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Chapter 11

1. According to your textbook, all of the following were characteristics of the Old South except:

a. a rural nature.

b. an agricultural economy.

c. a preference for high tariffs.

d. a reliance on slave labor.

e. a belief in free trade.

 

2. Which of the following statements regarding the Old South is most accurate?

a. Most southerners lived on large plantations.

b. All southerners owned slaves in the 19th century.

c. Immigrants often lived in southern cities.

d. A high proportion of native-born Americans lived in the South.

e. Almost all Native Americans lived in the Old South.

 

3. The “cotton kingdom’s” success was largely based on

a. the government’s use of high tariffs.

b. the widespread existence of banks in the South.

c. the end of the Second National Bank.

d. the introduction of the cotton gin.

e. the low price of cotton.

 

4. As cotton prices rose in the 19th century

a. the price of slaves declined.

b. the price of slaves rose.

c. fewer farmers planted cotton.

d. cotton farmers moved east.

e. slave owners became less defensive regarding slavery.

 

5. Your textbook defines a southern planter as an individual who owned at least ______ slaves.

a. 20

b. 15

c. 10

d. 5

e. 2

 

6. In the South, free persons of color

a. lived in rural areas predominantly and had fewer rights than slaves.

b. lived in cities and had more rights than slaves.

c. lived in cities and had fewer rights than slaves.

d. clustered along the coast.

e. lived in cities and were treated the same as whites.

 

7. In general, slaves living in southern cities

a. were much happier than rural slaves.

b. were always paid for their labor.

c. had greater freedom but less mobility than rural slaves.

d. had greater freedom and mobility than rural slaves.

e. were legally different from rural slaves.

 

8. Which statement about marriage among slaves is most accurate?

a. Slaves could not legally marry, but unofficial marriages were common.

b. Legal marriages were encouraged by slave masters.

c. Slaves did not wish to legally marry and did not notice the lack of that right.

d. Some states allowed slaves to marry.

e. All slave states recognized slave marriages if a minister performed the ceremony.

 

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9. As described by an adherent, ___________ was defined as being “a little beyond” the scope of reason.

a. transcendentalism

b. Socialism

c. Enlightenment

d. Progressivism

e. Romanticism

 

10. Which of the following would not be considered a transcendentalist?

a. Edgar Allen Poe

b. Henry David Thoreau

c. Nathaniel Hawthorne

d. Elizabeth Peabody

e. Margaret Fuller

 

11. The___________ movement intended to reduce or eradicate the consumption of alcohol in the United States.

a. progressive

b. populist

c. redeemer

d. temperance

e. reform

 

12. A Treatise on Domestic Economy charged women to be

a. free of worldly influences.

b. the managers of their households.

c. submissive to their husbands.

d. cognizant in planning their pregnancies.

e. assertive in their marriages.

 

13. The Declaration of Sentiments was written at

a. the Constitutional Convention.

b. the Centennial Exposition.

c. the Seneca Falls Convention.

d. Walden Pond.

e. Jamestown.

 

14. The goal of the American Colonization Society was

a. to free the slaves.

b. to send slaves out west.

c. to send slaves back to Africa.

d. to educate slaves.

e. to encourage slaves to rebel against their masters.

 

15. After publishing his autobiography, he left for England for two years on a speaking tour. When he returned, he had enough money to purchase his freedom.

a. W.E.B. Du Bois

b. Fredrick Douglass

c. Nat Turner

d. James Fremont

e. William Cumbersome

 

16. The vast system of safe houses throughout the South into free states was

known as

a. the subway.

b. the Underground Railroad.

c. the Runaway Scrape.

d. the Black Diaspora.

e. Exodusters.

 

17. Perhaps the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad was

a. Sojourner Truth.

b. Susan B. Anthony.

c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

d. Dorothea Dix.

e. Elias Turner.

 

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18. Which of the following statements regarding westward expansion after 1830 is not accurate?

a. Southerners were not in the least bit interested in moving west.

b. Southerners wanted to expand slavery westward.

c. Southerners feared a loss of political influence if slavery did not spread west.

d. The spread of slavery west was controversial.

e. People went west looking for economic opportunities.

 

19. The “Oregon Country” that Americans coveted included all what would become the following states except:

a. Oregon.

b. Idaho.

c. Oklahoma.

d. Washington.

e. Montana.

 

20. The majority of those who chose to emigrate to Texas in the first half of the 19th century were:

a. Americans from northern states.

b. free persons of color.

c. people from Central Europe.

d. southerners and their slaves.

e. those called Tejanos.

 

21. Which statement regarding President James K. Polk is not true?

a. He was a firm believer in the idea of manifest destiny.

b. His nickname was “Young Hickory.”

c. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

d. He opposed western expansion into California.

e. He was the first “dark horse” candidate to win a major party nomination.

