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- During the Panic of 1873, the American economy was consolidated largely into which sectors?
- Who was often the leaders of the riots in the south?
- What gave the Upper South secessionists the final motivation to officially secede?
- In the election of 1860, Douglass remained committed to what?
- The introduction of this invention made the panic of 1857 much worse.
- 33) At the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee A) captured control of northern territory between Philadelphia and Washington. B) surrendered his army and supplies to General George Meade. C) suffered losses so heavy that he could never mount another southern offensive. D) ordered Pickett's Charge as a daring escape to save his men.
- 42) In contrast to other wars involving American soldiers, the Civil War A) involved the greatest number of active participants. B) resulted in fewer deaths due to disease. C) provided fewer problems of postwar adjustment. D) proved most deadly in terms of American lives.
- 47) "His veto of the...Wade-Davis bill, led to cries of 'usurpation.'" Usurpation is the act of A) seizing power belonging to another. B) violating the Constitution. C) opposing the majority or rightful position. D) neglecting the duties of one's office.
- 44) "After Sumter, he swiftly called up the state militias, expanded the navy, and suspended habeas corpus." Habeas corpus refers to the legal procedure to A) compel a person to appear in court. B) release a person from unlawful restraint. C) obtain relief from errors of fact. D) enforce a court order granted a plaintiff.
- 35) During the war years, southern A) politicians remained devoted to the concept of states' rights. B) planters increasingly relied on cash-crop agriculture. C) industrialists failed to produce military supplies. D) yeoman farmers suffered an economic decline.
- Outside of Lincoln's election, what was the most important event that led to the Civil War?
- Why did William Harvey Carney earn the Congressional Medal of Honor?
- 48) "Although Lincoln gained the Republican nomination because of his tight control over party machinery and patronage, his party did not unite behind him." Patronage refers to A) political contributions. B) governmental favors. C) persuasive skills. D) powerful friends.
- 40) In the election of 1864, Democratic candidate George McClellan A) recommended vast expansions of executive power for successful prosecution of the war. B) proclaimed the war a failure and demanded an armistice with the South. C) supported sweeping measures designed to promote banking, western settlement, and industrial expansion. D) called for abolition of slavery and the granting of equal rights to blacks.
- In his "House Divided" speech, Lincoln played off of
- 31) The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in A) all portions of the United States. B) unconquered parts of the Confederacy. C) the border states of the Union. D) parts of the South already in northern hands.
- Primary Source Question: Why did Mrs. Doyle claim that John Brown did not execute his raid with the goal of freeing slaves?
- The Lincoln-Douglass debates were heavily influenced by
- 30) The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the A) need to prepare northern whites for the eventuality of emancipation. B) diplomatic concern of favorable foreign impressions of the North. C) implicit appeal to slaves to subvert the southern war effort. D) desire to undermine Democratic opposition of the administration.
- 46) "Despite the sacrosanct notion of states' rights, the Confederate Congress passed the first conscription act in American history in March 1862." A sacrosanct notion would be one that is A) regarded as sacred and inviolable. B) sacrilegious or heretical. C) outdated and inappropriate. D) customary and expected.