Multiple Choice Questions Civil War, History Homework Help

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4 of 50

The first president to be impeached was _______.

	Bill Clinton
	Ulysses S. Grant
	Andrew Johnson
	Richard Nixon

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5 of 50

Which of the following was an issue that reformers between the 1830s and 1850s prominently addressed?

	alcohol
	health
	sexuality
	All of the above were issues that reformers between the 1830s and 1850s prominently addressed.

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6 of 50

Which of the following was not a part of the United States’ policy toward Native Americans from 1790-1830?

	treaties in which Native Americans ceded land in return for trade goods, yearly annuity payments, and assurances that there would be no further demands
	regulation of the fur trade
	attempts to Christianize Native Americans and assimilate them into white society
	violent takeover of Native American lands

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7 of 50

The _______ supposedly validated Spanish and Mexican land titles in the West, but it led to land disputes that took an average of seventeen years to clear up.

	Gwin Land Law
	Homestead Act
	Monroe Doctrine
	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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8 of 50

In the early nineteenth century, the emergence of the new staple crop of _______ reinvigorated the economy of the Southern United States.

	corn
	cotton
	tobacco
	wheat

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9 of 50

Which of the following was not a characteristic of free black communities in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

	By 1820, most black men and women in northern cities lived in autonomous households.
	Schools educated black children who were excluded from white academies.
	Black churches became less important to black community life.
	Mutual aid societies offered help to the poor.

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10 of 50

The Gadsden Purchase consisted of _______.

	a strip of southwestern desert for a transcontinental railroad linking the Deep South with the Pacific Coast
	a tract of land in the Pacific Northwest that allowed for travel by foot around mountains within the United States border
	a small area of land that ran between the Rio Grande and Mississippi Rivers
	a line of coastal land that connected the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States to Alaska

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11 of 50

_______ was a tactic based in the South’s belief that the need for cotton would eventually force the English and French to recognize the Confederacy.

	Cotton Collusion
	Cotton Diplomacy
	Cotton Gin
	Cotton Warfare

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12 of 50

Which of the following statements about the effect of the Civil War on women is NOT correct?

	With many men in the armies, women had to find jobs and sustain farms.
	Many women became nurses who aided soldiers.
	Many women gained administrative experience in the United States Sanitary Commission.
	Changes that women experienced during the Civil War tended to remain in effect after the war ended.

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13 of 50

Occurring on October 16, 1859, _______ attacked a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and hoped to provoke a general uprising of slaves throughout the Upper South or at least provide arms for slaves to make their way to freedom.

	Bleeding Kansas Rebellion
	the Free Soil Party
	John Brown’s Raid
	Popé’s Revolt

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14 of 50

The _______ was the removal of the Cherokee people from eastern lands to Oklahoma.

	Emancipation Proclamation
	Manifest Destiny
	Monroe Doctrine
	Trail of Tears

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15 of 50

Which of the following was not among forms of black protest to slavery?

	breaking tools
	self-mutilation
	faking sickness and menstrual cramps
	All of the above were forms of black protest to slavery.

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16 of 50

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Mormon settlements in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century?

	Strong group identity was discouraged.
	Mormons focused on killing rather than converting Native Americans.
	There was very strict separation of Church and state.
	Most Mormons were farmers.

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17 of 50

Which of the following was a consequence of the War of 1812?

	Andrew Jackson fell from national prominence.
	The war increased the threat of other nations interfering in the affairs of the United States.
	Europe entered what would prove to be nearly a century free of general war.
	The war resolved issues involving neutral rights and American access to Canadian fisheries.

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18 of 50

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the class structure of cities in the United States in the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

	A new working and middle class took shape.
	Urban slums developed.
	Wealth became less concentrated.
	New expectations of male and female roles emerged within the middle class.

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19 of 50

_______ was the United States’ pronouncement that the Americas were closed to European colonization and that the United States would consider as dangerous to its peace and safety any attempts to extend Europe’s political influence into the Western Hemisphere.