 

22. The president of the United States at the time both Oregon and California were officially acquired was:

a. James K. Polk.

b. William H. Harrison.

c. John Tyler.

d. Martin Van Buren.

e. James Buchanan.

 

23. The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War was

a. the Treaty of Paris.

b. the Treaty of Ghent.

c. the Treaty of San Jacinto.

d. the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

e. the Treaty of Buena Vista.

 

24. In the presidential election of 1848, a third party called the ________________ ran _______________.

a. Whigs, Zachary Taylor

b. Democrats, Lewis Cass

c. Free-Soil party, Millard Fillmore

d. Free-Soil party, Stephen Douglas

e. Democrats, Henry Clay

 

25. Zachary Taylor was all of the following except:

a. a southerner.

b. a Whig.

c. a slave owner.

d. a man who wanted California to enter the Union as free.

e. an abolitionist.

 

26. The final version of the Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except which?

a. The sale of slaves would end in the District of Columbia.

b. The sale of slaves would end in the state of Washington.

c. California would be a free state.

d. The Utah territory was set up.

e. The New Mexico territory was set up.

 

27. The Kansas-Nebraska Act

a. supported the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.

b. made Kansas and Nebraska both free states.

c. made Kansas and Nebraska both slave states.

d. was passed in 1850.

e. was a part of the Compromise of 1850.

 

28. Which statement regarding “Bleeding Kansas” is correct?

a. Abolitionists killed pro-slavery forces in Lawrence, Kansas.

b. Pro-slavery forces killed abolitionists in the Pottawatomie Massacre.

c. John Brown supported slavery.

d. The people of Kansas killed each other over whether the state would be free or slave.

e. More than 5,000 people died during “Bleeding Kansas.”

 

29. Which statement regarding the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford is incorrect?

a. The Court said slaves were not American citizens.

b. The Court said Scott lacked legal standing.

c. Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the majority opinion.

d. The Court said Scott should go free.

e. The Court said the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

 

30. Which of the following statements regarding the state of South Carolina is incorrect?

a. Historically it was the strongest proponent of states’ rights.

b. It was the birthplace of nullifier John C. Calhoun.

c. South Carolina was willing to work with President Lincoln.

d. South Carolina was the third wealthiest state in the Union.

e. South Carolina was committed to protecting slavery.

 

31. In response to the secession of South Carolina, James Buchanan

a. raised troops.

b. issued serious threats.

c. supplied Fort Sumter.

d. reached out to the southerners in his cabinet.

e. did nothing.

 

32. In his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln

a. promised to end slavery everywhere.

b. promised to punish the South.

c. made the declaration of war.

d. declared secession illegal.

e. promised to expand slavery.

 

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33. Why did the North enjoy a numerical advantage over the army of the South?

a. Their cause was more righteous.

b. They forced slaves to fight.

c. They had more states, and more population in them.

d. They recruited from other nations and were more successful in doing so.

e. They allowed the wealthy to hire people to go to fight in their place.

 

34. Part of the success in prolonging the Civil War was the practice of

a. the South engaging only in defensive warfare 90 percent of the time.

b. the North’s reluctance to be too successful lest England and France become involved.

c. the North’s geographic vulnerabilities to invasion.

d. the lack of bridges and roads in the South.

e. the inability of the North to find a competent commander.

 

35. Which of the following provided a decisive advantage for the South over the North?

a. Better military leaders

b. More men from which to raise armies

c. Shorter supply lines

d. A more righteous cause

e. Foreign support from England

 

36. Why did the North enact a blockade on the Confederacy during the Civil War?

a. To persuade them to rejoin the Union

b. To deny them the imports they needed to survive

c. To stop the shipment of cotton to France to get them to join the war

d. It was never enacted

e. To divert the goods shipped overseas to internal markets

 

37. Which of the following was not a goal of the Confederacy in the Civil War?

a. Receive recognition from England

b. Receive recognition from France

c. Defeat the Federal forces

d. Protect the institution of slavery

e. Conquer the South

 

38. In 1863, this was created to enlist African Americans in the Union Army.

a. Bureau of Colored Troops

b. Freedmen’s Bureau

c. U.S. War Department

d. Morrill Enlistment Act

e. The Douglass Brigade

 

39. Why did Lincoln choose to abolish slavery in 1862?

a. Union successes had made it politically viable.

b. Union defeats crushed morale and he wanted to use the issue to rebuild it.

c. He wanted to break up the slaves’ loyalties to their masters to advance the Union’s cause.

d. He did so to prevent Germany from recognizing the Confederacy and joining the war.

e. He did so that he could win re-election.

