The Native Americans who were the most dangerous and least assimilated were the __________. A) Vaqueros B) Comancheros C) Sioux D) Comanches ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these people would have been most likely to oppose the Mexican-American War? A) a New England Whig B) a southern Democrat C) a western farmer D) a Texas plantation owner ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What impact did Free-Soil candidate Martin Van Buren have on the election of 1848? A) He cost Lewis Cass New York and Pennsylvania, and with these two states the election. B) He forced Lewis Cass to take a much stronger stand on slavery than he wanted to. C) He cost Zachary Taylor Massachusetts and New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Southern political strategies of the 1850s depended on __________. A) stopping the Underground Railroad B) the concept of manifest destiny C) popular sovereignty D) maintaining supremacy in the U.S. Senate ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan __________. A) endorsed the pro-slavery constitution B) said the issue was a congressional one C) refused to consider the request at that time D) accepted the antislavery constitution ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Much of the nation responded to the passage of the Compromise of 1850 with __________. A) jubilation and relief B) weary apathy C) fear and uncertainty D) anger and rage ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The decision of four slave states to stay within the Union __________. A) caused Lincoln to legalize slavery in all Northern states B) negated the Confederate argument that they were forced to secede to protect the right to own slaves C) was welcome to the North but caused all kinds of legal problems for the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Confederacy actively sought Indian support by offering __________. A) to return their lands in Georgia B) Indian representation in the Confederate Congress C) to grant them full and equal citizenship D) to resettle them in Kansas after the Confederacy won ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Grant gained control of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers with the capture of __________. A) Fort Henry and Fort Donelson B) Pea Ridge and Glorieta Pass C) Memphis and Vicksburg D) Cairo and Shiloh ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
While Civil War battles in the East are often more familiar to people, many historians argue that the Civil War was won in the West. Evaluate that argument. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: natural resources; strategic rivers; participation of Indian peoples; supply lines
Date: September 9th, 2020