	The Emancipation Proclamation
	The Jeffersonian Accord
	The Manifest Destiny
	The Monroe Doctrine

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20 of 50

Which of the following was not a development in communication or transportation that helped to knit the United States together in the early nineteenth century?

	the construction of a National Road
	the development of the steamboat
	the expansion of the postal system
	the invention of radio

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21 of 50

_______ was the system of slavery utilized by wealthy white Southerners in which they claimed a privileged status as social “betters,” insisted on being treated with deference by those below them, and provided for the necessities of slaves as if caring for those who were “inferior.”

	Abolitionism
	Paternalism
	Republicanism
	Transcendentalism

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22 of 50

Most southern whites in the early nineteenth century were slaveholders.

	true
	false

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23 of 50

The “free soil” position on slavery was that slavery should be extended only to new states that were below the state of Kansas.

	true
	false

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24 of 50

The _______ was issued on New Year’s Day in 1863 and abolished slavery throughout the United States.

	Emancipation Proclamation
	Kansas/Nebraska Act
	Manifest Destiny
	Monroe Doctrine

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25 of 50

The _______ was a wave of religious revivals that swept through the United States from the late 1790s to the late 1830s.

	Emancipation Proclamation
	Revolution of 1800
	Second Great Awakening
	Trail of Tears

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26 of 50

On which of the following fronts did women see the development of more opportunities in the early nineteenth century?

	increased roles in Christian churches
	opportunities for education
	opportunities to hold elected office
	the right to vote

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27 of 50

Which of the following was NOT one of the three distinct types of cities that emerged during the years of rapid economic growth in the mid-1800s?

	commercial centers
	mill towns
	religious communities
	transportation hubs

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28 of 50

The _______ declared Rutherford B. Hayes president in exchange for federal aid for economic and railroad development in the South and a promise to let southerners handle race relations themselves.

	Compromise of 1877
	Emancipation Proclamation
	Hayes Act
	Missouri Compromise

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29 of 50

Which of the following statements about the reasons why Americans went to the West in the mid-nineteenth century is not correct?

	Many emigrants believed that the West would offer rich opportunities.
	Some emigrants went west for health.
	Though government policies made it more difficult to get land, land owners were allowing people to rent cheaply.
	Some went west to establish a society built around their religious beliefs.

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30 of 50

In the 1820s, the abolishment of the requirement that a man own property to vote was a factor in the development of a new style of politics.

	true
	false

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31 of 50

African American schools became community centers in the post-Civil War era by, among other things, publishing newspapers, providing training in trades and farming, and promoting political participation and land ownership.

	true
	false

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32 of 50

Which of the following was not one of the justifications for slavery that was provided in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century?

	A biblical justification that was based in part on the curse that had fallen upon the son of Ham, one of Noah’s children.
	A legal justification that rested on the Constitution’s refusal to forbid slavery.
	A pseudo-scientific justification that argued that blacks had been created separately as an inherently inferior race.
	A historical justification that suggested that all of the great ancient civilizations had fallen because they did not have slavery.

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33 of 50

The _______ Act offered 160 acres of government land free to citizens or future citizens over 21 who lived on the property, improved it, and paid a small registration fee.

	Fugitive Land
	Gwin Land Law
	Homestead
	Territorial

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34 of 50

Which of the following was NOT one of the four main issues that Zachary Taylor faced upon becoming president?

	California qualified for statehood, but would enter as a slave state and, thus, upset the slave-free state balance in the Senate.
	The status of Mexican cessation in the Southwest was unresolved.
	Slavery, including a huge slave market, existed within the nation’s capital.
	Southerners resented the lax federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.

