Pre Civil War
Pre-Civil War 2
Civil War
Reconstruction
Results of CW
100
William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are best known for their efforts to
A. create free public schools
B. begin the temperance movement
C. expand the rights of women
D. oppose the practice of slavery
D. oppose the practice of slavery
100
Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over
A. admission of states to the Union
B. Supreme Court decisions
C. presidential election results
D. voting rights
A. admission of states to the Union
100
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to
A. uphold national honor
B. prevent foreign involvement
C. free all slaves
D. preserve the Union
D. preserve the Union
100
Which historic period was marked by the military occupation of a portion of the United States, attempts to remove the President from office, and major constitutional revisions?
A. Reconstruction
B. Roaring Twenties
C. Depression and New Deal
D. Vietnam War Era
A. Reconstruction
100
Sharecropping was a system of farming most common in
A. New England after the Revolutionary War
B. the Middle Atlantic States before the Civil War
C. the Southern States after the Civil War
D. the Pacific Northwest before World War I
C. the Southern States after the Civil War
200
Sectional rivalries during the
period from 1820 to 1860
centered mainly around the
issues of
A. foreign policy, the abolition of slavery, and the currency system
B. States rights, the extension of slavery, and tariffs
C. tariffs, the currency system, and trust regulation
D. conservation, foreign policy, and women's suffrage
B. States rights, the extension of slavery, and tariffs
200
Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of
A. allowing states to secede from the Union
B. permitting voters to nullify federal laws
C. deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state
D. overturning unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court
C. deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state
200
Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln's justification for the Civil War?
A. As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
B. President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North.
C. President Lincoln's oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
D. To keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.
C. President Lincoln's oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
200
In the South after the Civil War, which system of land usage was developed to replace the major system destroyed by the war?
A. plantation
B. small self-sufficient farming
C. sharecropping
D. corporate farming
C. sharecropping
200
Which was a major result of the Civil War?
A. The power of the Federal Government was expanded.
B. States rights were reinforced by constitutional amendments.
C. Southern investment capital was used to bring about early industrialization of the region.
D. Most freed blacks become landowning farmers.
A. The power of the Federal Government was expanded.
300
Which is a primary source of information about the nature of slavery in the United States?
A. a television program showing
life on a Southern plantation
B. a copy of the Supreme
Court's ruling in Brown v.
Board of Education
C. the autobiography of
Frederick Douglass
D. a history of slavery written
by a 20th-century historian
C. the autobiography of Frederick Douglass
300
One way that "Bleeding Kansas," the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events
A. ended conflict over slavery in the territories
B. eased tensions between the North and the South
C. contributed to the formation of the Whig Party
D. made sectional compromise more difficult
D. made sectional compromise more difficult
300
The Civil War affected the northern economy by
A. causing a severe depression
B. increasing unemployment rates
C. decreasing demand for agricultural products
D. stimulating industrialization
D. stimulating industrialization
300
The dispute between President Andrew Johnson and Congress during the Reconstruction Era illustrates the constitutional principle of
A. equality of justice under the law
B. federalism
C. one man, one vote
D. separation of powers
D. separation of powers
300
The power relationship that changed most as a result of the Civil War was the increase in the power of the
A. individual over the state
B. military over the civilian population
C. Congress over the President
D. Federal Government over the states
D. Federal Government over the states
400
"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter Union (1820)"
"California Admitted to Union as
Free State (1850)"
"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty (1854)"
Which issue is reflected in these headlines?
A. enactment of protective tariffs
B. extension of slavery
C. voting rights for minorities
D. universal public education
B. extension of slavery
400
This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the
A. passage of the fugitive slave law
B. start of the Civil War
C. issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
D. enactment of the 13th Amendment
This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the
A. passage of the fugitive slave law
400
What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?
A. unified popular support for the war effort
B. superior military leadership
C. economic aid from Great Britain and France
D. more human resources and war material
D. more human resources and war material
400
The Reconstruction Era ended when congressional Democrats agreed to the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Republicans promised to
A. withdraw Federal troops from the South
B. give each freeman 40 acres and a mule
C. do away with the electoral college
D. repeal the 15th amendment
A. withdraw Federal troops from the South
400
The basic constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War was the
A. expansion of the president's war powers
B. extension of the right to vote to all adults
C. supremacy of Federal authority over the states
D. civil liberties of citizens during wartime
C. supremacy of Federal authority over the states
500
Which statement best describes the economic differences between the North and South just prior to the Civil War?
A. The Northern economy was primarily agricultural, while the Southern economy was based on manufacturing.
B. Jobs on plantations attracted more European immigrants to the South than to the North.
C. Transportation systems were more developed in the North than in the South.
D. The Southern economy was more diversified than the Northern economy.
C. Transportation systems were more developed in the North than in the South.
500
Sectional rivalries during the period from 1820 to 1860 centered mainly around the issues of
A. foreign policy, the abolition of slavery, and the currency system
B. States rights, the extension of slavery, and tariffs
C. tariffs, the currency system, and trust regulation
D. conservation, foreign policy, and women's suffrage
B. States rights, the extension of slavery, and tariffs
500
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the
A. Compromise of 1850
B. Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
C. creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865
D. ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
D. ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
500
"No State . . . shall . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
During Reconstruction, this clause was adopted to protect
A. Native Americans who were being settled on reservations
B. newly freed slaves in the South
C. defeated Confederate soldiers returning to their
homes
D. settlers moving west of the Mississippi River
B. newly freed slaves in the South
500
Which two developments following the Civil War most helped open the American West
A. the building of the Erie Canal and the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
B. the discovery of gold in California and the construction of the Panama Canal
C. the annexation of Texas and the invention of the cotton gin
D. the implementation of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad
D. the implementation of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad