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Unit 6 and 7
Post- American Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation? | All slaves living in areas still in rebellion |
| The Emanicpation Proclamation was NOT about: | Abolishing slavery in the North |
| The doctrine of "popular sovereignty" said that the status of slaves in a new territory should be decided by... | the residents of the territory |
| Whose plan for reconstruction reflects "with malice toward none, with charity for all to bind up the nation's wounds?" | Abraham Lincoln |
| Which best describes the South after the Civil War? | Cities and factories were devastated and the republican party gained support |
| Who was responsible for the Seneca Falls convention? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| "Bleeding Kansas" describes | the struggle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements as a result of popular sovereignty |
| The loss of which famous battle would eventually bring Texas into the union? | The Alamo |
| How did America gain parts of the Oregon Territory? | Aa result of the War of 1812 |
| What Supreme Court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery and outraged abolishionists? | Dred Scott |
| How did the Compromise of 1850 settle the question of slavery in the territories the US acquired from the War with Mexico? | popular sovereignty |
| Which election was the first to have suffrage extended to the "common man" instead of just the aristocracy? | Andrew Jackson in 1828 |
| "The power to tax is the power to destroy" comes from: | McCulloch v. Maryland |
| the formation of political parties can be traced to the different philosophies and iewpoints of: | Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton |
| What amendment guaranteed suffrage to freed male slaves? | 15th |
| What was a result of the Compromise of 1877? | Reconstruction ended as republican agreed to end military occupation of the South |
| Whose plan for reconstruction was the most lenient (easiest) on the south? | Andrew Johnson's |
| What political party was established with the goal of stopping the expansion of slavery into the territories? | Free Soil |
| The Civil War put constitutional government to its most important test in the debate over: | Power of the federal government versus states' rights |
| What two main cities lain in ruins after the Civil War? | Atlanta and Richmond |
| Lincoln believed that secession of southern states was: | Illegal |
| When the President of the United States vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United States in 1832, which of the following resulted? | a major economic depression happened |
| The inherent defference between European monarchies and the new nations in hte Western Hemisphere was: | that they were republics by nature |
| What department was in charge of forein affairs? | State |
| Which of the following best characterizes the Missouri Compromise? | Slavery was excluded to all US territories north of 36*30' while choice of freedom or slavery was given to those US territories south of this line |
| Why did the US go to war with Mexico? | Mexico refused to sell California to the US |