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35 of 50

Which of the following was not one of the four main groups that combined in the 1850s to form the Republican Party?

	a group led by moral fervor who demanded the prohibition of slavery
	a group that opposed slavery in the western territories, but would not interfere with it where it already existed
	a Catholic group that wanted to cleanse America of intemperance and immorality and that considered Protestantism part of that immorality
	a group that wanted the federal government to promote economic development and the dignity of labor

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36 of 50

Which of the following was not a factor in the economic growth that developed in the North in the mid-nineteenth century?

	abundant natural resources
	substantial population decline
	improved transportation
	capital investment

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37 of 50

The _______ was an agency that was established just after the Civil War to promote African Americans’ economic well-being.

	Freedman’s Bureau
	Liberty Caucus
	Lincoln Organization
	Trail of Tears

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38 of 50

Which of the following was not one of the distinctions between the Democrats and the Whigs in the Second American Party System?

	Democrats focused on state and local autonomy, while Whigs focused on national power.
	Immigrants tended to support the Whigs.
	Democrats supported low tariffs, while Whigs supported high tariffs.
	Democrats tended to be from the South and West, while Whigs tended to be from New England, the Middle Atlantic, and the Upper Midwest.

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39 of 50

Which of the following was a characteristic of mining towns in the West in the mid-nineteenth century?

	Most of the inhabitants of mining towns were married men and women with families.
	Unlike isolated farming communities, the mining communities took a long time to build up.
	Mining towns tolerated behavior that would have been unacceptable farther east.
	Racial discrimination was rare in mining towns.

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40 of 50

Which of the following was not a consequence of industrialization in the mid-nineteenth century?

	more efficient production of goods
	a decrease in literacy
	greater ability for individuals to form their own views on issues
	more successful operation of railroad and steamboats

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41 of 50

_______ was the idea that decisions about permitting slavery should be left to territorial legislatures.

	Free Soil
	Manifest Destiny
	Paternalism
	Popular Sovereignty

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42 of 50

Which of the following was a guiding principle of the presidential administration of Andrew Jackson?

	majority rule
	extended power of the national government
	emphasis on the interests of the monied aristocracy over the interests of the average people
	recognition of the sovereignty and claims to land of Native Americans

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43 of 50

Which of the following statements about the development of western cities in the mid-1800s is CORRECT?

	Cities were not integral to frontier life.
	Western cities always maintained their distinctiveness in terms of patterns of development.
	Young families looking to settle down made up a disproportionate share of their populations.
	Bustling commercial life offered residents a wide range of occupations and services.

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44 of 50

_______ was an ex-slave who forged a free black man’s papers to gain his freedom, then went on to work toward the antislavery cause, particularly by writing a narrative of his life that exposed the many evils of slavery.

	John Brown
	Frederick Douglass
	James Gadsden
	Eli Whitney

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45 of 50

In the mid-1800s, the _______ Party promoted anti-Catholic sentiments while appealing to Protestant middle and lower class whites who were worried about their jobs and farmers and small-town Americans who were nervous about change.

	Democratic
	Freedman’s
	Know-Nothing
	Socialist

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46 of 50

In 1855, _______ became a significant battleground as Northerners and Southerners sought to populate the state and control its legislature.

	Colorado
	Kansas
	Oklahoma
	Texas

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47 of 50

_______ was the conviction that the United States’ superior institutions and culture constituted a God-given right, even an obligation, to spread American civilization across the entire continent.

	Manifest Destiny
	Paternalism
	Popular Sovereignty
	The Monroe Doctrine

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48 of 50

In the _______ Case, the Supreme Court ruled that black men were inferior, were not citizens and had no right to sue in court and that Congress had no power to ban slavery in a territory.

	John Brown
	Frederick Douglass
	Dred Scott
	Nat Turner

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49 of 50

The _______ of 1820 drew a line at latitude 36°309 dividing lands that would be open to slavery from those that would not.

	Kansas-Nebraska Act
	Missouri Compromise
	Monroe Doctrine
	Northwest Ordinance

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50 of 50

In his inaugural address in 1861, Abraham Lincoln stated that he would work to force all states in the United States to abolish slavery.

	true
	false

	Reconstruction
	Redetermination
	Reparation
	Reunionization

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