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This was a program of economic nationalism which relied on federally funded infrastructure (roads & canals) projects, protective tariffs, and a National Bank?
The American System
The Middle Passage
The Lend Lease System
The Jeffersonian System
This controversial proposal set forth by Henry Clay stated that slavery would not be allowed in any new state above the 36, 30 line.
The Monroe Doctrine
The Missouri Compromise
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
A series of tariffs were highly unpopular in South Carolina which led to what crisis?
The Nullification Crisis
The Red Scare
The Opioid Crisis
The Panic of 1837
What caused the U.S. Civil War?
Slavery
States Rights
Economic differences between the industrial north and agrarian south.
Political sectionalism
What was the most complicated part of the Compromise of 1850?
Admitted California as a Free State
Stronger Fugitive Slave Law
Popular Sovereignty in the Mexican Cession.
Texas sells land / Federal Gov. assumes debt.
Abolish Slave trade in Washington, D.C.
What made the Fugitive Slave Law part of the Compromise of 1850 so controversial?
It required everyone to turn in any person they knew to be a slave to authorities.
It required American citizens to recapture slaves who had escaped to Canada.
It required Northerners to pay for the transport of Southern Slaves
It ruled that African Slaves were not citizens nor ever would be so they did not have constitutional rights.
Why was the Fugitive Slave Law terrifying for free people of Color?
The courts could send a person of color into slavery if at least one person accused you as being a slave.
It required that all people of color move to Canada.
It greatly limited employment opportunities.
It greatly increased the taxes of people of color living in the north.
The Fugitive Slave Law further increased the belief that the government was controlled by
Congressman invested in "Slave Power"
Freemasons
Mormons
Big Business
Congressman Steven Douglas would take over for Henry Clay on the Compromise of 1850. He would then propose what Act to help build a transcontinental railroad through western territories by making them states?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Land Act
Indian Removal Act
Pacific Telegraph Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act formalized the idea of what? Where territories voted on whether they wanted to be free or slave states?
Popular Sovereignty
Free Soil
No Nothings
Reasoned Discourse
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the formation of what political party?
Bleeding Kansas
Nasty Nebraska
Angry Arizona
Ill Fated Iowa
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the formation of what political party?
Republican Party
The National Party
The Whig Party
The Free Soil Party
The Republican Party was a sectional party primarily made up of voters from ______ & _______.
the North
the South
the West
the Midwest
How did the expansion of slavery in the west threaten people from the North looking to move out west?
It threatened their economic possibilities.
It threatened their social possibilities.
It threatened their religious possibilities.
It threatened their expansive possibilities.
The Pottawatomie Massacre involved the murder of five pro-slavery settlers by this notable Abolitionist?
John Brown
Fredrick Douglas
William Loyd Garrison
Harrit Beecher Stowe
This Supreme Court Case heightened tensions between the North & South in what was probably the worst supreme court case decision?
Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Brown v. Board of Education
John Brown attempted to start an armed slave uprising by raiding the National Arsenal at?
Harpers Ferry, VA (now West Virginia)
Annapolis, MA
Richmond, VA
Philadelphia, PA
In 1860 who won the Presidential Election?
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
Martin Van Buren
Why was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 controversial to some in America?
It was the first time a U.S. President didn't win any Southern Electoral votes.
It was the first time a U.S. President didn't win any Northern Electoral votes.
It was the first time a U.S. President didn't win any Western Electoral votes.
It was the first time a U.S. President didn't win any Immigrant Electoral votes.
The election of Abraham Lincoln led to what action by southern states?
the secession of multiple states in the deep South.
the secession of multiple border states in the South.
the secession of multiple border states in the North.
the secession of multiple states in the far north.
Which following best describes the casualty county of the U.S. Civil War?
It was deadlier for Americans than the Revolutionary War.
It was deadlier for Americans than WWI
It was deadlier for Americans than WWII
It was deadlier for Americans than the Vietnam
The Civil War killed more Americans than the Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, and Vietnam combined.
The Civil War corresponds with the presidency of which American President?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
George Washington
The direct cause of the Civil War was?
Slavery
Sectionalism
States Rights
The Dred Scott Ruling
Which of the following are advantages of the North over the South in the Civil War?
