CHAPTER 13-15/16 US HISTORY TO 1877 MULTIPLE CHOICE

The military death toll in the Civil War was roughly:

750,000

What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

Blacks did not have citizenship and therefore lacked legal standing.

Much of the Confederacy's diplomatic efforts were aimed at:

Britain

In late 1849, Zachary Taylor proposed:

California's immediate entry as a free state

At Petersburg:

Grant put the Confederates under siege

On what legal basis did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

He claimed that living for extended periods in areas where slavery was forbidden made him free.

Given the bitterness of the congressional debate, why was Stephen Douglas successful in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed?

He split the issues into separate bills.

Why did President Buchanan support the Lecompton Constitution?

He was dependent on southern congressmen, who also supported the constitution.

All of the following statements about John Brown are true EXCEPT:

He was fanatically committed to fight to protect the institution of slavery.

Why did Kansas's Lecompton Constitution become so controversial?

It allowed slavery even though a majority of residents opposed it.

Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?

It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern free states.

What effect did the Union naval blockade of southern ports have on the Confederacy?

It quickly choked off southern commercial activity.

Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin outrage slave owners?

It showed how the brutal realities of slavery harmed everyone associated with it.

What was the impact of President Taylor's death?

It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?

It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery.

What does the "Anaconda" Plan refer to?

It was the initial three-pronged Union strategy that included, among other things, a blockade of the southern coast to strangle the South.

Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?

It was the site of the first major Union victory.

The Republican party platform supported all of the following in 1860 EXCEPT:

John Brown's raid

At the Battle of Chancellorsville:

Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility"

At Appomattox Court House:

Lee surrendered to Grant

All of the following are true about the Battle of Antietam EXCEPT:

McClellan vigorously pursued the retreating Lee

Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil War?

Most of the deaths occurred in battle.

How did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the settlement of Kansas?

Popular sovereignty encouraged violence-prone supporters and opponents of slavery to flood Kansas.

All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT:

Tennessee

Which of the following is NOT true of Zachary Taylor?

The "conscience Whigs" were his strongest supporters.

Why did so many northerners, including the so-called Independent Democrats, oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The act repealed the Missouri Compromise.

Why did the Whig party collapse?

The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties.

Which of the following statements best describes the Civil War at the end of 1862?

The war in the East was a virtual deadlock.

Why did Confederate President Jefferson Davis's greatest challenges come from other southern politicians?

Their insistence on states' rights made it difficult for the Confederate government to exert its authority.

Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had which one of the following legal options?

They could hire a substitute.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved blacks in the South as the Civil War dragged on?

They worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy.

All of the following battles resulted in Confederate victories EXCEPT:

Vicksburg

Congress did all of the following during the war EXCEPT:

ban foreign immigration

As Union commander, Grant was best characterized by his:

belief the war would be won in the West

All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true EXCEPT:

black army units never saw any significant action

The Lincoln-Douglas debates:

bolstered Lincoln's presidential prospects in 1860

As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party:

broke up into northern and southern wings

The Republican party reflected a combination of all of the following groups EXCEPT:

cotton Whigs

The discovery of gold in California did all of the following EXCEPT:

create a population with an equal balance of men and women

In 1856, the Republicans:

declared their opposition to slavery

In response to secession, President Buchanan:

did practically nothing

Fighting along the Kansas-Missouri border:

featured brutal guerrilla warfare

The Crittenden Compromise proposed to:

guarantee continuance of slavery in the states where it then existed

At the beginning of the Civil War, the North:

had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower

The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision:

implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional

The Free-Soil party stance on slavery:

infuriated John C. Calhoun

The South had a chance to win the Civil War despite substantial northern advantages because:

it had the advantage of fighting a defensive war

The argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government is unsatisfactory because:

it ignores the actual reason—slavery—southern leaders used in 1860-1861 to justify secession and war.

John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because:

it was the site of a federal arsenal

All of the following were strategies used to build the armies of the Civil War except:

kidnapping recent immigrants

Hood's attack at Franklin:

led to his army's slaughter

Preston Brooks's caning of Charles Sumner:

made Brooks a hero in much of the South

Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act:

might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska

All of the following were advantages the North held over the South EXCEPT:

more experienced military leaders

Of all the women who served during the war, some 20,000 did so as:

nurses and other health-related volunteers

Abraham Lincoln:

opposed the further spread of slavery

Author Harriet Beecher Stowe's background was indicative of the abolitionist movement's:

powerful religious underpinnings

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to:

provoke slave insurrections

John Brown's raid:

set off a panic throughout the slaveholding South

The Panic of 1857:

strengthened southern confidence in its cotton economy

The Compromise of 1850:

strengthened the fugitive slave law

What position did both the Democrats and Whigs support in the 1852 presidential election?

support of the Compromise of 1850

To deal with disloyalty, Lincoln sometimes:

suspended habeas corpus

Lincoln won the election of 1860 by:

sweeping the free states

A major reason the Democrat James Buchanan won the 1856 election was that:

the Democrats were the only remaining national party

Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:

the Thirteenth Amendment

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for:

the concept of popular sovereignty

More than any other general, William T. Sherman recognized:

the connection between the South's economy, its morale, and its ability to wage war

In the 1856 election, the Democrats supported all of the following EXCEPT:

the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise

The states of the Confederate States of America seceded after Lincoln's election because:

the southern secessionists were convinced that Lincoln would move against slavery despite his assurances otherwise

One of the reasons that the First Battle of Bull Run was such a sobering experience for both North and South was that both sides

underestimated the other's strength and tenacity

John C. Calhoun believed that the Wilmot Proviso:

violated property rights

The Emancipation Proclamation:

was justified by Lincoln as a military necessity

By late in the war, food in the Confederacy:

was outrageously expensive

At Gettysburg, the Confederate army:

was repulsed with terrible losses

The first real battle of the war:

was the First Battle of Bull Run

The election of 1852:

was won by Franklin Pierce

The 1848 presidential election:

was won by Zachary Taylor

President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:

wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories

The idea of popular sovereignty:

would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery

The Wilmot Proviso:

would prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico

All of the following were presidential nominees in 1860 EXCEPT:

William Seward

All of the following might have joined the Free-Soil party EXCEPT:

"cotton Whigs"

During the great congressional debate over the Compromise of 1850:

Daniel Webster made an impassioned argument for secession