period 5
The faction of Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War became known as the
Copperheads
the logic and reasoning employed by the Southerners in seceding from the Union borrowed heavily from the
Declaration of Independence
in the above passage, Emerson is critical of which act as being "this filthy enactment"?
Federal law requiring states to assist in the capture and return of slaves
which of the following refers to the Southern culture of segregation that existed for almost a century after the Civil War?
Jim Crow
the belief that the United States had a special mission to expand over the entire North American continent was known as
Manifest Destiny
The most immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860 was that
South Carolina seceded from the Union
Which of the following was NOT a result or consequence of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed
which of the following was NOT a result of the Civil War?
The South became the industrial center of the nation by 1877
The term "redemption" as used in the Reconstruction era refers to
The post-Reconstruction return of the South to white rule
who advocated for the immediate and uncompensated release of all slaves held in the United States?
William Lloyd Garrison
The Mexican-American war and its aftermath led most directly to which of the following?
a northern majority in the legislative branch
As a result of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852,
abolitionism gained ground in the North
the act referenced above was part of a compromise to
allow California to enter the Union as a free state
the ultimate consequence of the sharecropping system for the South was
an increase in poverty for both blacks and whites
The Wilmot Proviso
called for American annexation of lands conquered from Mexico as free territory
all of the following were major elements of the Union strategy for victory in the Civil War EXCEPT
destroying the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
A central element in the conquest and submission of the American Indians of the West was the
destruction of the buffalo herds
In terms of politics, the 1850s were noteworthy because they witnessed the
dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns
With regard to the Oregon Territory, in 1846, the United States
hammered out a compromise agreement with the British Empire
Which of the following was the MOST important reason why immigrants tended to cluster in ethnic communities in urban areas during the antebellum period?
it allowed immigrants to retain their languages and customs to a greater degree
the Emancipation Proclamation had which of the following effects?
it prevented England and France from joining the conflict
The Republican Party platform of 1860 was an indication that the party
maintained the fundamental principles on which it was founded
The Republican Party platform of 1860 attempted to broaden its appeal to include
northern manufacturing interests
The theory that individual states do not necessarily have to carry out any federal laws with which they disagree is known as
nullification
At the outset of the war, which of the following was the greatest advantage possessed by the Confederacy?
powerful foreign allies
The Emancipation Proclamation was most designed to
prevent a British alliance with the Confederacy
The Mexican-American War resulted in
renewed debate over the expansion of slavery
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the US Supreme Court ruled that
separate but equal public facilities for blacks and whites were legal
The American or "Know-Nothing" Party of the 1850s
sought to limit the rights of immigrants
the primary focus of women's reform movements in the fifty years after that Civil War was the struggle for
suffrage
As whites moved westward into Indian territories in the last half of the 19th century
the American Indians themselves were often blamed for the troubles that ensued
the above letter helps to best explain of the following?
the Emancipation Proclamation
what became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?
the Fugitive Slave Act
Which of the following was NOT a cause of increased American settlement of the West after the Civil War?
the deployment of the Army in the region
In the 19th century, Southerners used all of the following arguments to justify slavery EXCEPT
the international slave trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country
Southern critics of slavery most often asserted that
the plantation economy made the South a colony of the North
The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for
the restriction of slavery from the territories
Which of the following statements best explains why the Mormons migrated west?
they were seeking their own new promised land
American interests and priorities with regard to Asia in the 1840s and 1850s primarily centered around
trade and commerce
the above passage could be construed as encouraging northern states to
violate federal law
President Andrew Jackson was impeached as a result of his
violation of the Tenure Office Act
The territory that the United States gained as a result of the Mexican-American War
was largely unsuited to slavery