HIS 202 Midterm Review

Which of the following was NOT true of the election of 1860?

• It played a major role in South Carolina seceding from the Union

• Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the United States

• Votes for candidates generally followed regional patterns

• It was decided by the House of Representative and led to the end of Reconstruction

Which of the following was true of the period between 1820 and 1860?

• Slavery decreased as an economic force in the South due to the abolition of the slave trade

• Cotton cultivation and the reliance on slave labor was expanding West in the Southern states

• Maryland became the most concentrated region of cotton cultivation in the South

• Slavery was no longer a dominant feature of Southern society like it was in the colonial era

Which of the following is listed in proper chronological order?

• Plessy v. Ferguson, 13th Amendment ratified, Compromise of 1877, World War I

• 13 Amendment ratified, Plessy v. Ferguson, World War I, Compromise of 1877

• Compromise of 1877, 13th Amendment ratified, World War I, Plessy v. Ferguson

• 13th Amendment ratified, Compromise of 1877, Plessy v. Ferguson, World War I

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

• Charleston

• Appomattox Court House

• Montgomery

• Raleigh

Which of the following was NOT an example of the “Black Codes” passed in the South in the post-Civil War era?

• Establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• Establishing fines for vagrancy for black people

• Prohibiting blacks from working in jobs other than on plantations or as domestic workers

Who did Thaddeus Stevens believe should take the lead in determining the course of Reconstruction and when southern states should be readmitted fully into the Union?

• Congress

• The President

• Supreme Court

• Confederate Generals

Which is true of immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?

• Immigration among Eastern and Southern Europeans increased

• Immigration among Eastern and Southern Europeans decreased

• There was much less immigration overall per year than there has been in the 21st century per year

• Congress sought to restrict immigration from Western European countries

All of the following can be considered Progressive era reforms EXCEPT:

• Women’s suffrage

• Child labor laws in certain states

• Prohibition

• Desegregation of public accommodations

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass

This amendment abolished slavery:

• 13th

• 14th

• 17th

• 24th