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Westward Expansion, Civil War and Reconstruction
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1After the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory, President [blank_start]Jefferson[blank_end] appointed Captains [blank_start]Meriwether Lewis[blank_end] and [blank_start]William Clark[blank_end] to explore it.
- AJefferson
- BMeriwether Lewis
- CWilliam Clark
2In what year did the United States and Britain sign a treaty giving up British claims south of the 49th parallel?
- A1846
- B1815
- C1821
3Mexico was [blank_start]lenient[blank_end] about slavery in Texas.
- Alenient
- Bstrict
4After admitting Texas a state, President [blank_start]Polk[blank_end] wanted U.S. control of the entire Southwest. He sent a diplomatic mission with an ofer to purchase New Mexico and Upper California. The Mexican government [blank_start]refused to meet[blank_end].
- Arefused to meet
- BPolk
5Since Mexico did not sell the United States New Mexico and Upper California, both countries declared war in [blank_start]1846[blank_end].
- A1846
6The southwestern boundary of the United States was completed in [blank_start]1853[blank_end].
- A1853
7Slavery in the English colonies began in 1619 when [blank_start]twenty Africans[blank_end] arrived in the colony of [blank_start]Virginia[blank_end] at Jamestown.
- Atwenty Africans
- BVirginia
8After 1815 the nation enjoyed the "[blank_start]era of good feelings[blank_end]." People were moving into the West; industry and agriculture were growing; and national pride united Americans.
- Aera of good feelings
9The [blank_start]American System[blank_end] was proposed by Henry Clay. This tariff's purpose was to fund road building and other infrastructure as well as to create a national bank. This tariff was passed in [blank_start]1824[blank_end].
- AAmerican System
- B1824
10In the presidential election of 1824, [blank_start]John C. Calhoun[blank_end] had proposed the very high tariffs in an effort to get Eastern business interests to vote with the agricultural interests in the South.
- AJohn C. Calhoun
11Vice President Calhoun declared that if any state felt that a federal law was [blank_start]unconstitutional[blank_end], that state could [blank_start]nullify[blank_end] it.
- Aunconstitutional
- Bnullify
12In [blank_start]1832[blank_end], Congress lowered the tariff slightly but not enough to please [blank_start]South Carolina[blank_end], which promptly declared it null and void, threatening to [blank_start]secede from the Union[blank_end].
- A1832
- BSouth Carolina
- Csecede from the Union
13With the admission of [blank_start]Missouri[blank_end], slavery would not be allowed in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory [blank_start]north[blank_end] of latitude [blank_start]36[blank_end] degrees [blank_start]30[blank_end]'.
- AMissouri
- Bnorth
- C36
- D30
14Admitting Missouri as a state was the first serious clash between North and South.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15In its state constitution, the Missouri Territory [blank_start]allowed[blank_end] slavery.
- Aallowed
16Admitting Missouri would also result in an [blank_start]imbalance of U.S. senators[blank_end].
- Aimbalance of U.S. senators
17The [blank_start]Missouri Compromise[blank_end] resolved the conflict by approving admission of Maine as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state.
- AMissouri Compromise
18[blank_start]Henry Clay[blank_end], known as the Great Compromiser, proposed a second Missouri Compromise. The U.S. Constitution guaranteed [blank_start]protections[blank_end] and [blank_start]privileges[blank_end] to citizens of states, and Missouri's proposed constitution could no deny these to any of its citizens.
- AHenry Clay
- Bprotections
- Cprivileges
19The [blank_start]Doctrine of Nullification[blank_end] stated that the states had the right to nullify any act of Congress they believed to be unjust or unconstitutional.
- ADoctrine of Nullification
20The [blank_start]nullification crisis[blank_end] climaxed over a new tariff on imported manufactured goods that was enacted by Congress in 1828.
- Anullification crisis
21The [blank_start]tariff[blank_end] on imported manufactured goods was primarily intended to protect [blank_start]northern[blank_end] manufacturing interests in the face of imports from other countries, the effect on the [blank_start]south[blank_end] was to simply raise the prices of needed goods.
- Anorthern
- Bsouth
- Ctariff
22In [blank_start]1858[blank_end], Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were running for office of U.S. Senator from Illinois and participated in a series of debates, which directly affected the outcome of the 1860 [blank_start]presidential election[blank_end].
- A1858
- Bpresidential election
23Douglas was the [blank_start]democratic[blank_end] candidate and Lincoln was the [blank_start]republican[blank_end] candidate.
- Ademocratic
- Brepublican
24Lincoln viewed slavery as [blank_start]morally wrong[blank_end] and he firmly supported his party principle that slavery must [blank_start]not be[blank_end] allowed to extend further.
