History 011 - US History to 1877 » Fall 2020 » Chapter 6 and 7 Quiz

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Question #1
Stephen Douglas enraged free - soil supporters when he argued that the Compromise of 1850 superseded the Missouri Compromis.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
In a senate race in 1858 ________________ challenged Senator Douglas on the concept of popular sovereignty.
A.   Benjamin Wade
B.   Henry Wilson
C.   Abraham Lincoln
D.   John Thomas
Question #3
In the presidential election of 1860 Lincoln won only 39% of the popular vote, but had a clear majority of the electoral votes.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
In his inaugural address Abraham Lincoln
A.   requested military and economic aid from Great Britain in the Union's upcoming war with the Confederacy.
B.   declared the new president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, a traitor.
C.   announced the abolition of slavery in the slave states that remained in the Union.
D.   declared the Confederacy "legally void".
Question #5
The Civil War cry "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" was uttered by
A.   William Tecumseh Sherman
B.   Ulysses S. Grant
C.   Robert E. Lee
D.   David Farragut
Question #6
One of the advantages the South possessed when the Civil War broke out was
A.   a much more extensive railway network.
B.   more experienced military leaders.
C.   a strong manufacturing base.
D.   superior naval gunboat strength on the Mississippi River.
Question #7
The "border" slave states were states that
A.   bordered the Confederacy, but stayed loyal to the Union.
B.   attempted to play off both sides while trying to maintain a semblance of independence.
C.   bordered the Union north, and joined the Confederacy.
D.   initially joined the Confederacy, but then later in the Civil War returned to the Union.
Question #8
The opening shots of the Civil War occurred at
A.   Fort Shiloh
B.   Fort Manassas
C.   Fort Sumter
D.   the Battle of Bull Run
Question #9
By 1863 the Union had to abandon its naval blockade of southern ports when the British threatened to intervene, and run the blockade in support of the Confederacy
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
Lincoln issued the ___________________ declaring that all slaves in states rebelling against the Union were free.
A.   Amnesty Proclamation
B.   Confiscaion Act
C.   Emancipation Proclamation
D.   Blockade Proclamation

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