Analyze the effects of the Panic of 1857 on the North and the South. Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Analyze U.S. economic policy from 1815-1860. 2. Analyze Northern economic policy. 3. Examine Southern economic policies. 4. Examine areas of agreement between North and South. 5. Analyze the effects of international events on […]
How did the Missouri Compromise impact slavery? a. It put a final time limit on the institution in the South. b. It demonstrated that the federal government did not care about slavery. c. It ensured that slavery would remain in the South indefinitely. d. It put a final end to the slave trade, if not […]
Describe Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery before his election as president in 1860. Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss Lincoln’s views during the Congressional elections of 1854. 2. Discuss Lincoln’s views during the debates with Douglas. 3. Discuss Lincoln’s views during the election of 1860. 4. Analyze Lincoln’s partial support of the […]
The most significant technical innovation of the nineteenth century was __________. a. Kodak cameras b. oil c. automobiles d. railroads e. steamships ANSWER D
The term for the plan to allow former slaves and slaves from the United States to settle in foreign areas was called A) colonization. B) reconstruction. C) contrabands. D) emancipation. ANSWER Answer: A
Noah Webster worked to make the American language __________. A) conform to standard British English B) more independent and accessible C) more sophisticated and precise D) the universal language of business ANSWER B
One of the leaders of the Peace Democrats who was arrested and deported to the South during the war was A) George McClellan. B) Stephen A Douglas. C) Clement Vallandigham. D) Frederick Douglass. ANSWER Answer: C
The only soldier convicted of wrong-doing for what happened at My Lai in 1968 was A) Captain Ernest Medina. B) Lieutenant William Calley. C) Colonel Oran Henderson. D) Captain Hugh Thompson. ANSWER B
When comparing the roles of women during the war, which of the following is TRUE? A) Women in both the North and South served as nurses during the war. B) Women in both the North and South served in separate regiments. C) Women in the North and South served as political leaders. D) The role […]
The most important figure in American finance was __________. a. J. P. Morgan b. Andrew Carnegie c. Andrew Mellon d. Albert Fink e. E. F. Hutton ANSWER A
