Question 1 1 out of 1 points Popular sovereignty appealed to some politicians because its ambiguity enabled people to interpret it as they

pleased. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 2 1 out of 1 points Frederick Douglass gave a famous Independence Day speech in 1852 that symbolized the increasing stridency of free blacks against slavery. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 3 1 out of 1 points Over 80,000 gold miners arrived in California in 1849, swelling the American population of the state. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 4 1 out of 1 points Although Lincoln received less than 40 percent of the popular vote in the election of 1860, he carried every free state except New Jersey. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 5 1 out of 1 points The Compromise of 1850 delayed but did not prevent the outbreak of more serious sectional conflicts. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 6 1 out of 1 points Senator Stephen Douglas argued that the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 should be voted

on as a package rather than individually to demonstrate national unity. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Question 7 0 out of 1 points The election of a proslavery territorial legislature in Kansas in 1855 Answer Selected Answer: helped delay secession of the South. Correct Answer: resulted from wholesale election fraud. Question 8 0 out of 1 points Abraham Lincoln believed that Answer Selected Answer: separation of the races would have harmful long-term implications. Correct Answer: slavery should be placed on a course of ultimate extinction. Question 9 1 out of 1 points According to South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, Congress lacked the power to Answer Selected Answer: exclude slavery from the territories. Correct Answer: exclude slavery from the territories. Question 10 1 out of 1 points According to the doctrine of popular sovereignty, the decision whether to permit slavery in a territory would be made by the Answer Selected Answer: local territorial legislature. Correct Answer: local territorial legislature. Question 11 1 out of 1 points The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 Answer Selected Answer: reopened the question of slavery in the territories. Correct Answer: reopened the question of slavery in the territories. Question 12 1 out of 1 points Which of the following events split the Democratic Party during the 1850s?

Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 13 0 out of 1 points

All of the above. All of the above.

What was the long-term outcome of John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry? Answer Selected Answer: The South gave up on slavery. Correct Answer: Brown was hanged and became a martyr, inflaming tensions and leading to the Civil War. Question 14 1 out of 1 points General Zachary Taylor earned a living in Louisiana as a Answer Selected Answer: slave owner. Correct Answer: slave owner. Question 15 1 out of 1 points Which of the following men ran for office in 1860? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above. Question 16 1 out of 1 points All of the following statements are true about the short-term facts of John Brown's raid EXCEPT: Answer Selected Answer: The attack was a major military success. Correct Answer: The attack was a major military success. Question 17 1 out of 1 points On April 10, 1861, General __________ of the Confederacy demanded the surrender of Ft. Sumter. Answer Selected Answer: Beauregard Correct Answer: Beauregard Question 18 1 out of 1 points Ex-slave __________ gave passionate public lectures in the northern states and Midwest against

slavery. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Question 19 1 out of 1 points

Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth

A faction of Democrats in New York bolted the party in 1848 and joined with "conscience" Whigs to form the Free-Soil Party and support __________ for president. Answer Selected Answer: Van Buren Correct Answer: Van Buren Question 20 0 out of 1 points The __________ - __________ party opposed immigration, particularly of Catholics, and especially the Irish. Answer Selected Answer: Know Nothing Correct Answer: Know-,Nothing

Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of the following does NOT describe the prison camp experience of American men during the Civil War? Answer Selected Answer: Southern prison commanders received northern praise after the conflict ended. Correct Answer: Southern prison commanders received northern praise after the conflict ended. Question 2 1 out of 1 points What roles did women achieve during the war that stood outside of traditional domestic life? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above. Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following were famous Civil War healthcare professionals who revolutionized

hospital care for the wounded? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above. Question 4 0 out of 1 points The material assets of the North during the Civil War Answer Selected Answer: offset the greater supply of manpower in the South. Correct Answer: became effective only in the long run. Question 5 1 out of 1 points The use of the new, longer-range rifles during the Civil War Answer Selected Answer: produced a ghastly crop of dead men. Correct Answer: produced a ghastly crop of dead men. Question 6 0 out of 1 points The Civil War transformed race relations in the South as Answer Selected Answer: white violence toward blacks intensified with growing frustration over a losing war effort. Correct Answer: blacks proved increasingly unwilling to play a subservient role. Question 7 1 out of 1 points Placed in command of the Union armies in 1861, General George McClellan Answer Selected Answer: wished to win the war "by maneuvering rather than fighting." Correct Answer: wished to win the war "by maneuvering rather than fighting." Question 8 1 out of 1 points The largest civil disturbance of the nineteenth century occurred in New York City in early July 1863, as Answer Selected Answer: workers opposed to the draft rioted for three days. Correct Answer: workers opposed to the draft rioted for three days. Question 9 1 out of 1 points

