US - Not the Civil War to the Gilded Age Test

How did the Confederate government's increased control over the southern economy impact the people in the South? Select the two correct answers. 

• They were forced to pay high taxes on slaves and cotton.

• They could not afford food or supplies due to high inflation.

• They began to support anti-war politicians, such as the Copperheads.

• They lost slaves who were seized by the government.

• They sold more cotton to Europe than had been previously sold.

Which of the following describes Lincoln's plan for ending the war and reuniting the nation?

• Lincoln's intent was to punish the South by imposing heavy consequences on the states of the Confederacy.

• Lincoln was uncertain about how to end the war and had doubts about the nation's ability to come together.

• Lincoln desired a peaceful resolution that would quickly restore the nation to how it was organized prior to the war.

• Lincoln desired peace and sought to rejoin the states into one nation as smoothly as possible while also ending slavery.

How did the Union's capture of Port Hudson and the Confederates' surrender at Vicksburg harm the Confederacy?

• The white southerners lost faith in the Confederate Army's ability to win the war.

• The capital of the Confederate States of America was now under Union control.

• The Confederacy could no longer get supplies from western states.

• Confederate armies in northern states could no longer reach the southern states.

What change in the South during Reconstruction most likely resulted in the rise of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan?

• Many southern states passed Black Codes.

• African Americans gained more rights and influence in society.

• The Freedmen's Bureau was created.

• Landowners rented farmland to sharecroppers.

Which of the following were causes of Johnson's impeachment? Select the two correct answers. 

• Johnson broke the law when he fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton without Congressional approval.

• Southern Democrats felt Johnson made it too difficult for them to rejoin the Union.

• Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act and refused to support other reform legislation that granted African Americans more rights.

• Johnson disagreed with the Republican view that states should get to decide who gets to vote.

• Radical Republicans were angry that Johnson enacted the Black Codes early in his presidency.

What system often locked poor farmers into a cycle of debt?

• sharecropping

• lend-lease

• gold standard

• political machines

Which of the following contributed to the industrialization of the U.S. in the late 1800s?

• Women and children were not allowed to work so there was competition for male adult workers.

• Increased focus on workers’ rights led to improved working conditions for laborers.

• The potential to find gold led many poor workers to leave their jobs and travel westward.

• There were many immigrant workers willing to work long hours for low wages.

Which of the following inventions contributed to the increase of industry in cities in the late 1800s?

• water power

• the telegram

• electric power

• the plow

What government policy believed in no government intervention in business affairs?

• coup d’état

• laissez-faire

• capitalism

• monopoly

What happened as a result of J.P. Morgan’s work in the financial industry?

• He grew companies through the process of vertical integration.

• He helped Standard Oil acquire most other businesses in the industry.

• He was a strong supporter of social Darwinism.

• He helped form some successful businesses that are still in existence today.