 

40. Because of the Battle of Antietam

a. Lincoln was able to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

b. the South would never again invade the North.

c. McClellan was made Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the

Republic.

d. Lee was replaced as commander of the Union forces.

e. Missouri seceded from the Union.

 

41. Which of the following was not approved by Congress during the Civil War?

a. The Homestead Act

b. The Morrill Land Grant

c. Construction of a transcontinental railroad

d. Construction of a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

e. The National Banking Act

 

42. After the Battle of Vicksburg

a. Confederates had free reign of the oceans.

b. the Union controlled the Mississippi.

c. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

d. Grant was reassigned to command of the western theater.

e. Lee never again invaded the South.

 

43. With this battle, the South lost control of the western theater.

a. Bull Run

b. Shiloh

c. Antietam

d. Chattanooga

e. Saratoga

 

44. Officially, the Civil War came to an end at

a. Chattanooga.

b. Richmond.

c. Palmito Ranch.

d. Appomattox.

e. Cowpens.

 

45. As a result of the Civil War the political balance in the United States

a. shifted from North to South.

b. shifted from South to North.

c. became frozen in a politically destructive atmosphere.

d. shifted from East to West.

e. shifted from West to East.

 

46. Which of the following was not an occupation that opened up for women

during the Civil War?

a. Nurse

b. Minister

c. Farm manager

d. Business manager

e. Executive

 

47. This person claimed that the Civil War advanced by 50 years the progress of

women in gaining social and economic equality.

a. Ethel Rosenbaum

b. Clara Barton

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Mary Todd Lincoln

e. Frederick Douglass

 

48. The Civil War spurred the growth of all of the following except

a. rail lines.

b. meat packing plants.

c. the canning industry.

d. the clothing industry.

e. civil rights for women.

 

49. The greatest killer in the Civil War was

a. the Union.

b. the Confederates.

c. disease.

d. the bayonet.

e. the cannon.

 

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50. This was created to assist the newly freed slaves in acclimating to their new status.

a. Ku Klux Klan

b. The Knights of the Golden Circle

c. African American churches

d. The Freedmen’s Bureau

e. Congressional Reconstruction

 

51. Immediately after the end of the Civil War, many freedmen

a. sought out lost family members.

b. engaged in terroristic attacks against their former owners.

c. refused to work.

d. immigrated to the North.

e. began to negotiate their contracts with plantation owners in the area.

 

52. Many southern state legislatures reacted to the new rights given to the freedmen by

a. accepting them.

b. establishing “black codes” to stifle them

c. refusing to write new constitutions

d. attempting to nullify the acts of Congress that created them

e. withdrawing their delegations from Washington, D.C., in protest

 

53. What role did the election of 1866 play in shaping Reconstruction?

a. It gave the Radical Republicans a veto-proof majority in Congress.

b. It gave the Liberal Republicans a veto-proof majority in Congress.

c. It saw the fi rst African American Representative elected to Congress.

d. It showed that the North had grown weary of the problems in the South.

e. It gave President Johnson a free hand in running Reconstruction.

 

54. As a result of the Civil War, American politics was radically changed. Who benefited from these changes?

a. Federal power increased, as did the influence of industrialists.

b. State power grew to its highest levels.

c. Southern planters regained economic and political status lost during the war.

d. Freedmen enjoyed tremendous political freedom in the years immediately following the war’s end.

e. White women were allowed a pivotal place in national politics.

 

55. Which statement best describes the desires of Radical Republicans in the postwar period?

a. Radical Republicans wished for a quick and lenient Reconstruction plan for the South.

b. Radical Republicans believed that southern states had never actually left the Union and no plan was needed.

c. Radical Republicans wished to punish the South and lift up newly freed men and women.

d. Radical Republicans trusted the returning Democratic politicians unconditionally.

e. Radical Republicans believed that the president should make all decisions regarding Reconstructions.

 

56. Which president played the greatest role in ensuring that freedmen were protected during Reconstruction?

a. Lincoln

b. Johnson

c. Grant

d. Hayes

e. Taft

 

57. At the end of Reconstruction

a. blacks and whites were economically equal.

b. blacks and whites were socially equal.

c. blacks were in a better position legally and slavery had ended.

d. there were no changes for blacks as a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

e. blacks had been elevated above whites.

 

58. The Fourteenth Amendment

a. protected black male suffrage.

b. made it clear blacks were citizens.

c. gave states more power.

d. was not important.

e. was obeyed in all southern states.

 

59. After the Compromise of 1877

a. segregation became common in the South.

b. blacks saw major economic gains everywhere.

c. freedmen came to political power in all southern states.

d. the South wished to forgive and forget regarding the Civil War.

e. the South recovered quickly.