This is what I have so far. Please do not print it out, but use it to help you study. If you really want to print it out, just highlight the necessary chapters and then print “selection”. The necessary additions and corrections will be made down the road. Fast Track Answer Key for the questions at the end of every Chapter Chapter 1: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 13. (E) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (E) Chapter 2: 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (A) 13. (B) 14. (E) 15. (A) 16. (D) Chapter 3: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (B) 16. (E) Chapter 4: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (E) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (E) Chapter 5: 1. (B) 2. (E) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (C) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (B) 6. (A) 7. (E) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (E) 11. (C) 12. (A) 6. (E) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (E) 11. (A) 12. (C) 6. (B) 7. (E) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (E) 12. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (E) 11. (B) 12. (A) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (E) 12. (A) Chapter 6: 1. C 2.B 3.A 4.E 5.E 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.A 13. E 14.C 15.A 16.C Chapter 7: 1. A 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.E 7.C 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.E 12.C 13.A 14.E 15.D 16.B Chapter 8: 1. C 2.C 3.B 4.E 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.E 10.B 11.C 12. A 13.E 14. A 15. B 16. E Chapter 9: 1. D 2.C 3.B 4.E 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.E 12.D 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.A Chapter 10: 1. B 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.E 7.C 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.A 12.B 13.D 14.E 15. A 16.E Chapter 11: 1 (B); 2 (C); 3 (E); 4 (A); 5 (B); 6 (E); 7 (D); 8 (B); 9 (A); 10 (A); 11 (C); 12 (D); 13 (B); 14 (A); 15 (B); 16 (C) Chapter 12: 1 (E); 2 (B); 3 (A); 4 (A); 5 (C); 6 (D); 7 (B); 8 (C); 9(E); 10 (E); 11 (B); 12 (D); 13 (C); 14 (A); 15 (D); 16 (A) Chapter 13: 1 (C); 2 (A); 3 (B); 4 (E); 5 (C); 6 (D); 7 (B); 8 (B); 9 (C); 10 (E); 11 (A); 12 (B); 13 (C); 14 (C); 15 (E); 16 D) Chapter 14: 1 (A); 2 (C); 3 (D); 4 (B); 5 (A); 6 (B); 7 (E); 8 (C); 9 (E); 10 (A); 11 (D); 12 (C); 13 (B); 14 (B); 15 (A); 16 (C) Chapter 15: 1 (D); 2 (C); 3 (A); 4 (B); 5 (E); 6 (B); 7 (A); 8 (C); 9 (D); 10 (C); 11 (B); 12 (A); 13 (E); 14 (B); 15 (B), 16 (D) Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 1. From the outset the US government grappled with the uncomfortable question of slavery in all of the following legal measures EXCEPT the (A)Northwest Ordinance in 1787 D (B)Constitutional ban on slave imports beginning in 1801 (C)Missouri Compromise in 1820 (D)Nonimportation act of 1807 (E)Compromise of 1850 2. What single event (A)The War of 1812 halted idealistic discussions in the early (B)The Invention of the cotton republic about the gin eventual end of slavery (C)The election of slaveholding presidents like Washington and Jefferson B (D)The explosion of tobacco as an export crop 3. Which of these economic woes was NOT associated with cotton cultivation in (E)The Congressional Gag Order (A)A concentration of wealth, economic resources, and power in fewer and fewer hands E the south (B)Excessive land cultivation and soil depletion (C)Over-speculation in land and slaves (D)Increasing vulnerability to a volatile world market 4. Nearly three-quarters of all white southerners by 1860 (E)Rising numbers of new immigrants seeking to profit from the land (A)Owned no slaves A (B)Owned slaves (C)Cultivated cotton (D)Were connected to the plantation system (E)Lived in or around the Appalachian Mountains 5. Which of the following (A)Some owned slaves and is NOT a true property statement free blacks in Antebellum (B)They shared the same America voting and other whites as white men everywhere B (C)Some purchased their freedom by working after hours for extra money (D)Southern freed-men were at risk for being captured and re-enslaved 6. The number one form of wealth in the South was (E)They were often despised more in the North than in the South (A)Land (B)Slaves B (C)Cotton crops (D)Tobacco crops 7. Considered one of the most traumatic aspects of slavery, forced separations of loved ones happened most frequently on (E)Inheritance (A)Small