When the new Confederate government issued its call to arms, __________. A) men flocked to enlist B) slaves began to escape in record numbers C) most poor whites refused to answer D) many Southerners were ambivalent about joining up ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The tide was turned in the 1864 election by __________. A) Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg B) a scandal involving leading Copperheads C) the diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy by Britain D) the capture of Atlanta ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the war, Lincoln played a role most similar to this earlier president’s. A) Washington B) Jefferson C) Polk D) Buchanan ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free the slaves, what effects did it have? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: terms of the Emancipation Proclamation; impact in the North; impact in the South; reaction of free blacks; reaction of slaves
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the most lasting African American institutions and the first they fully controlled was the __________. A) school B) Freedmen’s Bureau C) church D) state legislatures ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Johnson, like Lincoln, held the view that Reconstruction __________. A) should punish the South for secession B) should make it impossible for secession to ever happen again C) needed to be a complete socioeconomic transformation D) was a presidential function ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the election of 1872, the federal government’s intervention had __________. A) turned back the tide of “redemption” B) guaranteed the dominance of the Republican Party in all southern elections C) helped break the Klan and restore a semblance of law and order D) prevented all but a handful of blacks from exercising their right […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
After several moves, where did the remnants of the Nez Perce tribe end up after surrendering? A) Washington B) Michigan C) Oregon D) Oklahoma ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The people who benefited most from the Homestead Act were the __________. A) employees of the Government Land Office B) land speculators C) cattle barons D) homesteaders ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo allowed the Hispanic people north of the Rio Grande to choose between __________. A) immigrating to Mexico or staying in the United States B) selling their land or being forced off of it C) renouncing their Mexican citizenship or being forced onto reservations D) converting to Protestantism or leaving the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
