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Question #1
Which statement best describes the underlying reason for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment?
A.
He openly mocked Lincoln after his unfortunate assassination
B.
He refused to show support for constitutional amendments to protect freed slaves.
C.
He appointed corrupt cabinet members and ignored their illegal activities.
D.
He showed leniency towards the former Confederate states after the Civil War.
Question #2
Which of the following did Abraham Lincoln propose as a means of reintegrating the former Confederate states back into the Union after the U.S. Civil War?
A.
The Enforcement Acts
B.
The Ten Percent Plan
C.
The Wade-Davis Bill
D.
Emancipation Proclamation
Question #3
Which agency was founded as a result of the Reconstruction effort?
A.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
B.
The Office of Economic Opportunity
C.
The Reintegration Bureau
D.
The Resettlement Administration
Question #4
After the U.S. Civil War, northern and southern moderates both viewed which of the following as a chief goal?
A.
Establishing peace and order
B.
Creating economic progress
C.
Expanding west for new settlement
D.
Encouraging equal civil rights
Question #5
The Black Codes were designed to do which of the following?
A.
To give African-Americans the opportunity to support themselves
B.
To preserve the pre-war status of African-Americans
C.
The give African-Americans their own legal system
D.
To ensure that African-Americans received the same rights as other citizens
Question #6
Among other stipulations, the Wade-Davis Bill called for a majority of voters and government officials in Confederate states to take an oath, called the...?
A.
American Oath
B.
Confederate Oath
C.
Ironclad Oath
D.
Union Oath
Question #7
On April 14, 1865, the Confederate supporter and well-known actor _________ shot Lincoln while he was attending a play, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theater in Washington. The president died the next day.
A.
Currier Ives
B.
Major Henry R. Rathbone
C.
Clara Harris
D.
John Wilkes Booth
Question #8
From Figure 16.6, showing Hiester Clymer's campaign poster, what portrayal is the poster trying to convey?
A.
That African Americans are violent
B.
That African Americans are idle and lazy
C.
That African Americans are fighting for the Union
D.
That African Americans want to go home
Question #9
Which event resulted in the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
A.
The southern states failed to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
B.
Andrew Johnson won another term as President
C.
Railroad lines were constructed in southern states.
D.
Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.
Question #10
How many votes shy was Andrew Johnson from being impeached by the Democrats and Republicans?
A.
One
B.
Seven
C.
Four
D.
Two
Question #11
With which country did the United States jointly occupy Oregon Territory in the early nineteenth century?
A.
France
B.
Great Britain
C.
Spain
D.
Russia
Question #12
Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny as it was understood in the nineteenth century?
A.
Americans had a divine obligation to spread their culture westward.
B.
Americans had a divine responsibility to spread Christianity throughout the known world
C.
Americans had a divine right to possess the world’s greatest empire.
D.
Americans had a divine duty to distinguish themselves from Europe.
Question #13
The first published information about the Western frontier included information collected from the efforts of which group of people?
A.
Mexican migrants
B.
Early British and French explorers
C.
Fur traders and trappers
D.
Native Americans working in the archives
Question #14
How did congressional Republicans encourage westward expansion in the late nineteenth century?
A.
By buying up land from the French and Spanish
B.
By subsidizing businesses that helped settlers
C.
By passing more lenient immigration laws
D.
By offering direct financial aid to settlers
Question #15
The term of Manifest Destiny was coined by magazine editor ________ in 1845, when he wrote in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review that “it was our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our multiplying millions.”
A.
John O’Sullivan
B.
Franklin Henderson
C.
Tomas Rhodes
D.
Eldridge Coolidge
Question #16
What was the name given to the first peacetime all-black regiments in the U.S. Army who protected settlers from "Indian" attacks?
A.
Border Soldiers
B.
Westward Soldiers
C.
Union Soldiers
D.
Buffalo Soldiers
Question #17
In Figure 17.11, it shows a primary source image of the invention of the barbed wire in 1873. What was the nickname given to it by "Indians?"
A.
Devil's Rope
B.
Earthly Steel
C.
Cattle Killer
D.
Black Wire
Question #18
During the Wild West time period, once travelers came to towns after filling their coffers with gold and other minerals, what was the effect of them spending their money in the towns?
A.
The miners invested heavily into real estate
B.
More violence was unleashed
C.
Social justice was spread
D.
Greater prosperity for the town
Question #19
In 1862, Colonel John Chivington led a militia raid upon a Native American camp in which the leader had already negotiated a peaceful settlement. The camp was flying both the American flag and the white flag of surrender when the commander ordered his troops to murder close to one hundred people, the majority of them women and children, What was this event called?
A.
Sand Creek Massacre
B.
Great Navajo Burial
C.
Cherokee Massacre
D.
Fierce Apache War
Question #20
In 1882, the U.S. Congress passed the ___________, which forbade further Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years. The ban was later extended on multiple occasions until its repeal in 1943. Eventually, some Chinese immigrants returned to China. Those who remained were stuck in the lowest-paying, most menial jobs.
A.
Chinese Forbidden Law
B.
Asian Immigration Act
C.
Chinese Exclusion Act
D.
Immigration Removal Act
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