- Anot be
- Bmorally wrong
25[blank_start]Popular sovereignty[blank_end]: people living in territories and states should be allowed to decide for themselves whether slavery should be permitted.
- APopular sovereignty
26In 1849, [blank_start]California[blank_end] applied for admission to the Union.
- ACalifornia
27The [blank_start]Compromise of 1850[blank_end] was a series of laws designed to solve the issue of slave versus free states. California was admitted as a [blank_start]free[blank_end] state and slave trading was [blank_start]abolished[blank_end] in Washington D.C. New Mexico and Utah territories were created and the southerners were allowed to choose to keep slavery in these states. Congress also authorized implementation of stricter measures to capture [blank_start]runaway slaves[blank_end].
- ACompromise of 1850
- Bfree
- Cabolished
- Drunaway slaves
28The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories with the [blank_start]Dred Scott Decision[blank_end].
- ADred Scott Decision
29In the debate between Lincoln and Douglas regarding the Dred Scott case, Douglas stated that territorial legislatures could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws supporting it. With this statement, Douglas [blank_start]won[blank_end] the race for senator and [blank_start]lost[blank_end] the [blank_start]nomination[blank_end] for president.
- Awon
- Blost
- Cnomination
30[blank_start]South Carolina[blank_end] was the first state to secede from the Union.
- ASouth Carolina
31The first shots of the Civil War were fired on [blank_start]Fort Sumter[blank_end] in Charleston harbor.
- AFort Sumter
32The [blank_start]North[blank_end] had a larger population; superiority in finances and transportation facilities; and manufacturing, agricultural, and natural resources.
- ANorth
33There were [blank_start]24[blank_end] Northern states, including CA, OR, MD, DE, KY, MO and WV
- A24
34The Southern states numbered eleven and included...
- ASC
- BGA
- CFL
- DAL
- ELA
- FTX
- GVA
- HNC
- IKY
- JAR
35The South knew they were at a disadvantage and did not expect to win the Civil War.
- ATrue
- BFalse
36An advantage of the [blank_start]South[blank_end] is that a number of its best officers had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at [blank_start]West[blank_end] [blank_start]Point[blank_end] and had had long years of army experience.
- ASouth
- BWest
- CPoint
37Men from the [blank_start]South[blank_end] were conditioned to living outdoors and were more familiar with horses and firearms.
- ASouth
38The major aim of the Confederacy never wavered: to win [blank_start]independence[blank_end], the right to [blank_start]govern[blank_end] themselves as they wished, and to [blank_start]preserve[blank_end] slavery.
- Aindependence
- Bgovern
- Cpreserve
39The [blank_start]northerners[blank_end] were not as clear in their reasons for conducting war. At the beginning, most believed that [blank_start]preservation[blank_end] of the Union was paramount. By the war's end more northerners had come to believe that [blank_start]freeing the slaves[blank_end] was just as important.
- Anortherners
- Bpreservation
- Cfreeing the slaves
40The Civil War took more American lives than any other war in history.
- ATrue
- BFalse
41The [blank_start]South[blank_end] lost one-third of its soldiers in battle compared to about one-sixth for the [blank_start]North[blank_end].
- ASouth
- BNorth
42More than half of the total deaths were caused by [blank_start]disease[blank_end] and the horrendous conditions of [blank_start]field hospitals[blank_end].
- Adisease
- Bfield hospitals
43The Civil War resulted in the destruction of towns, farms, trade, industry, lives, and homes. An entire [blank_start]Southern[blank_end] way of life was lost.
- ASouthern
44The Civil War has been called the first modern war. It changed the methods of waging war. Civil War soldiers were the first to
- Afight in trenches
- Bfight under a unified command
- Cwage "major cordon defense," a strategy of advance on all fronts
- Duse repeating and breech-loading weapons
- Euse observation balloons
- Fuse submarines, ironclad ships, and mines
- Gutilize telegraphy and railroads
- Hutilize guerrilla warfare
- Idrop atomic bombs
45The Civil War was considered a [blank_start]modern[blank_end] war because of the vast destruction it created, and it was a "[blank_start]total war[blank_end]," involving the use of all of the resources of the opposing sides.
- Amodern
- Btotal war
46After the Civil War, Lincoln [blank_start]did not[blank_end] propose to punish the South.
- Adid not
- Bdid
47Lincoln's program to restore the Union consisted of two major steps. They included...
- AAll Southerners must swear an oath of allegiance to the Union, promising to accept all federal laws and proclamations dealing with slavery.
- BA state would be able to write a new constitution, elect new officials, and return to the Union fully equal to all other states as long as a minimum number of persons take an oath of allegiance.
- CThose who were a part of the Confederate government, those in the Confederate army above the rank of lieutenant, and Confederates who were guilty of mistreating prisoners of war and blacks were not eligible to receive a full pardon.
