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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of these people colonized Texas?
Moses Austin
General Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Stephen Austin
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which was the most contentious issue during the Election of 1844?
The annexation of Texas
The Mexican-American War
Entering free states into the Union
The status of slavery
- 3. Multiple Choice
What consequences did Manifest Destiny have in the mid-19th century?
it brought democracy to the entire world
it led to tensions with Canada
it led to tensions with Mexico
it led to religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics
- 4. Multiple Choice
What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the debate about slavery?
None — Manifest Destiny did not address the rights of slaves
it urged slaveowners to liberate their slaves and convert them to Christianity
it urged slaves to return to Africa or other areas of the world, as they were not citizens
it reignited concern about the status of slavery in western territories
- 5. Multiple Choice
What consequences did Irish immigration have in America during the mid-19th century?
they had no impact, as they were very few in number
the influx caused a rise in nativism
immigrants forced the government to adopt Catholicism as the nation's official religion
immigrants used their political clout to reinforce the temperance laws of earlier in the century
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following factors influenced German immigration in American during the mid-19th century?
An act by Congress excluding German immigrants reduced immigration to America.
The German government banned all emigration out of the country which reduced the influx of German settlers to the US.
A political revolution in Germany in 1848 increased immigration to the US.
The German government exiled all Jews to American which increased immigration.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did the Free Soil party reflect the growing sectional differences of the North and South?
Northern supporters of the Free Soil party wanted southern slaveholders to liberate their slaves and give them free land.
The Free Soil party membership was largely southern and demanded that the North accept all recently freed slaves and gave them land.
The Free Soil party highlighted the growing religious differences in the North and South resulting from Catholic missionaries.
The Free Soil party highlighted the growing economic differences in the North and South resulting from unequal industrialization.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best summarizes John Brown’s attitude towards efforts to abolish slavery through moral suasion?
He disagreed with these efforts because he wanted faster action.
He agreed with these efforts because he abhorred violence.
He agreed with these efforts as the best and most efficient method.
He agreed with these efforts as the best and most efficient method.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What attitude did the contemporary Republican Party have towards the outbreak of the Civil War?
Republicans supported the war because they thought the Union could not be dissolved.
Republicans supported the war because they wanted to avenge Lincoln’s assassination.
Republicans opposed the war because they thought slavery was permissible.
Republicans opposed the war because they favored state’s rights.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In what way was the Emancipation Proclamation so significant?
It authorized racially integrated military units and gave black soldiers equal pay and promotions.
It banned slavery throughout the nation.
It added the abolition of slavery to Northern war goals during the Civil War.
It simply reaffirmed the abolition of slavery which was promulgated by the Dredd Scott decision.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What impact, if any, did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the outcome of the Civil War?
It isolated the South and gave the North the moral high ground.
It immediately forced the South to surrender in order to preserve slavery.
It was so unpopular it forced Lincoln to negotiate a truce with the South.
It caused General Sherman to defect to the Confederacy.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Northern victory in the Civil War?
Greater industrial capacity.
Greater manpower.
A “home field” advantage by fighting to defend Northern territory.
Greater wealth.
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did advocates for women’s rights react to the passage of the 15th amendment?
They unanimously supported it because it allowed them to vote as well.
The amendment fractured the women’s rights movement.
Advocates unanimously opposed it because it refused to ban gender discrimination.
Women’s rights advocates ignored the amendment because they were only concerned with suffrage for themselves.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What impact did the Transcontinental Railroad have on Native Americans tribes of the Great Plains and West?
The railroad brought prosperity to Native Americans because the railroad companies paid high prices for their land and hired many Indians as laborers.
It allowed large numbers of Native Americans to resettle their homelands in the eastern United States.
The railroad brought increased cultural and political pressure on the Native Americans.
It had little impact because most of the Native Americans had died or left the area.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How did the Japanese respond to Commodore Perry’s attempt to open trade with the United States?
They resented foreign influence and only acquiesced under force of arms.
They were eager to engage in trade because they needed foreign currency.
They were insulted and quickly defeated Perry’s force in a surprise attack.
They signed an agreement but then repudiated it as soon as Perry sailed away.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Following which battle did Lincoln declare the Emancipation Proclamation?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Petersburg
Hampton Courts
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did the Dred Scott decision decide?
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- 18. Multiple Choice
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court ruled:
Impeachment of President Johnson was constitutional
the principle of judicial review was established in the United States,
Separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was legal
the legality of the national bank and a tax that that a state imposed on it.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which senator alienated his antislavery constituents with his Seventh of March speech delivered in support of the Compromise of 1850?
Daniel Webster
William H. Seward
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
- 20. Multiple Choice
In what year was Texas annexed into the United States?
1836
1845
1849
1855
- 21. Multiple Choice
One of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 was to assist ___________________ in paying its debts.
Missouri
California
Texas
Louisiana
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which president was elected in 1844 on a platform supporting expansion and Manifest Destiny?
John Quincy Adams
William H. Harrison
Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law?
Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of these government policies led directly to the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s?
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott Decision
Gadsden Purchase
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 25. Multiple Choice
In which election did the Republican Party first compete for the presidency?
1848
1856
1860
1864
- 26. Multiple Choice
The political phenomenon in which the Southern states supported the Democratic party nearly exclusively between 1877 and 1964 was known as the _________________ South.
Sturdy
Solid
New
Unbroken
- 27. Multiple Choice
The Ku Klux Klan targeted all of the following groups with its intimidation tactics EXCEPT
Freedmen
Democrats
Republicans
Carpetbaggers
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of these states was a slave state that did NOT secede from the Union
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which election marked the end of Reconstruction?
1864
1872
1876
1880
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which president cooperated with the Reconstruction policies of the Radical Republicans?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
- 31. Multiple Choice
The overall Union war strategy was outlined in Gen. Winfield Scott's ______________ Plan.
Copperhead
Cobra
Boa
Anaconda
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