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1. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
A) intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
B) was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
Act.
C) comprised the recollections of a long-time
personal witness to the evils of slavery.
D) received little notice at the time it was published
but became widely read during the Civil War.
E) portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.
A) intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as
A) a firsthand account of slavery.
B) a success only in the United States.
C) a romanticized account of slavery.
D) having little effect on the start of the Civil War.
E) a powerful political force.
E) a powerful political force.
3. As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many
northerners
A) found the book's portrayal of slavery too
extreme.
B) vowed to halt British and French efforts to help
the Confederacy.
C) rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and
slavery.
D) would have nothing to do with the enforcement
of the Fugitive Slave Law.
E) sent guns to antislavery settlers in Kansas
(“Beecher's Bibles”).
D)
would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
4. When the people of Britain and France read Uncle
Tom's Cabin, their governments
A) realized that intervention in the Civil War on
behalf of the South would not be popular.
B) concluded that they must end slavery in their
own territory.
C) decided to give aid to the slaveholding South.
D) banned the book.
E) distributed the book as anti-American
propaganda.
A) realized that intervention in the Civil War on
behalf of the South would not be popular.
5. Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of
the South argued that those who suffered most from
slave labor were
A) African Americans.
B) southern planters.
C) northern Republican abolitionists.
D) western farmers.
E) nonslaveholding southern whites.
E) nonslaveholding southern whites.
6. In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as
A) territory governed by the Missouri Compromise.
B) slave territory.
C) geographically unsuitable for slavery.
D) too close to free states for slavery to be practical.
E) a test for slavery in wheat-growing areas.
B) slave territory.
7. In “Bleeding Kansas” in the mid-1850s,
________________ was/were identified with the
proslavery element, and ________________
was/were associated with the antislavery free-soilers.
A) Beecher's Bibles; border ruffians
B) John Brown; Preston Brooks
C) the Pottawatomie massacre; the sack of
Lawrence
D) the Lecompton Constitution; the New England
Immigrant Aid Society
E) Stephen A. Douglas; William Sumner
D) the Lecompton Constitution; the New England
Immigrant Aid Society
8. In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas
came with
A) the arrival of John Brown.
B) an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery
raiders.
C) the influx of a large number of slaves.
D) the establishment of evangelical abolitionist
churches.
E) the passage of the Lecompton Constitution.
B) an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery
raiders.
9. President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's
Lecompton Constitution
A) hopelessly divided the Democratic party.
B) admitted Kansas to the Union as a free state.
C) admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state.
D) reaffirmed the Democratic party as a national
party.
E) turned the focus of controversy to Nebraska.
A) hopelessly divided the Democratic party.
10. The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state
of Kansas
A) be free of all slavery.
B) hold a popular referendum on slavery.
C) be controlled by the free-soilers if approved.
D) allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions.
E) protect slave owners already in Kansas.
E) protect slave owners already in Kansas.
11. The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated
the impracticality of _______________ in the
territories.
A) abolitionism
B) free soil
C) popular sovereignty
D) slavery
E) cotton growing
C) popular sovereignty
12. The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles
Sumner revealed
A) the seriousness of political divisions in the North.
B) the importance of honor to northerners.
C) despite divisions over slavery, the House of
Representatives would unite to expel a member
for bad conduct.
D) passions over slavery were becoming dangerously
inflamed in both North and South.
E) the division between the House and the Senate
over slavery.
D) passions over slavery were becoming dangerously
inflamed in both North and South.
13. James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for
the presidency in 1856 because he
A) took a strong stand against popular sovereignty.
B) had gained fame as an explorer.
C) controlled the key swing state of Pennsylvania.
D) opposed further immigration from Ireland.
E) was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
E) was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party.
A. John C. Frémont
1. Democratic
B. Millard Fillmore
2. Republican
C. Martin Van Buren
3. Know-Nothing
D. James Buchanan
A) A-2, B-3, C-1
B) B-1, C-2, D-3
C) A-2, B-3, D-1
D) A-3, C-1, D-2
E) A-1, B-3, C-2
C) A-2, B-3, D-1
15. The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the
1856 election was
A) popular sovereignty.
B) expansionism.
C) proslavery.
D) abolitionism.
E) nativism.
E) nativism.
16 Nativists in the 1850s were known for their
.
A) support of Native Americans (Indians).
B) support of slavery.
C) opposition to old-stock Protestants.
D) anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.
E) opposition to alcohol and Sabbath-breaking.
D) anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.
17. The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part
because of
A) southern threats that a Republican victory would
be a declaration of war.
B) lingering support for slavery in the North.
C) northern bullyism.
D) the North's unwillingness at this stage to let the
South depart in peace.
E) the division between Democrats and KnowNothings.
A) southern threats that a Republican victory would
be a declaration of war.
18. As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing
to vote Democratic instead of Republican because
A) of innate liberalism.
B) the Democrats presented excellent candidates.
C) many did not want to lose their profitable
business connections with the South.
D) the Democrats were the only national party.
E) all of the above.
C) many did not want to lose their profitable
business connections with the South.
19. In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States
Supreme Court
A) hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery
issue.
B) held that slaveowners could not take slaves into
free territories.
C) supported the concept of popular sovereignty.
D) reunited the Democratic party.
E) expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the
territories.
E) expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the
territories.
