Texas
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Dallas
Gadson’s Treaty
Treaty of Veracruz
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
How many free blacks lived in the North in 1860?
100,000
250,000
500,000
1,000,000
500,000
Which class represented the leadership of the south?
Mill owners
Capitalists
Wealthy planters
Yeoman farmers
Wealthy planters
What battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued after?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
Appomattox
Antietam
What one thing the Democrats gained as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
Presidency
Control of the House of Representatives
Removal of the military from the South
Re-admittance to the union
Removal of the military from the South
What river did Mexico claim was the southern boundary between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
San Marcos River
Nueces River
Bravos River
Nueces River
In 1860, what percent of the total population of the North was foreign-born?
10%
20%
25%
33%
20%
What was white southern society stratified between?
Capitalists and workers
Yeoman farmers and wealthy planters
Farmers and urban workers
Native born and immigrants
Yeoman farmers and wealthy planters
What was a key part of the Union strategy at the beginning of the war?
Destruction of the southern civilian property
Naval blockade of Confederate ports
Confiscation of slaves
Naval blockade of Confederate ports
Naval blockade of Confederate ports
What was the Democratic nominee for president in 1876?
Willian Bullock
Samuel Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester Arthur
Samuel Tilden
What was the name of the resolution introduced by Abraham Lincoln that questioned the legality of the war?
Grande Resolution
Spot Resolution
Santa Anna Resolution
Texas Resolution
Spot Resolution
What was the name of the movement which led to restrictions on the social and economic lives of immigrants?
Nativism
Know Nothing
Xenophobic
Free Soil Party
Nativism
The majority of the southern population consisted of what group?
Wealthy planters
Slaves
Yeoman farmers
Mill Owners
Yeoman farmers
What was a significant victory in opening the Mississippi River Valley to invasion by the Union?
Capture of Shiloh
Capture of Bull Run
Capture of Vicksburg
Capture of New Orleans
Capture of New Orleans
What was the name of the leaders of the efforts to use violence to restore Democrats called?
White Dragons
Redeemers
Scalawags
Brothers of the White Cross
Redeemers
Why did northern members of Congress oppose the annexation of Texas?
Spain would declare war to stop further expansion
Britain would declare war to protect their Northwest colonies
Texas would be a slave state
Mexico would have to be paid $30 million for the annexation
Texas would be a slave state
What did the North achieve prior to the Civil War?
The end of de facto segregation
Universal primary education
Universal literacy
More people living in cities than the countryside
Universal literacy
Why were laws placing limits on the treatment of slaves unenforceable?
Slaves could not bring the owners to court
Juries never convicted slave-owners
The limits on treatment were too vague
No such laws existed
Slaves could not bring the owners to court
In what theater was the North generally successful?
The West
The East
The Southwest
The South
The West
What was the name of the plan to use as much violence as necessary to restore Democrats to power?
Mississippi Plan
Force Plan
Ku Klux Klan Plan
Redemption Plan
Mississippi Plan
Why were some Whigs in favor of annexing Texas?
They believed in Manifest Destiny
To prevent an alliance between Spain and Texas
To prevent Mexico from reclaiming Texas
They believed in popular sovereignty
They believed in Manifest Destiny
Why did Stephen Douglas want to organize the northern territories of the Louisiana Purchase?
To ensure they would remain free of slaves
To prevent southerners from moving there
To build a transcontinental railroad with Chicago as the hub
To build a transcontinental railroad with Chicago as the hub
How did the southerners’ views of slavery change from the revolutionary period?
From negative to positive
From necessary evil to positive good
From positive good to necessary evil
From gradual emancipation to paternalism
From necessary evil to positive good
In what city did Confederate sympathizers destroy telegraph lines, sabotage railways, and attack Union soldiers?
St. Louis, Missouri
Charleston, West Virginia
Baltimore, Maryland
Frankfurt, Kentucky
Baltimore, Maryland
What was the only piece of Reconstruction legislation in Grant’s 2nd term?
Civil Rights Cases
Force Act
Ku Klux Klan Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1875