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
Tougaloo, Hampton, and Fisk are examples of __________. A) black teaching colleges founded after the Civil War B) places where lynchings took place C) towns founded by freed African Americans in the West D) missionaries who went South to help in “wayside schools” ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Generally, sharecropping families received __________ of the year’s crop. A) one-tenth B) one-half C) all D) one-third ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the decade following Appomattox, the North’s economy __________. A) shifted away from industry and toward agriculture B) contracted slightly C) slid into a severe depression that lasted from 1865 to 1873 D) continued the industrial boom begun during the Civil War ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After defeating Custer at Little Big Horn, Sioux chief Sitting Bull reportedly made which of these statements? A) “Now they will leave us alone forever.” B) “Now they will never let us rest.” C) “Now all the whites will leave.” D) “We are a free people now.” ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
