APUSH 5.8 5.9 Homework

Which action did President Lincoln take immediately after the Fort Sumter crisis that demonstrated his expansive use of executive power?

• Asked Congress to declare war before mobilizing troops

• Called for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the insurrection

• Issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free all enslaved people

• Suspended elections until public safety could be ensured

Early in the Civil War, General Benjamin Butler classified escaped enslaved people who reached Union lines as "contraband." What was the practical consequence of this classification?

• They had to be returned to Confederate owners under the Fugitive Slave Act

• They were considered enemy property that could be used to aid the Confederacy and thus were not returned

• They were immediately granted citizenship and voting rights by the Union army

• They were required to enlist in the Union army upon arrival

During the war, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus. According to the described context, what did this suspension allow the government to do?

• Try civilians only in federal courts for treason

• Detain persons suspected of aiding the enemy without immediately charging them

• Deport foreign nationals who criticized the war

• Compel all newspapers to submit articles for prior review and possible arrest if suspect.

Which political faction during the Civil War called for a negotiated peace and opposed continuing the war?

• Radical Republicans

• Free-Soil Republicans

• Peace Democrats

• Southern Unionists

Which Republican wartime measure encouraged Western settlement by offering 160 acres of public land to settlers who would farm it for five years?

• Morrill Tariff Act (1861)

• Homestead Act (1862)

• Morrill Land Grant Act (1862)

• Pacific Railway Act (1862)

Economic historians note that the Civil War accelerated aspects of a modern industrial economy in the North. Which development best illustrates this acceleration as described?

• A sharp decline in manufacturing output due to inflation and lack of available materials.

• Decentralization of capital among small artisans

• A concentration of capital among a new class of millionaires financing postwar industrialization

• Elimination of government contracts for war supplies

Which statement best captures Lincoln’s message in his second inaugural address delivered shortly before his assassination?

• He demanded harsh punishment for the defeated South to prevent future rebellions

• He urged reconciliation, calling to treat the South with "malice toward none; with charity for all"

• He insisted that the war must continue until every Confederate leader was tried

• He announced his immediate resignation to restore unity

Recall a specific action of President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War that supports the view that he was one of the most democratic presidents. Which action best matches this claim?

• Calling for elections to continue in 1864 despite wartime conditions

• Suspending habeas corpus to suppress dissent

• Ordering a naval blockade without congressional approval

• Jailing opposition newspaper editors without trial

Which earlier U.S. president is commonly cited as both democratic and autocratic in different actions, providing a precedent before Lincoln? Choose the best-supported example.

• George Washington for refusing to serve a third term while crushing the Whiskey Rebellion

• Thomas Jefferson for purchasing Louisiana while advocating limited government

• James Madison for leading the nation into the War of 1812 while supporting the Bill of Rights

• Andrew Jackson for championing the common man while asserting strong executive power

According to the section, which statement best describes why some historians refer to the Civil War as the Second American Revolution?

• It restored the Articles of Confederation and ended federal authority

• It transformed society by accelerating industrialization in the North while destroying much of the South

• It resulted in no lasting social changes beyond emancipation

• It led to immediate reunification without economic disruption