Man power
Manufacturing
Miles of Railroad
Mechanized Agriculture
All of the above
What initial advantage did the South have over the North in the Civil War?
Better military leaders
Better political leaders
Stronger foreign support
A stronger economy
Some historians have argued that all the South had to do was wear down the Unions resolve. Why would a war of attrition be difficult for the South?
The North had superiority in its resources that it would take a long time to wear out.
Fighting a war of attrition would be hard on the South as it had fewer resources
The South had superiority in its resources that it would take a long time to wear out.
Fighting a war of attrition would be hard on the North as it had fewer resources
This Union general was willing to sustain enormous casualties in pursuit of his goal to hammer the enemy into submission. This strategy often branded him a butcher.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
July of 1863 saw two import victories which were turning points for the North. One which captured the last major Confederate city on the Mississippi and the other stopped the Confederate Army's push into the North.
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Shiloh
Which Northern city saw draft riots that killed more than 100 people?
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Charleston
This northern general captured Atlanta then marched to the sea before turning north practicing total war.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman's method of total war involved destroying infrastructure, killing life stock, and destroying crops is known as
a scorched earth policy.
a war against humanity.
limited warfare.
unrestricted warfare.
This general turned down command of the Union army when his state of Virginia seceded from the Union and would go on to lead the Confederate Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
William Tecumseh Sherman
Did Abraham Lincoln free the slaves?
Yes
No
Its complicated
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
slaves in Confederate territory.
slaves in the Union.
all slaves in North America.
slaves in Mexico
How did most slaves free themselves?
Running away to the Union Army becoming contraband.
Running away using the Underground Railroad.
Running away to Mexico.
Fighting for their freedom.
One of the reasons Lincoln may have issued the Emancipation Proclamation is
the fugitive slave laws were still technically on the books in the U.S. and technically if Union Generals didn't give Slaves back they would be breaking Federal Law.
slavery was extremely profitable in the areas held by the Union Army.
Lincoln felt that all men were created equal and deserved their freedom.
Lincoln needed additional voters for the upcoming election.
Which major foreign power did the Confederacy try to make its ally?
Britain
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungry
What are two reasons outlined by this episode of Crash Course, that Lincoln does deserve credit for freeing the slaves?
Lincoln pushed for the 13th Amendment
Lincoln continued the war until its conclusion.
Lincoln had consistent views on African Slaves and their equality throughout his life.
Lincoln made concessions with the South repetitively.
"From these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolved that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." is a excerpt from
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's first States of the Union Address
Lincoln's commencement speech at Arlington Seminary
What relatively new technology allowed Americans to see the horrors of more than ever before?
Photography
Telegram
The Postal Service
Cheap Newspapers
Who is the most notable Civil War photographer?
Mathew Brady
Walker Evans
Edward S. Curtis
Ansel Adams
Which are examples of how Abraham Lincoln expanded executive power?
Ordering blockades
Suspending habeas corpus.
He emancipated the Slaves.
All of the above.
Where did the shooting in the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Bull Run
Appomattox Courthouse
Gettysburg
This location saw two major battles during the Civil War. major land battle between the North & South?
Manassas
Chancellorsville
Petersburg
Vicksburg
The battles at Manassas are also known as the first & second battles of
(a)
What general got his nickname as his troops would not retreat from their position during the First Battle of Bull Run (Manasses)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Fighting Joe Hooker
“Unconditional Surrender” Grant
George H. Thomas "Rock of Chickamauga"
The battle of Hampton Rhodes, VA featured what new innovation?
Ironclads
Machine Guns
Steam powered ships
Fire ships
In 1862 the Union took what strategic port city at the mouth of the Mississippi?
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Petersburg
New York
This northern general was highly indecisive and extremely cautious?
George McClellan
Ulysses S Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Meade
The six battles in seven days fought on the peninsular campaign was fought between what two commanding generals?
George McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Nathaniel Bedford Forrest
This battle was the bloodiest single day of the war.
Antietam
Cold Harbor
Shiloh
The Battle of the Wilderness
This battle is often cited as Robert E. Lee's greatest strategic victory?
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Appomattox Court House
Vicksburg
Though Robert E. Lee won possibly his greatest strategic victory at Chancellorsville he lost which important general he likened to his right arm?
