Question 1

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 actually forwarded the abolitionist's cause-in spite of the fact that it required slaves to be returned to the South-because:

Accepted Answer

A)  The language was so unclear that it was unenforceable.
B)  It generated so much negative publicity when enforced.
C)  People had not realized that fugitive slaves had to be returned.
D)  Fugitive slaves marched in protest against it, attracting attention.
E)  California became a free state at the same time, overshadowing the South's benefits.

Question 2

The ratification or issuance of which of the following texts is considered the legal beginning of the Reconstruction Era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emancipation Proclamation
B)  Jim Crow laws
C)  Reconstruction Acts
D)  Gettysburg Address
E)  14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Question 3

Which of the following is true of the Northern economy during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It flourished due to wartime production.
B)  Wartime production balanced out the cost of the war.
C)  The numerous casualties shrank the workforce, damaging the economy.
D)  The loss of trade with England was more devastating than expected.
E)  The lack of Southern cotton shut down the textile industry.

Question 4

Which of the following men was a militant abolitionist who was hanged?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Brown
B)  Frederick Douglas
C)  Horace Greely
D)  Hinton Helper
E)  William Lloyd Garrison

Question 5

Emancipation did not improve the material conditions of many former slaves after the Civil War for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their freedom did not extend to their children.
B)  They received minimal compensation for their years of service.
C)  The migrated to the North, where they lived in poverty.
D)  Many were forced into contracts that essentially recreated slavery.
E)  It was illegal for them to leave the plantations where they were born.

Question 6

Harriet Tubman was instrumental in founding which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Godey's Lady's Book
B)  Lowell Factory Unions
C)  The Women's Temperance Association
D)  The Daughters of Liberty
E)  The Underground Railroad

Question 7

Which of the following is a work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that sparked public interest in abolitionism in 1852?

Accepted Answer

A)  A Member of the Third House
B)  The Yellow Wallpaper
C)  Uncle Tom's Cabin
D)  The Scarlet Letter
E)  The Awakened Age

Question 8

Which of the following acts forwarded by the Radical Republicans ensured that economic recovery would be virtually impossible for the South after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Not letting former Confederates hold office
B)  The refusal to validate Confederate currency
C)  Putting the South under martial law
D)  Military occupation of the South
E)  Arresting members of the Ku Klux Klan

Question 9

All of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  It freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
B)  It maintained slavery in the border states.
C)  Lincoln wrote it as soon as he entered the White House.
D)  It influenced England's willingness to support the South.
E)  It was a response to declining abolitionist support.

Question 10

Which of the following statements describes the role of women in the abolitionist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were applauded for their willingness to speak publically about the issue.
B)  They felt that women would not get the vote until the slaves were free.
C)  They would not have been involved in the movement without men recruiting them.
D)  They were criticized for speaking in public and often excluded from important meetings.
E)  They were largely indifferent to the issue of slavery, focusing instead on women's rights.

Question 11

Which of the following was the term used for white Southern Republicans who promoted Reconstruction in their home states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dixiecrats
B)  Yellow Dog Democrats
C)  Carpetbaggers
D)  Scalawags
E)  Radical Republicans

Question 12

Which of the following strategies employed by the North at the end of the Civil War heightened Southern animosity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of canons and other long-distance artillery
B)  The total war tactics practiced in Sherman's March to the Sea
C)  The conditions at Andersonville Prison
D)  Lincoln's efforts to negotiate a peaceful restoration of the South
E)  The use of ironclad ships

Question 13

All of the following states entered the Union in the flood of migration after the War of 1812 EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Indiana
B)  Illinois
C)  West Virginia
D)  Mississippi
E)  Alabama

Question 14

Which of the following best summarizes the goals of the Constitutional Unionist party, which emerged briefly for the 1860 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rewriting state constitutions
B)  Creating separate constitutions for each region
C)  Allowing the South to secede
D)  Banning slavery
E)  Maintaining the status quo

Question 15

Immigrants joined the Northern army in large numbers during the Civil War for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  They opposed slavery.
B)  They were tricked into joining the military upon arriving in the country.
C)  It provided food, clothing, and shelter.
D)  Immigrants were promoted more rapidly than their native-born counterparts.
E)  The Southern aristocracy resembled the oppressive European class they fled from.

Question 16

What was the last straw in the chain of events that caused the South to secede?

Accepted Answer

A)  The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
B)  The Compromise of 1850
C)  The election of Abraham Lincoln
D)  The Dred Scott decision
E)  The Fugitive Slave law of 1850 C

Question 17

All of the following statements reflect the experience of African Americans in the abolitionist movement EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  They were often in subordinate roles when working with white leaders.
B)  They created abolitionist societies for African Americans.
C)  They encouraged free African Americans to gain skilled positions to forward rights.
D)  They believed that races needed to be segregated in order to achieve equality.
E)  Their presence broke down racial barriers within the movement.

Question 18

Which of the following did the Radical Republicans generally not support?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suffrage for freedmen
B)  The Reconstruction Acts
C)  The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
D)  Carpetbaggers
E)  Black Codes

Question 19

Northerners who were previously indifferent to the condition of African Americans began to oppose slavery for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  They saw how it was destroying the class system in the South.
B)  They viewed it as a potential affront to their liberty.
C)  The African-American population increased, breaking down racial barriers.
D)  Slaves only counted for 3/5 of a person, lowering Southern taxes.
E)  The South was trying to make slavery legal in the North. B

Question 20

All of the following contributed the canon of American slave narratives EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Frederick Douglas
B)  John Brown
C)  Harriet Jacobs
D)  Harriet Tubman B

Exam 2: Civil War

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 actually forwarded the abolitionist's cause-in spite of the fact that it required slaves to be returned to the South-because:

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The ratification or issuance of which of the following texts is considered the legal beginning of the Reconstruction Era?

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Which of the following is true of the Northern economy during the Civil War?

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Which of the following men was a militant abolitionist who was hanged?

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Emancipation did not improve the material conditions of many former slaves after the Civil War for which of the following reasons?

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Harriet Tubman was instrumental in founding which of the following?

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Which of the following is a work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that sparked public interest in abolitionism in 1852?

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Which of the following acts forwarded by the Radical Republicans ensured that economic recovery would be virtually impossible for the South after the Civil War?

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All of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation are true EXCEPT:

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Which of the following statements describes the role of women in the abolitionist movement?

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Which of the following was the term used for white Southern Republicans who promoted Reconstruction in their home states?

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Which of the following strategies employed by the North at the end of the Civil War heightened Southern animosity?

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All of the following states entered the Union in the flood of migration after the War of 1812 EXCEPT:

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Which of the following best summarizes the goals of the Constitutional Unionist party, which emerged briefly for the 1860 presidential election?

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Immigrants joined the Northern army in large numbers during the Civil War for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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What was the last straw in the chain of events that caused the South to secede?

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All of the following statements reflect the experience of African Americans in the abolitionist movement EXCEPT:

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Which of the following did the Radical Republicans generally not support?

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Northerners who were previously indifferent to the condition of African Americans began to oppose slavery for which of the following reasons?

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All of the following contributed the canon of American slave narratives EXCEPT:

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