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 A) negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act B) was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act C) was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act D) was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act ANSWER Answer: C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
When Lincoln gave Grant command of all Union forces, he was adopting a policy of __________. A) offering the Confederacy easy terms for peace B) forcing the Confederacy to surrender to escape total destruction C) avoiding decisive battles at all cost D) preventing civilian casualties ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The population of which of these states was deeply divided over support for the Union? A) Delaware B) Maryland C) Massachusetts D) Connecticut ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Fearful that their 1866 Civil Rights Act might be declared unconstitutional, the Radical Republicans __________. A) required each state to pass its own civil rights laws B) worked to gain full black male suffrage C) gained passage of the Fourteenth Amendment D) gained passage of the Fifteenth Amendment ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first big businesses in the United States were __________. A) textile companies B) railroad corporations C) steel corporations D) oil companies ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Grant was nominated by the Republicans in 1868 because of his __________. A) demonstrated political experience B) popularity as a war hero C) ties to the Liberal wing of the party D) friendship with Andrew Johnson ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