Stonewall Jackson
PT Beauregard
John Bell Hood
JEB Stuart
The capture of this strategic city on the Mississippi along with the victory at Port Hudson effectively ended the Confederates ability to use the Mississippi?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
This major battle fought over three days in July of 1863 was a major Union victory and the bloodiest of the Civil War.
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania
What is the name of the doomed confederate charge on the center of the Union line over open ground on the third day of the battle of Gettysburg?
Pickett's charge
The charge the light
Bloody Sunday
The Charge on Little Round Top
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Richmond
What event hampered the success of Reconstruction?
The Assignation of Abraham Lincoln
The Election of Andrew Johnson
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
The Assignation of Andrew Johnson
Who was Abraham Lincoln's successor?
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Which two words would best describe Lincoln's position on Reconstruction?
reunion
reconciliation
justice
retribution
Which idea was the guiding factor in Andrew Johnson's idea of Reconstruction?
The South never had a right to secede from the Union.
The South would rise again.
The South deserved to pay a heavy price.
The South had every right to secede.
The period between 1865 & 1867 is known as the period of?
Presidential Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Moderate Reconstruction
Congressional Reconstruction
What were some positive outcomes of reconstruction for African Americans?
Creation of colleges or African Americans.
Creation of various primary and secondary schools for African Americans.
The Freedmen's Bureau which had the power to divide up confiscated and abandoned confederate land for former slaves.
All of the above
What agricultural system replaced slavery in much of the South?
Sharecropping
Rotation system
White slavery
Large scale business agriculture.
By the Great Depression most sharecroppers in the South were?
White
Black
Hispanic
Chinese
Which bill established that persons born in the United States and tried to establish equal rights before the law regardless of race?
The Civil Rights Bill of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 14th Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson
When President Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1864 what was congress's response?
Overroad President Johnson's veto with a 2/3's majority.
Impeached President Johnson.
Shot President Johnson.
Beat him on the Senate floor.
Which amendment to the constitution extended citizenship, equal protection under the law, and the Bill of Rights in all states to African Americans
10th Amendment
12th Amendments
14th Amendment
18th Amendment
Which series of southern laws prevented newly emancipated slaves from fully enjoying their freedom
Black Codes
Slaves Codes
The Reconstruction Act
The Segregation Act
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into five military districts, required the participation of African Americans in the government, and required each state to ratify the 14th Amendment. This stage of Reconstruction is known as?
Presidential Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Moderate Reconstruction
Congressional Reconstruction
The narrow margin of victory in the 1868 election of Ulysses S. Grant saw the republican party push for the right for African American males to vote. Which Amendment made this possible?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Most African Americans during the time of Reconstruction voted as or endorsed which political party?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Nativist Party
Whig Party
Northerners who moved south in order to capitalize on the opportunities of the ruined South were known as?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Turncoat
Benedict Arnold
White southern Republicans who remained loyal to the union or supported Republican reconstruction.
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Turncoat
Benedict Arnold
The perception of black elected officials was that?
They were corrupt, puppets or both.
They were upstanding, people of integrity.
What terrorist organization was formed in 1867 which targeted black & white Republicans.
The Klu Klux Klan
The Redeemers
The Lost Cause
The Hells Angels
White Democrats from the South who returned Democrat majorities to Washington were known as
The Klu Klux Klan
The Redeemers
The Lost Cause
The Hells Angels
What was the result of fewer black voters (due voters Intimidation of black voters and discriminatory voting laws) and a whining of northern support for Reconstruction?
White Democrats to take control of state governments and return white Democratic delegations to Washington.
White Republicans to take control of state governments and return white Republican delegations to Washington.
Black Democrats to take control of state governments and return black Democratic delegations to Washington.
Black Republicans to take control of state governments and return black Republican delegations to Washington.
Which factors negatively affected support for Radical Reconstruction?
The cost of reconstruction.
An economic down turn
A resurgent Democratic party
All of the above.
Which compromise after a disputed election saw the election of Rutherford B. Hayes & the end of Radical Reconstruction in the South?
The Bargain of 1877
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The passage of Jim Crowe Laws
Following the Bargain of 1877 the South set up what series of laws that restricted the freedom of black people?
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Nuremberg laws
Ten Commandments
