AMSCO Chapters 13-15

Which best provides an example of how the "Constitution and its righteous laws," according to Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country"?

(C) Civil Rights act of 1866

Which of the following statements best describes the states in the medium gray?

(D) They included most of the country's population

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?

(D) Using popular sovereignty in new territories

Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decisions because

(D) blacks and whites were not treated equally

For the future Supreme Courts, one of the key points of the 14th Amendment would be which of the following?

(A) "nor deny...equal protection of the laws"

The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by

(A) A special electoral commission

The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following?

(A) Building warships

Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

(A) Missouri Compromise of 1820

To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt?

(A) Southerners who were threatening to secede

In July of 1861, President Lincoln was particularly concerned about how his policies on slavery would affect which areas?

(A) The states in the white because they were slave states that remained in the Union

An increase in which of the following was the key part of he Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?

(A) Transportation in the South

Which of the following would in part cause Douglass's view that for African Americans, "citizenship is but a sham"?

(B) Black codes

President Lincoln delayed issuing an Emancipation Proclamation because of his concern that it would

(B) Cause the border states to sucede

In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th Amendment directly repudiated which of the following?

(B) Dred Scott decision

By the 1876 presidential election, federal troops remained in which of the following Southern states?

(B) Florida

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?

(B) Passing the New fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following ideas is Douglas appealing to when he says, "whether the people of the territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery"?

(B) Popular sovereignty

Chief Justice Taney's basic ruling in the Dred Scott Case was based on which of the following principles?

(B) Since Scott had returned to a slave state, he was still a slave

Which of the following statements best describes the states in the dark gray?

(C) They had a strong military tradition

Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to which of the following?

(C) To promote Southern industrial development

To issue an Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln felt that he needed which of the following?

(D) A military victory

Which of the following developed during Reconstruction to provide direct support and support self-determination for those freed from slavery?

(D) Black churches

Strong's statement that the British feared "diminishing the supply of breadstuffs on which her operatives depend" explains why he thinks the British

(D) Depended as much on trade with the Union as with the Confederacy

Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

(D) Opposition from the British working class