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Question 1
125,000
950,000
1.2 million
330,000
620,000
Approximately how many Americans died in the Civil War? (Ch. 15)
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Question 2
The nation's precarious sectional balance was in danger.
All of these choices.
Proslavery forces stole the election for the state legislature.
Antislavery forces took up "Beecher's Bibles."
John Brown led a brutal murder of five proslavery men.
Why did "Bleeding Kansas" occur? (Ch. 14)
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Question 3
The Battle of Antietam in September 1862 (Ch. 15)
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revealed Robert E. Lee's genius in staging a battle.
was a strategic victory for the South because General Grant called off his invasion of Richmond.
encouraged Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an independent nation.
was General Ambrose Burnside's most famous victory
encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Question 4
Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion in the Lower South.
The Crittenden compromise was rejected.
Northern troops were defeated at the first battle of Manassas.
Richmond was designated the capital of the Confederacy.
Lincoln announced his intention of appointing William Seward as secretary of state.
Why did the states of the Upper South join the Confederacy? (Ch. 14)
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Question 5
Alleged fugitive slaves would be returned to slavery if the claimant presented at least six witnesses.
Alleged fugitive slaves had no right to a jury trial.
Only state law enforcement officials could pursue runaway slaves.
Alleged fugitive slaves had to take the witness stand in their own defense.
Slaves who had escaped prior to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo were exempt from
capture.
Which of the following was a provision of the Fugitive Slave Act? (Ch. 14)
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Question 6
She headed the Union's nursing corps.
She became the first woman general in the army.
None of these choices.
She served as a Union spy in the Confederate government.
She was one of President Lincoln's principal advisers.
Why was Dorothea Dix significant during the Civil War? (Ch. 15)
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Question 7
A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started.
The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court.
There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South.
The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories.
There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories.
Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860? (Ch.
14)
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Question 8
were irrelevant to the war effort
had strong affection for their former masters
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who commanded the Union's first African-American regiment,
observed that his troops (Ch. 15)
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were never able to function as a disciplined fighting force
behaved in such a way as to question the fight for their freedom
felt no sense of revenge toward their former masters
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Question 9
the admission of California as a free state.
the abolition of slavery in states west of the Mississippi.
a new fugitive slave law.
the federal assumption of the Texas debt.
the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Which of the following provisions was not part of Henry Clay's "Omnibus Bill"? (Ch. 14)
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Question 10
like all blacks, including those who were free, slaves could not become citizens of the United States
None of these choices.
All of these choices.
slaves were not citizens; therefore, they could not sue in federal courts.
residence in a free territory did not make a slave free.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that (Ch. 14)
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Question 11
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American citizens could determine how they would manage their slaves without interference.
states could determine whether they would permit the buying and selling of slaves.
the United States would hold a referendum to determine if slavery should be allowed to spread
beyond its current boundaries.
the political party in power in any state could determine that state's slavery policies.
each territory would decide for itself whether to allow slavery or not.
The principle of Popular Sovereignty held that (Ch. 14)
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Question 12
It provided 160 acres free to settlers who lived on the land for five years.
It gave money to states to establish universities that emphasized agriculture and mechanical arts.
It offered free land to Union veterans after the war.
It ensured land to former slaves along the coast of South Carolina.
It provided Union widows 50 acres of land and a mule.
The significance of the Morrill Land Grant Act was that (Ch. 15)
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Question 13
It was instituted first by the Confederacy.
It was possible in the Union but constitutionally prohibited in the Confederacy.
It was already in place nationally when the Civil War began.
It was used by both sides from the beginning of the war.
Which of the following statements concerning conscription in the Civil War is true? (Ch. 15)
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