For his cabinet, Lincoln selected Answer Selected Answer: important Republicans whether they agreed with him or not. Correct Answer: important Republicans whether they agreed with him or not. Question 10 1 out of 1 points The Battle of Bull Run was a prophetic one in that it showed the Answer Selected Answer: possibility that victory would be neither quick nor easy. Correct Answer: possibility that victory would be neither quick nor easy. Question 11 1 out of 1 points The early struggle of the Civil War in the East focused on the capture of __________ , the Confederacy's capital and one of the South's most important railroad, industrial, and munitions centers. Answer Selected Answer: Richmond Correct Answer: Richmond Question 12 1 out of 1 points Immigrant workers in eastern cities and those who lived in the southern parts of the Midwest had little sympathy for abolitionism or blacks, supporting the antiwar stance of the Peace Democrats, often referred to as __________ . Answer Selected Answer: Copperheads Correct Answer: Copperheads Question 13 1 out of 1 points Unless rebellious states (or parts of states in rebellion) returned to the Union by January 1, 1863, the president would declare their slaves "forever free," according to the __________ . Answer Selected Answer: Emancipation Proclamation Correct Answer: Emancipation Proclamation Question 14 1 out of 1 points Winfield Scott, the Union commanding general at the beginning of the Civil War, favored a cautious, long-term strategy known as the __________ . Answer Selected Answer: Anaconda Plan

Correct Answer: Question 15 1 out of 1 points

Anaconda Plan

By December of 1864, the Confederate desertion rate topped 50 percent. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 16 1 out of 1 points When the war ended, approximately 3 million American men had served in the military on both sides. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 17 0 out of 1 points At the end of the war, roughly 30 million African American slaves were free. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False Question 18 1 out of 1 points The Republican Party completely united behind its war-weary president in the election of 1864. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Question 19 1 out of 1 points Historians estimate that southern wealth declined by roughly 43 percent during the war years. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 20 1 out of 1 points Confederate women played a vital role in caring for the sick and wounded during the war. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True

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User Panhui Teng Course Summer 2012:-81N-Survey of American History I Test Chapter 13 Quiz Started 7/20/12 8:19 AM Submitted 7/20/12 8:51 AM Status Completed Score 14 out of 20 points Time Elapsed 32 minutes out of 40 minutes. Instructions
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Question 1
1 out of 1 points

In response to Fort Sumter, Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: both the North and South witnessed a tremendous outpouring of support. both the North and South witnessed a tremendous outpouring of support.

Question 2
1 out of 1 points

Jefferson Davis was observed by his contemporaries as too Answer Selected Answer: preoccupied with details. Correct Answer: preoccupied with details.
Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Placed in command of the Union armies in 1861, General George McClellan Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: wished to win the war "by maneuvering rather than fighting."
Question 4
1 out of 1 points

wished to win the war "by maneuvering rather than fighting."

During the early years of the war in the East Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a stalemate developed as decisive victory eluded both sides.
Question 5
1 out of 1 points

a stalemate developed as decisive victory eluded both sides.

Lincoln's early actions as president indicated that he intended to Answer Selected Answer: take responsibility for running his own administration. Correct Answer: take responsibility for running his own administration.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points

In February 1861, the original seceding states created a provisional government

Answer Selected Answer: emphasizing the sovereignty of the states. Correct Answer: emphasizing the sovereignty of the states.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points

Southerners thought that European nations would recognize and support the Confederacy because of the Europeans' Answer Selected Answer: dependence upon southern cotton. Correct Answer: dependence upon southern cotton.
Question 8
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The Civil War transformed American society as Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Americans became more parochial in their interests and concerns. economic dislocations reduced the standard of living for most civilians.

Question 9
1 out of 1 points

The largest civil disturbance of the nineteenth century occurred in New York City in early July 1863, as Answer Selected Answer: workers opposed to the draft rioted for three days.