20 The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was
. applauded by
A) abolitionists.
B) Republicans.
C) popular-sovereignty proponents.
D) proslavery southerners.
E) conservative unionists.
D) proslavery southerners.
41. The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the
South was
A) repaid immediately after the Civil War.
B) repudiated by the South.
C) paid by pro-Union southerners during the war.
D) not repaid until the twentieth century.
E) converted into long-term Confederate bonds.
B) repudiated by the South.
56. European powers favored a civil war in the United
States because
A) they could regain control of a divided America.
B) war would weaken the United States' power in
the Western Hemisphere.
C) war could end the concept of balance of power in
the Americas.
D) such a conflict would halt the flow of blacks to
Canada.
E) two North American nations would have weaker
economies than one.
B) war would weaken the United States' power in
the Western Hemisphere.
57. President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the
situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his
administration can best be characterized as
A) ill thought out.
B) rash and hotheaded.
C) the only possible option.
D) a strategic blunder.
E) a middle of the road solution.
E) a middle of the road solution.
58. Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it
was learned that
A) Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with
federal troops.
B) Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
C) the fort's commander was planning to evacuate
his troops secretly from the fort.
D) Lincoln had called for seventy-five thousand
militia troops to form a voluntary Union army.
E) southern support for secession was weakening.
B) Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
59 Many Northerners were willing to allow Southern
. states to leave the Union until
A) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
B) the South attacked Fort Sumter.
C) Robert E. Lee was named to head the potential
new nation's army.
D) South Carolina seceded from the United States.
E) Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding
states.
B) the South attacked Fort Sumter.
60. In order to persuade the Border States to remain in
the Union, President Lincoln
A) relied solely on moral appeal.
B) used only totally legal methods.
C) guaranteed that they could keep slavery
permanently.
D) never had to use troops.
E) used legally dubious methods.
E) used legally dubious methods.
61. The Border States offered all of the following
advantages except
A) a large population.
B) a good supply of horses and mules.
C) valuable manufacturing capacity.
D) shipbuilding facilities.
E) large navigable rivers.
D) shipbuilding facilities.
62 Lincoln's declaration that the North sought to
. preserve the Union with or without slavery
A) came as a disappointment to most Northerners
and demoralized the Union.
B) revealed the influence of the Border States on
his policies.
C) caused some seceded states to rejoin the Union.
D) contradicted the campaign promises of the
Republican party.
E) cost him support in the “Butternut region” of
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
B) revealed the influence of the Border States on
his policies.
63. During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized
Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day
Oklahoma
A) supported the Confederacy.
B) supported the Union.
C) remained neutral.
D) gave up their slaves.
E) sought admission as a Confederate state.
A) supported the Confederacy.
64. In return for support from the Plains Indians during
the Civil War, the Union
A) gave them land in California.
B) increased their federal payments.
C) allowed them to send delegates to Congress.
D) made them scouts for the U. S. Army.
E) waged war on them and herded them onto
reservations.
E) waged war on them and herded them onto
reservations.
65. To achieve its independence, the Confederacy had to
A) invade the Union.
B) win a decisive military victory on its own soil.
C) fight the invading Union army to a draw.
D) attract more talented military commanders.
E) capture Washington, D.C.
C) fight the invading Union army to a draw.
66 As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have
. the advantage of
A) greater ability to wage offensive warfare.
B) more talented military leaders.
C) superior industrial capabilities.
D) superior transportation facilities.
E) a more united public opinion.
B) more talented military leaders.
67. All of the following were similar characteristics that
both Union and Confederate soldiers shared except:
A) most soldiers had been farmers or farm laborers.
B) poor unskilled workers were well represented
among both armies.
C) most troops were native born.
D) almost half were under the age of 22.
E) both shared a common commitment to patriotism.
B) poor unskilled workers were well represented
among both armies.
68. Johnny Reb tended to be all of the following except
A) jocular.
B) emotional.
C) religious.
D) detached personally from the war.
E) bred to fight.
D) detached personally from the war.
69. Billy Yank tended to be all of the following except
A) religious.
B) literate.
C) intellectual.
D) practical.
E) efficient.
A) religious.
70. Of all the hardships faced by the soldiers during the
Civil War, the greatest was
A) starvation.
B) disease.
C) decline of moral standards.
D) lack of proper clothing.
E) constant fighting.
B) disease.
71. The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil
War was its
A) military leadership.
B) navy.
C) slave population.
D) economy.
E) political system.
D) economy.
72. The North's greatest strength in the Civil War was its
A) ethnic unity.
B) military leadership.
C) navy.
D) high morale.
E) economy.
E) economy.
73. Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in
the Civil War was due to
A) poor agricultural production.
B)
C)
D)
E)
the Union's naval blockade.
the South's rickety transportation system.
the fact that slaves abandoned the plantations.
profiteering by military suppliers.
C) the South's rickety transportation system.
74 Northern soldiers eventually became known for
. their
A) discipline and determination.
B) cowardice in battle.
C) lack of proper training.
D) high-pitched battle yell.
E) love of military pomp and hierarchy.
A)
discipline and determination.
95 During the Civil War, women in the North
.
A) generally played a small role.
B) worked on farms but not in cities.
C) saw their numbers in the manufacturing force
greatly reduced.
D) had new opportunities opened to them in
industry.
E) agitated for the vote.
D)
had new opportunities opened to them in
industry.