to the idea of manifest destiny

Voters for james k polk in 1844

In 1840 the American antislavery society split into factions because

William Lloyd garrisons advocacy of women's rights and pacifism alienated some members