Unit 2 Test Review

Multiple Choice

In May 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered a pardon to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these later received individual pardons), and authorized them to create new governments.

How did the actions described above affect the post-Civil War South?

• Johnson's Reconstruction plan led to the expansion and enforcement of Southern Black Codes.

• Southern support for Black Codes was a main factor in Johnson's Impeachment Trial.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, the South saw significant and lasting improvements to political access for all citizens.

• Johnson proposed and supported Congressional measures to economically and politically punish the South.

Multiple Choice

Which document was used to justify the South Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

• The Federalist Papers

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Multiple Choice

What was the PRIMARY goal of the Monroe Doctrine?

 

• To encourage settlement of the West

• To create an opportunity for the annexation of Canada

• To help European nations establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere

• To prevent European intervention in Latin America

Multiple Choice

In the mid-1800s, why did Northern cities like Lowell, Massachusetts see such dramatic population increases?

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory provided new land and mineral resources to frontier settlers.

• Experimentation with utopian communities meant both men and women had expanded political and economic opportunities.

• The migration of skilled labor to western territories led to a decrease in the number of available factory and farm workers in the East.

• There was a direct connection between increases in Southern cotton production and factory opportunities in the North.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements do the events below support?

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Southern Secession

• Ratification of the 13th Amendment

• he events support Lincoln’s idea that a “house divided against itself cannot stand.”

• The events support the failure of the abolitionist movement to end slavery.

• The events support the sovereignty of States over the Federal Government.

• The events support Johnson’s approach to Presidential Reconstruction.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following created division that ultimately led to Andrew Johnson's 1868 impeachment trial?

• Johnson refused to support many Congressional Reconstruction plans

• 
  Johnson attempted to expand the presence and power of the US Army in southern states

• Johnson misused federal funds to help freedmen relocate to the Midwest

• 
  Johnson ignored the Supreme Court's decision regarding Native American lands

Multiple Choice

Which of the following beliefs did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois share?

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  It was important to use force to bring an immediate end to segregation of public facilities.

• It was important to pursue education as the key to improving social equality.

• It was important to strive for immediate social equality with whites.

• It was important to recognize that the growth of labor unions was the major barrier to economic advancement.

Multiple Choice

In May 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered a pardon to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these later received individual pardons), and authorized them to create new governments.

How did the actions described above affect the post-Civil War South?

• Johnson's Reconstruction plan led to the expansion and enforcement of Southern Black Codes.

• Southern support for Black Codes was a main factor in Johnson's Impeachment Trial.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, the South saw significant and lasting improvements to political access for all citizens.

• 
  Johnson proposed and supported Congressional measures to economically and politically punish the South.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains the trend of Democratic membership in the Senate from 1873 to 1879?

• 
  Radical Reconstruction gave many Blacks the right to vote.

• 
  White voters regained control in Southern states.

• Many Democrats left the party after the Civil War.

• The Democrats supported many popular reforms after 1873.

Multiple Choice

Why was General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" important to the Union’s war effort?

• 
  It placed the Mississippi River under Union control.

• It convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.

• 
  Important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.

• Ulysses S. Grant was forced to surrender his forces as a result of Sherman's victory.

Multiple Choice

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

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  Churches turned away from public politics and focused on internal religious issues.

• People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.

• Religious leaders encouraged legislatures to extend suffrage to women.

• Politicians were encouraged to promote states’ rights rather than federal unity.

Multiple Choice

What was a significant reason why Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

• Lincoln's plan granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons.

• Lincoln's plan demanded payments from the South that would have damaged the South's economy.

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  Lincoln's plan postponed the readmission of southern states into the Union for many years.

• Lincoln's plan would have allowed white southerners to quickly return to power.

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the disputed Presidential Election of 1876?

• 
  Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South.

• 
  Slavery was re-established in the South by state legislatures.

• New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans.

• A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system.