Correct Answer: workers opposed to the draft rioted for three days.
Question 10
1 out of 1 points

What roles did women achieve during the war that stood outside of traditional domestic life? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above.
Question 11
1 out of 1 points

In the election of 1864, President Lincoln surprised himself, his party, and the nation by taking 55 percent of the popular vote. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 12
1 out of 1 points

True True

The war made it impossible for many northern and southern women to conform to traditional gender roles. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 13
0 out of 1 points

True True

By December of 1864, the Confederate desertion rate topped 50 percent. Answer

Selected Answer: Correct Answer:

Question 14

False True

0 out of 1 points

The Republican Party completely united behind its war-weary president in the election of 1864. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 15
1 out of 1 points

True False

Slaveholders eagerly allowed the impressment of their slaves for war work. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 16
0 out of 1 points

False False

Historians estimate that southern wealth declined by roughly 43 percent during the war years. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 17
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False True

Fashionable Washington photographer __________ , realizing that the camera was the "eye of history," asked Lincoln for permission to record the war. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Mathew Brady Matthew Brady

Question 18
0 out of 1 points

In Ex parte Merryman, Chief Justice __________ of the Supreme Court ruled that if the public's safety was endangered, only Congress had the right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 19
1 out of 1 points

Roger Taney Roger B. Taney

Unless rebellious states (or parts of states in rebellion) returned to the Union by January 1, 1863, the president would declare their slaves "forever free," according to the __________ . Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 20
1 out of 1 points

Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation

Winfield Scott, the Union commanding general at the beginning of the Civil War, favored a cautious, long-term strategy known as the __________ . Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Anaconda Plan Anaconda Plan

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User Panhui Teng Course Summer 2012:-81N-Survey of American History I Test Chapter 12 Quiz Started 7/20/12 8:54 AM Submitted 7/20/12 9:16 AM Status Completed Score 15 out of 20 points Time Elapsed 22 minutes out of 40 minutes. Instructions
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Question 1
0 out of 1 points

An effective argument against the Wilmot Proviso was the fact that Congress had never before restricted the extension of slavery into new territories. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 2
1 out of 1 points

True False

Frederick Douglass gave a famous Independence Day speech in 1852 that symbolized the increasing stridency of free blacks against slavery. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points

True True

The arrival of Irish and German immigrants spurred an anti-Catholic backlash from the Anglo American Protestant core of the nation. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: True True

Question 4
1 out of 1 points

Popular sovereignty appealed to some politicians because its ambiguity enabled people to interpret it as they pleased. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 5
0 out of 1 points

True True

Many northerners responded to John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry with sympathy. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 6
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False True

Senator Stephen Douglas argued that the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 should be voted on as a package rather than individually to demonstrate national unity. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 7
1 out of 1 points

True False

Northerners supported all of the following EXCEPT Answer Selected Answer: immigration and trade restrictions. Correct Answer: immigration and trade restrictions.

Question 8
1 out of 1 points

According to South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, Congress lacked the power to Answer Selected Answer: exclude slavery from the territories. Correct Answer: exclude slavery from the territories.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following was NOT part of the long-term historical importance of the Scott case? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Many African American slaves rebelled after the decision.
Question 10
1 out of 1 points

Many African American slaves rebelled after the decision.

In the Freeport debate against Lincoln, Stephen Douglas argued that slavery Answer Selected Answer: could not exist without favorable local legislation. Correct Answer: could not exist without favorable local legislation.
Question 11
1 out of 1 points

The rejection of the Lecompton Constitution in 1858 meant that Answer Selected Answer: Kansas would remain a territory. Correct Answer: Kansas would remain a territory.
Question 12
1 out of 1 points

General Zachary Taylor earned a living in Louisiana as a Answer Selected Answer: slave owner. Correct Answer: slave owner.
Question 13
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following men ran for office in 1860? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above.
Question 14
1 out of 1 points

Which of the following issues faced the nation in 1849? Answer Selected Answer: All of the above. Correct Answer: All of the above.

Question 15
1 out of 1 points

Northerners were offended by the provision of the Fugitive Slave Act that Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: designated a higher fee for commissioners deciding to return rather than free a fugitive. designated a higher fee for commissioners deciding to return rather than free a fugitive.

Question 16
1 out of 1 points

All of the following statements are true about Dred Scott and his legal case EXCEPT: Answer Selected Answer: The court ruled that Scott was a citizen. Correct Answer: The court ruled that Scott was a citizen.
Question 17
0 out of 1 points

Ex-slave __________ gave passionate public lectures in the northern states and Midwest against slavery. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 18
0 out of 1 points

Frederick Douglass Sojourner Truth

The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 was the __________ , appeasing southerners but infuriating northerners.

Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:

Question 19
1 out of 1 points

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act

When President Lincoln met __________ in 1863, he is reported to have said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war." Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 20
1 out of 1 points

Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe

On April 10, 1861, General __________ of the Confederacy demanded the surrender of Ft. Sumter. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Beauregard Beauregard

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