A Nation Divided Test

Although the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, the Juneteenth celebration of emancipation in Texas is centered on June 19, 1865. Why would it take more than thirty months to free slaves in Texas?

• It took a long time for a US army to get to Texas and force slave owners to free their slaves

• President Lincoln thought “Don’t Mess With Texas” was about the plantation economy, not roadside litter

• Texas was independent from both the United and Confederate States, and did not have to free slaves.

• Texas did not have to free any slaves until the passage of the 14th amendment

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• An abolitionist

• Ron Swanson

• a former slave owner

• a northern business owner

Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War led the North to victory by taking advantage of which of the following?

• the discovery of gold

• population growth

• industrial manufacturing

• Native American knowledge

Who won the Civil War?

• Europe

• The Confederacy

• Mexico

• The Union

What proposition would allow congress to ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States as a result of the Mexican American War.

• Wilmot Proviso
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise 1850
• Kansas & Nebraska Act

In what year did Reconstruction end? With the election of which president?

• 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes

• 1889, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson

• 1866, Andrew Johnson

• 1890, Robert E. Lee

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…

-Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

On what document did the supporters of women’s rights model the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions?

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Compromise of 1820

By the 1840s, _____.

• slavery was causing increasing conflict between the North and the South.

• it was clear that the issue of slavery would soon be resolved.

• Congress passed laws that ended slavery.

• Northerners and Southerners agreed to stop arguing over slavery.

Which demand was included in the Seneca Falls Declaration?

• The restoration of land to Native Americans.

• The suffrage of women.

• The restoration of land to Native Americans.

• The restoration of land to Irish.

What was one reason that abolition was generally unpopular among northern businessmen?

• Northern clothing factories depended on the South for cotton.

• Many Southern leaders were originally from the North.

• Many Southern farmers purchased slaves in the North.

• Northern factories relied on the South for machine parts.