In the election of 1860, public interest was indicated by voter turnout that was __________. A) about average for nineteenth-century elections B) higher than any previous election C) lower than any previous election D) high in the South but low in the North ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
On what basis did Dred Scott claim freedom for himself and his family? A) because his master had brought him into a free territory B) because he had been born free C) because his master had used him cruelly D) because all men were free according to natural law ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Homestead Act __________. A) used land to finance the construction of railroads B) gave 160 acres of public land to any citizen who would improve it C) established the federal Department of Agriculture D) gave state public land to finance land grant colleges ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The use of women in the nursing profession met resistance largely because __________. A) women were too physically weak for such work B) it was considered a job only disreputable women would do C) women were not used to tending the sick D) wounded soldiers resented them ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The initial Northern strategy was dubbed by critics the __________ Plan. A) Abolitionist B) Coward’s C) Last Resort D) Anaconda ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Andrew Johnson saw Reconstruction as the province of the __________. A) federal executive B) individual states C) Congress D) Supreme Court ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Republican leaders saw what development as the key to southern economic reconstruction? A) railroads B) cotton plantations C) schools D) churches ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Democrats regained control of southern states after 1869, they considered these states to have been __________. A) cleansed B) redeemed C) reformed D) born again ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did Andrew Johnson approach Reconstruction? How did his vision clash with that of the Radical Republicans? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: rapid Reconstruction; black codes; radical change: society and civil rights in the South
Date: September 9th, 2020
After settling in Utah in the 1840s, the Mormons __________. A) established hundreds of communities from Oregon to Mexico B) were granted federal recognition as a sovereign state C) mostly migrated into Mexico to escape U.S. jurisdiction D) quickly conformed to mainstream American practices ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
