The Republican strategy in 1860 was to __________. A) take credit for John Brown’s raid B) focus entirely on the free states C) campaign vigorously in the South D) win southern support by vowing to protect slavery ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What technological innovation contributed to the Panic of 1857? A) telephone B) telegraph C) railroad D) typewriter ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Lincoln’s main diplomatic aim was to __________. A) keep England and France from supporting the Confederacy B) persuade Spain to join the war on the Union side C) get Britain to sell arms to the Union D) support French control of Mexico ANSWER Answer: A
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“Government girls” referred to women who were __________. A) Confederate nurses B) clerks in the Union Department of War C) widows and orphans D) workers in the Confederate bureaucracy ANSWER Answer: D
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What forced Lincoln to adopt a policy to end slavery? A) his conscience B) military necessity C) Northern public opinion D) diplomatic pressure ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Rather than “reconstruction,” Andrew Johnson referred to his plan as a __________ of the Union. A) renewal B) restoration C) reconciliation D) rebirth ANSWER Answer: B
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After the Civil War, “King Cotton” __________. A) became a less popular crop B) lost importance as production significantly declined C) lost out to diversified commercial farming D) expanded its realm in the South ANSWER Answer: D
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The main issue that led to Andrew Johnson’s impeachment was his __________. A) violation of the Tenure of Office Act B) membership in the Ku Klux Klan C) support for the Civil Rights bill D) authorship of the Wade-Davis bill ANSWER Answer: A
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Who did the Republicans nominate for president in 1876? A) Benjamin Harrison B) Ulysses S. Grant C) Samuel J. Tilden D) Rutherford B. Hayes ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The appearance of groups like Las Gorras Blancas and El Alianzo Hispano-Americano indicated that __________. A) Anglos were not able to exert influence in the Mexicano community B) Mexicano and Anglo culture was blending in border areas C) new literary alliances were being formed in the Mexicano community D) Mexicanos were challenging the rising Anglo […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
