Stephen Douglas’s action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be __________. A) a great political miscalculation B) his most honorable stand C) a step closer to the presidency for him D) a brilliant political move ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the 1848 election, the national parties __________. A) remained staunchly national B) managed to keep social divisions from occurring C) agreed on most important issues D) were already eroded by sectionalism ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Panic of 1857 figure into the sectional conflict? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: impact in the South; impact in the North; unemployment; exports
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Confederate draft law exempted __________. A) all those who owned no slaves B) owners of twenty or more slaves C) the oldest male in any family D) all males over 25 ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The second Confederate draft was controversial because __________. A) German mercenaries were hired B) rich men were able to get out of serving more easily than before C) mercenaries were hired from Latin America D) it included blacks ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Almost all Civil War generals, on both sides, were committed to the __________. A) notion that modern circumstances demanded total warfare B) need to innovate in the face of new military technology C) use of small independent bands of cavalry D) conventional military doctrine of massed infantry offensives ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these bestowed full citizenship on African Americans, overturned Dred Scott, and invalidated the black codes? A) First Reconstruction Act B) Civil Rights bill of 1866 C) Ku Klux Klan Act D) Joint Committee on Reconstruction ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which statement would a late-nineteenth-century Liberal Republican have agreed with? A) Excessive government interference in the economy breeds corruption. B) The government must actively direct the economy in an industrialized society. C) Universal suffrage is at the heart of a virtuous republic. D) Reconstruction of the South for freedmen must continue. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was true of the South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War? A) Much of the best agricultural land had been laid waste. B) Cotton production was as high as ever. C) The cities were in ruins, but the countryside was largely untouched. D) The countryside was in ruins, but the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 __________. A) was a unique event in displacing Indians from their lands B) reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s C) brought civilization to what had been an undeveloped wasteland D) occurred without the authorization of Congress ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
