Employment prospects for free black men living in northern cities __________ between 1820 and 1850. A) improved B) deteriorated C) skyrocketed D) all but disappeared ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the typical German immigrant. What motivated this immigrant to leave Germany? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: political conditions in Germany; economic conditions in Germany; social and economic background of German immigrants; German immigrants and family; German immigrants and community
Date: September 9th, 2020
Generally pioneers traveling the Overland Trails in the 1840s and 1850s were __________. A) constantly attacked by Indians B) likely to experience very little dissension C) parts of organized westward-moving communities D) traveling alone for safety and speed ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot, a Pennsylvania Democrat, proposed that __________. A) the United States incorporate all of Mexico into its borders B) each territory acquired from Mexico could make their own decisions about slavery C) the United States acquire Cuba from Spain D) slavery be banned from any territory acquired from Mexico ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Democrats tended to see industrialization as __________. A) a boon to the nation B) a threat to the nation C) a mixed blessing D) the key to the expansion of democracy ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred because Lincoln ran against Douglas for __________. A) the 1860 Democratic nomination B) member of the U.S. House from Illinois C) the 1860 Republican nomination D) U.S. senator from Illinois ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Missouri Compromise line of 1820 __________. A) negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act B) was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act C) was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act D) was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his 1861 Inaugural Address, Lincoln __________. A) pledged total war against the South B) offered nonbelligerent moderation C) showed little ability to speak eloquently D) offered to resign if the South would return in peace ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What groups opposed William H. Seward’s efforts to secure the Republican Party nomination for president in 1860? A) immigrants and free blacks B) Quakers and Free-soilers C) moderates and nativists D) radicals and abolitionists ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg successfully achieved what Union war goal? A) to cut off the Confederate states west of the Mississippi B) to obtain stored-up cotton from Southern docks C) to seize the resource-rich Lower South D) to isolate South Carolina ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
