APUSH FINAL MC
Lincoln won the presidency a. with an electoral majority derived only from the North. b. with a majority of both the electoral and popular vote. c. primarily because of the divisions in the Republican party. d. with an electoral majority evenly derived from all sections of the nation.
A
The Union blockade of Confederate ports was a. initially leaky but eventually effective b. threatened by the powerful navies of Britain and France c. immediately effective in catching Confederate blockade-running ships d. largely ineffective in cutting off the sale of Confederate cotton in Europe
A
Under the terms of the Compromise of 1850, a. California was admitted to the Union as a free state, and slavery in Utah and New Mexico territories would be left to popular sovereignty. b. California was admitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico as slave states. c. California, Utah, and New Mexico were kept as territories but with slavery prohibited. d. New Mexico and Texas were admitted as slave states and Utah and California as free states.
A
William Lloyd Garrison pledged his dedication to A. The immediate abolition of Slavery in the South B. Outlawing the Slave trade C. Preventing the expansion of Slavery beyond the South D. Shipping Freed Blacks to africa
A
Among the states that joined the Confederacy only after Lincoln's call for troops were a. Florida, Louisiana, and Texas b. Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee c. Missouri, Maryland, and Deleware d. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mississippi
B
One effect of the first battle of Bull Run was to a. convince the North that victory would not be difficult b. increase the South's already dangerous overconfidence c. demonstrate the superiority of Southern volunteer soldiers over Northern draftees. d. cause a wave of new Southern enlistments in the army
B
Two leading female imaginative writers who added to New England's literary prominence were a. Sarah Orne Jewett and Kate Chopin b. Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson c. Sarah Grimke and Susan B. Anthony d. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Abigail Adams
B
Which of the following was not true about slavery as a labor system? a. Slavery was worth more in terms of investment than all the land in the South. b. As slavery spread into the deep South, wealth and power became more equally shared among the various classes of white Southerners. c. Slavery made possible the South's mass production of agricultural products for export. d. Only a minority of Southerners owned slaves.
B
After emancipation, many blacks traveled in order to a. return to Africa or the West Indies b. seek a better life in the Northern colonies c. find lost family members or seek new economic opportunities d. track down and punish curel overseers
C
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court a. avoided controversy by ruling that the slave Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court b. ruled that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional c. ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property d. ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters permitted them to do so
C
Texas was finally admitted to the Union in 1845 as a result of a. the Mexican War b. the Texan's willingness to abandon slavery c. President Tyler's interpretation of the election of 1844 as a mandate to acquire Texas d. a compromise agreement with Britain
C
The Freedmen's Bureau was originally established to provide a. land and supplies for black farmers b. labor registration c. food, clothes, and education for emancipated slaves d. political training in voting for black citizens
C
The Seneca Falls Convention launched the modern women's rights movement with its call for a. equal pay for equal work b. an equal rights amendment to the Constitution c. equal rights for women, including the right to vote d. access to public education for women
C
Which of the following developments did not occur in American society between 1815 and 1860? a. There was a decline in the importation of slaves. b. An active women's rights movement took form. c. The percentage of foreign-born people living in the nation declined. d. Temperance became a major social and political issue.
C
Forming an effective government in California was essential because of the a. desire of antislavery forces to gian a new state for their cause b. threat that Mexico would reconquer the territory c. need to have a government capable of building a transcontinental railroad d. very large and unruly population drawn into the state by the discovery of gold
D
Manifest Destiny represented the widespread belief that a. Americans were destined to uphold democracy and freedom. b. there was bound to be a civil war over slavery in the future. c. Mexico was destined to be acquired by the U.S. d. God had destined the U.S. to expand across the whole North American continent.
D
The American Colonization Society was an antislavery organization that a. advocated racial equality b. sought all political rights for blacks c. favored immediate emancipation d. advocated the shipment of freed slaves to Africa
D
The firing on Fort Sumter had the effect of a. pushing 10 other states in joining South Carolina to secede from the Union b. causing Lincoln to declare a war to free the slaves. c. strengthening many Northerners' views that the South should be allowed to secede d. arousing Northern support for a war to put down the South's "rebellion"
D