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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In 1850 New York City was | closely involved with the well-being of the south |
| In referring to Santa FE in 1850 Professor deena Gonzales uses the story of gertrudes Barcelo to illustrate | opportunities available in the time of transition |
| As the battle over the expansion of slavery intensified in the 1840s, if Senator Louis cass of Michigan proposed the doctrine of popular sovereignty a measure that would allow | the people who settled in the territories to decide whether they wanted slavery |
| If to reunite their party the whig strategy in the presidential campaign of 1848 was to run a | military hero and remain silent on the issue of slavery |
| Southerners feared the admission of California as a free state because they | would lose the balance of power in the U.S. Senate |
| In the video Professor Michael holt supports the view that the compromise of 1850 | averted a civil war for a decade |
| As part of the compromise of 1850 the fugitive slave act | placed the force of the Federal gov’t behind southerners seeking the return of runaway slaves |
| Harriet Beecher stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin (1852) influenced northerners’ attitude toward slavery | because it was a compelling novel and a vehicle for stirring moral indictment of slavery |
| As results of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska act | the nation address the rise of the new two-party system |
| When the first territorial legislature in Kansas met it | enacted proslavery laws and prompted the organization of a rival gov’t |
| In the 1857 Dred Scott decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that | Dred Scott would not claim violation of his constitutional rights because he was not a citizen of the United States |
| In the video Professor Richard blackett observes that the events of the mid- 1850s | radicalized many northerners |
| in the mid- 150s Abraham lincoln’s search for a political home was based on his | opposition to the extension of slavery in the united states |
| Abraham lincoln’s “house divided” speech was important because it | helped him emerge as a national opponent to Stephen douglas |
| Seeking to capitalize on the central issue of the debates, slavery and freedom, Stephen a. douglas tried to depict Abraham Lincoln as | an abolitionist and color-blind egalitarian who loved blacks |
| The precise objectives of john brown’s assault on harpers ferry, Virginia, in 1859 remain hazy, but most believe he wanted to | initiate a slave insurrection |
| Democrats meeting in Charleston, south Carolina, in 1800 to choose a presidential candidate wound up | splitting the party into southern and northern wings |
| The slave states of the upper south were not as quick to secede from the union after lincoln’s election because | they simply did not have the same stake in slavery as did the states in the deep south |
| In the video, several historians state the view that | some kind of conflict between the sections seem certain to happen |
| In the video, professor james mcpherson refers to lincoln’s choice of action regarding fort sumter as a | stroke of genius |
| Typically, northerners viewed secession as | an attack on the best government on earth and a sever challenge to the rule of law |
| When considering the wartime leadership offered by Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson davis, a central irony emerges in that | Abraham Lincoln brought little political experience to his presidency yet rose to the occasion to become a masterful leader, while Jefferson davis, a season politician, proved to be a relatively ineffectual chief executive |
| In the video, professor gary gallager states that the key to victory in the civil war for each side was | maintain the support of the civilian population |
| The first battle at manassas (or bull run), in july 1861, is significant because it | demonstrated that americans were in for a real war, one that would be neither quick nor easy |
| After the battle at Shiloh church, tenessee, in april 1862, general Ulysses s. grant | gave up all idea of saving the union except by complete conquest |
| When the civil war broke out, president Lincoln chose not to make the conflict a struggle over slaver because he | doubted his right to tamper with the “domestic institutions” of any state, even those in rebellion |
| In the video, professor james oliver Horton points out that the emancipation proclamation | focused the war on the south’s attempt to preserve slavery |
| The most African americans, the civil war was | a struggle to overthrow slavery and gain racial equality |
| The confederacy’s efforts to centralize its government and production facilities encountered resistance in | the south’s traditional values of states’ rights and individualism |
| Strikes by workers in northern industries calculated to improve wages during the civil war | rarely succeeded |
| “digital history” opens up new opportunities for | students to become historians |
| Vicksburg, Mississippi, was an important military objective for the union because seizing it would allow the union to | divide the confederacy |
| General Robert e. lee invaded Pennsylvania in june of 1863 for all of the following reasons except to engage grant’s army in a final showdown | |
| In the Gettysburg address, president Abraham Lincoln | framed the civil war a s a test of American principles |
| He strategy employed be the union forces in 1864-1865 was one of | coordinated offensives |
| The purpose of general William t. Sherman’s march from Atlanta to the sea was to | demoralize the civilian population |
| The death toll from the civil war was | almost equal to the death total from all wars in which the united states has engaged |
| All of the following contributed to Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 except | massive voter registration of northern blacks |
| In march of 1865, as the confederacy was close to defeat, Jefferson davis proposed the final desperate strategy of | having slaves become soldiers |
| In the video, professor Richard blackett observes that for black Americans the reconstruction era began as a period of | hope |
| In the attempt to establish a reconstruction policy after the civil war | Lincoln rejected the “10 percent plan” |
| After the civil war, African Americans believed that ownership of land | was a moral right and was linked to black freedom |
| The black codes were essentially an attempt to | subordinate blacks to whites and regulate the labor supply |
| “Redeemers” were | southern democrats who wished to restore white southern control to the south |
| The role of the Supreme Court in reconstruction could be summarized as | a reactionary agent which undermined reconstruction |
| The compromise of 1877 essentially | spelled the end of the reconstruction and the republican commitment to the civil rights of African Americans |
| All of the following were innovations featured at the centennial exhibition in 1876 except | radio |
| In 1876, Mexican Americans in the santa fe region were | suffering an erosion of status |
| In 176, all of the following characterized san Francisco except | heavy damage from an earthquake |
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