Initially, the Union’s strategy was to __________. A) overwhelm the South with its better-trained army B) fight a limited war by strangling the South with a blockade C) select certain targets and attack with small guerrilla forces D) lure the South into invading the North ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Battle of Glorieta Pass was significant for preventing Confederate control of __________. A) the border states B) Indian Territory C) the Potomac River D) the Trans-Mississippi West ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What challenges did Jefferson Davis face as he tried to form a new government and mobilize the South for war? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: political ideology; states’ rights; the South’s advantages; the South’s disadvantages
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first impulse of many emancipated slaves was to __________. A) board the first train heading north B) lash out at their former masters C) stick to places and activities that were already familiar D) test their freedom ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Radical Republicans countered Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan by calling for loyalty oaths to be taken by __________. A) all white Southerners B) all freedmen C) 50 percent of white male citizens D) all former Confederate officers ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1860s and 1870s is best described as a __________. A) conventional political organization B) terrorist organization C) religious organization D) social organization ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Sand Creek was the scene of __________. A) an unprovoked massacre of Cheyenne Indians by Colorado Volunteers B) a bloody battle between the Cheyenne and the Sioux C) a treaty of friendship between the Cheyenne and the citizens of Colorado D) an unprovoked massacre of white soldiers by the Sioux ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
European immigrants to the Great Plains tended to __________. A) form tight-knit, ethnically distinctive communities B) seek full assimilation into the American culture C) add to the violence and instability of the West D) settle as individual families isolated on solitary homesteads ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Army commanders encouraged the slaughter of buffalo herds because they thought __________. A) they could profit from the sale of buffalo hides B) it would be a good way to supplement Army food supplies C) it would lead to the total extermination of all Indian peoples D) it would break tribal resistance to the reservation […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
John D. Rockefeller’s horizontal combination was so successful that he controlled this percentage of the nation’s oil refining by 1882. A) 50 percent B) 75 percent C) 80 percent D) over 90 percent ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
