Unit 5 Multiple Choice
In adopting the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with
protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves
The 4th of July Frederick Douglass excerpt reflects the
public visibility of African Americans in abolitionist campaigns
Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported
restrictions on Catholics' holding public office
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify Foner's main argument in the second excerpt
After 1877 Democrats in the South legislated restrictions on the ability of African Americans to vote.
Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott decision is correct
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.
Douglass' rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following
His advocacy for African American equal rights
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
It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.
In the late nineteenth century, state governments in the South were largely successful in restricting
African Americans voting rights guaranteed by the 15th amendment
Which of the following was LEAST involved in the struggle for women's rights
Dorothea Dix
Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
A New England abolitionist
In the 1850s ideas such as those expressed in the 4th of July excerpt most directly contributed to
Controversies over the expansion of slavery to new territories
Which of the following is a similarity between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts
Both focus on many Southerners' opposition to racial equality.
Which of the following most directly contributed to "the sharp increase of immigration after 1845" referenced in the excerpt
Crop failures and revolutions in Europe
Which of the following most directly contributed to the conflict referred to in the Gettysburg excerpt
Disagreements over whether to allow slavery in new territories
The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of
Coastal South Carolina
The Civil War Casualties data indicates which of the following
Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.
Which of the following was the most significant impact of the South's expansion described in the excerpt
Conflict over the future of slavery
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the perception of many White Southerners that antislavery sentiment was spreading in the 1850s
Congress voted to end the interstate slave trade
The Clay excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations
Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South.
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
Democrats dominated the Southern states after suppressing African American voting rights.
Which of the following best explains the reason for the reconciliation described by Blight
Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the South's determined resistance and the North's waning resolve.
The compromise of 1850 did which of the following
Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
Which of the following achievements of the "carpetbag" governments survived the "Redeemer" administrations
Establishment of a public school system
The situation depicted in the Freedmen's Bureau image best serves as evidence of the
Expansion of federal power.
Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct
For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.
The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the Civil War because it
Forestalled the possibility of European intervention
The ideas expressed in the Republican Party platform 1860 excerpt were most directly influenced by the
Free-soil movement
Lincoln's main purpose in the Gettysburg excerpt was to
Gain continued support for the war effort.
The first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in
Kansas
The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments
Lincoln sought to avoid violence over the issues that divided the country.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies
Manifest Destiny
The advice in the Greely on Go West excerpt most directly reflects the influence of which of the following prevailing American ideas
Manifest Destiny
Which of the following arguments most directly contradicts Grimsley's argument in the excerpt
Many African Americans in the South felt politically empowered after the end of slavery.
Historians could best use the nativist excerpt as an example of which of the following
Political responses to changing demographics in the United States
The Asa Whitney excerpt best reflects which of the following developments
Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny.
The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations
States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to
Strengthen the moral cause of the Union.
Which of the following was the most immediate result of the decision in the excerpt
Support grew for the Republican party.
The provision above overturned the
Supreme court ruling in Dred Scott vs. Sanford.
The image most strongly supports the argument that Reconstruction
Temporarily altered race relations in the South.
Which of the following invalidated the decision in the excerpt
The 14th Amendment
The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War
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
The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States.
Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the railroad excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following
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
The creation of schools by the Freedmen's Bureau for formerly enslaved people
Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the Asa Whitney excerpt
The desire for international trade and access to global markets
The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in
The draft riots in New York City
The pattern depicted in the immigration graph in the first half of the nineteenth century most directly resulted in
The expansion of a political party that promoted nativism
The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following
The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions
The conflict described in the excerpt is most similar to conflict in what other period
The period from after the First World War through the 1920s
The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to
allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there
One key change immediately following the Civil War aimed at achieving the "racial justice" that Blight describes was the
establishment of a constitutional basis for citizenship and voting rights
Republicans asserted that political leaders could not "give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States" in order to express opposition against the
idea of popular sovereignty exemplified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act
During Reconstruction, which of the following was a change that took place in the South
African Americans were able to exercise political rights.
In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in that the South had
Fewer European immigrants
Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the excerpt that "ethnic conflict among whites rivaled sectional conflict as a major political issue" of the period
Growing concern about the political and cultural influence of Catholic immigrants
The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following
Nativist sentiment
The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
Passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act
In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to
Preserve the Union
Based on the excerpt, Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following
Proslavery arguments
Which of the following describes a difference between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts
Rable asserts that violence in the South achieved its political goals during Reconstruction, whereas Foner asserts that this violence was suppressed at the time.
After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to
Ratification of the 13, 14, and 15 amendments
The goal of the American Colonization society was to
Return freed slaves to Africa
The decision in the excerpt held which of the following to be unconstitutional
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives
The Missouri Compromise in 1820
Which of the following events best represents a continuity of the sentiments expressed by Senator Calhoun in his Conquest of Mexico speech
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following
The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.
Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the end of slavery in the United States
The Union victory in the Civil War led to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT
The abolition of slavery throughout the United States
The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following
The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery.
Which of the following best characterizes the "sectional reunion" Blight describes
The federal government removed troops from the South and eliminated aid for former slaves.
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
The withdrawal of federal troops from the South
Which of the following was a key purpose of the 4th of July excerpt
To condemn the conflict between American ideals and practices
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
The Calhoun Mexico excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century
Westward expansion
The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to
place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was the
Spread of sharecropping
The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following
Increasing divisions between North and South because of questions about the status of slavery in new territories
The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects
Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery.
The ideology that supported the trend depicted in the map is most similar to the ideology that supported which of the following
Involvement in the Spanish-American war.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the
Missouri Compromise
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 events described in the excerpt best support which of the following arguments about Reconstruction
Reconstruction created only temporary political opportunities for formerly enslaved people.
Which of the following best explains Douglass' point of view in the excerpt
Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men's claims to United States citizenship.
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the argument in the Grimsley excerpt
Some groups of White Southerners prevented African Americans from voting.
Which of the following most likely supported the ideas expressed in the Dred Scott excerpt
Southern Democrats
Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following
Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.
Based on their arguments in the excerpts, both Rable and Foner would most likely agree with which of the following claims
Southern resistance hindered reconstruction.
Evidence in the clay excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical concepts
Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress.
The 300 dollar law made us nobody quote refers to conscription during which conflict
The Civil War
The policies advocated by Marshall had most in common with which of the following developments in other periods in United States history
The attempts by the federal government to foster economic opportunities for former slaves after the Civil War
Which of the following was a common justification in the United States for the trend depicted in the map
The belief in White cultural and political superiority.
Which of the following best represents a continuity with pre-Civil War Southern society suggested by the events in the excerpt
The claims to states' rights under the federal system
Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments
The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established
The suffrage cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude.
Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments
The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states.
Which of the following historical situations can best be used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time
The rise in immigration to the United States
Which of the following late-nineteenth-century federal actions most directly supported the ideas expressed in the Greely on Go West excerpt
The sale of land to settlers at low cost.