- DMen who had resigned from the civil and military positions in the federal government to serve in the Confederacy were required to take an oath of allegiance and serve time in jail to receive a full pardon.
48Reconstruction refers to the period between [blank_start]1865[blank_end] and [blank_start]1877[blank_end] when the federal and state governments debated and implemented plans to provide [blank_start]civil rights[blank_end] to freed slaves and to set the terms under which the former [blank_start]Confederate[blank_end] states might once again join the Union.
- A1865
- B1877
- Ccivil rights
- DConfederate
49In [blank_start]1865[blank_end], Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, leaving Vice President [blank_start]Andrew[blank_end] [blank_start]Johnson[blank_end] to oversee the beginning of the implementation of Reconstruction.
- A1865
- BAndrew
- CJohnson
50Johnson allowed former Confederates to keep control of their state governments which consequently enacted [blank_start]Black Codes[blank_end]. These [blank_start]denied[blank_end] the vote to blacks and granted them [blank_start]limited[blank_end] civil rights.
- ABlack Codes
- Bdenied
- Climited
51The radical Republicans in Congress sought to override the Black Codes by granting [blank_start]U.S. citizenship[blank_end] to blacks by passing a [blank_start]civil[blank_end] [blank_start]rights[blank_end] bill. Johnson [blank_start]vetoed[blank_end] the bill and Congress received the necessary [blank_start]votes[blank_end] to pass the law.
- AU.S. citizenship
- Bcivil
- Crights
- Dvetoed
- Evotes
52In 1866, the radical Republicans won control of Congress and passed the [blank_start]Reconstruction[blank_end] [blank_start]Acts[blank_end], which placed the [blank_start]governments[blank_end] of the southern states under the control of the federal military.
- AReconstruction
- BActs
- Cgovernments
53[blank_start]Scalawags[blank_end] were white southerners who had not supported the Confederacy.
- AScalawags
54[blank_start]Carpetbaggers[blank_end] were northerners who had moved to the South.
- ACarpetbaggers
55Resentful of Republican control, white southerners fought the new political system by joining a secret society called the [blank_start]Ku Klux Klan[blank_end]. It used [blank_start]violence[blank_end] to keep black Americans from voting and was a loos group made up mainly of former Confederate soldiers who opposed the Reconstruction government. They espoused a doctrine of [blank_start]white[blank_end] [blank_start]supremacy[blank_end].
- AKu Klux Klan
- Bviolence
- Cwhite
- Dsupremacy
56In 1871, President [blank_start]Ulysses[blank_end] [blank_start]S[blank_end]. [blank_start]Grant[blank_end] took action to use federal troops to halt the activities of the KKK and actively [blank_start]prosecuted[blank_end] them in federal court.
- AUlysses
- BS
- CGrant
- Dprosecuted
57Between [blank_start]1866[blank_end] and [blank_start]1870[blank_end], all of the states had returned to the Union.
- A1866
- B1870
58Reconstruction was a limited success. It
- Aestablished public school systems
- Bexpanded legal rights of black Americans
- Csuccessfully granted civil rights to freed slaves
- Dprosecuted former Confederate states
59The [blank_start]Emancipation Proclamation[blank_end] of 1863 and the [blank_start]Thirteenth Amendment[blank_end] in 1865 ended slavery in the United States.
- AEmancipation Proclamation
- BThirteenth Amendment
60The [blank_start]Redeemer[blank_end] governments consisted of Democrats who took control after federal troops and Republicans left at the end of Reconstruction. The rise of these governments marked the beginning of the [blank_start]Jim Crow[blank_end] laws and official [blank_start]segregation[blank_end].
- ARedeemer
- Bsegregation
- CJim Crow
61Blacks were allowed to vote but [blank_start]literacy tests[blank_end] and [blank_start]poll taxes[blank_end] made it difficult to do so.
- Aliteracy tests
- Bpoll taxes
62This court case upheld the Jim Crow laws in 1896 in the case [blank_start]Plessy[blank_end] v. [blank_start]Ferguson[blank_end]. [blank_start]Louisiana[blank_end] passed a law requiring separate train cars for blacks and whites. In 1892, [blank_start]Homer[blank_end] [blank_start]Plessy[blank_end] purchased a ticket in the white section and did not move when he was told to.
- APlessy
- BFerguson
- CLouisiana
- DHomer
- EPlessy
63Segregating races was not unconstitutional as long as the facilities for each were [blank_start]identical[blank_end]. This became known as the "[blank_start]separate but equal[blank_end]" principle.
- Aidentical
- Bseparate but equal
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- Certificate History for TExES Core Subjects EC-6 291 Quiz on Westward Expansion, Civil War and Reconstruction, created by Michele Papa on 20/07/2016.
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