plantations in the upper south A (B)Large plantations in the upper south (C)Large plantations in the deep south (D)Small plantations in the deep south 8. Slaves worked to undermine masters authority and regain some small margin of autonomy in all the following ways EXCEPT by (E)Farms and plantations of all sizes (A)Slowing down the pace of their work C (B)Taking food from their masters kitchens and gardens (C)Destroying homes and crops (D)Pilfering household and other goods from masters homes 9. What was the result of the slave uprising aboard the Amistad in 1839 (E)Sabotaging equipment (A)Slaves commandeered the ship and successfully returned to Africa (B)Slaves who rebelled were sentenced to death (C)Slave rebels ultimately won their freedom in court (D)It led to the passage of slave codes in the south C (E)The conflict led to a fire that claimed he lives of all passengers and destroyed the ship 10. The earliest antislavery (A)Immediate and complete efforts focused mainly emancipation on (B)Gradually freeing the slaves over a period of years E (C)Transporting slaves back to their own colony in the region that would become the United States (D)Aiding slave rebellions and uprisings 11. How did the two great abolitionists, former slave Fredrick Douglas and northern white businessman William Lloyd Garrison, differ in their strategy for ending slavery (E)Exporting slaves back to Africa (A)Douglas believed that the north should break away from the slaveholding south, Garrison did not B (B)Garrison renounced political remedies, Douglas embraced them (C)Garrison sought the violent overthrow of slavery, Douglass did not (D)Douglass made more incendiary speeches, Garrison appealed more to reason integrity and principal (E)Douglass was prone to theatrics, Garrison was known for his impassioned speeches 12. Nat Turner’s rebellion produced all of the following results EXCEPT that it (A)Made white southern slaveholders more fearful of slaves and hostile towards them D (B)Fueled the passage of strict slave codes (C)Halted discussions about ending slavery in southern states (D)Breathed new life into abolitionist movement in the south 13. Which of these was NOT offered as a defense of slavery (E)Inspired pro slavery advocates to defend slavery as a positive good (A)That it was a positive good, supported by the bible E (B)That slaves were treated as family members (C)That it was good for the Africans, who were inferior people (D)That slaves were better treated and cared for than northern factory workers (E)That slavery provided blacks with minimal education in reading and writing (A)The northern economy was tightly bound to that of the South 14. The main reason that much of the North did NOT initially embrace abolitionism or support it until the 1850s was (B) Most northerners disliked that the lecturing, protests, and other tactics employed by abolitionists. (C) Northerners were not yet sure whether slave or paid labor would drive industrialization. A (D) Territorial expansion had not yet become a major concern for the North. (E) Northerners considered slavery a matter for the states to decide. 15. How did the abolition process in the united states differ from the process in other parts in the Americas (A) The united states abolished slavery long before most nations in Latin America E (B) Violent slave revolts in other nations were integral to the abolitionists cause (C) Slavery was abolished in Latin America before the nations became independent (D) The United States promised emancipated land and compensation 16. Southern society, more than other parts of the United States, resembled British society because (E) Abolition in the United States was the result of the bloodiest war in American history (A) There was a small, distinct A planter class (B) State legislatures had one house in which seats were inherited (C)Leading voices in the south fought for abolition (D) Elite southerners favored the writing of Sir Walter Scott 1. What distinguished William (E) Women controlled the social activities in their homes. (A) It was plagued by tensions B Henry Harrison’s presidency? between western settlers and Native Americans. (B) It was the shortest on record. (C) It was marked by hard drinking. (D) It was undermined by venomous Whig party politics. (E) It was the first time a frontiersman held the United States’ highest office. 2. What prompted fiercely loyal Whigs to denounce their leader, President John Tyler, as “His Accidency”? (A) His veto of bills to A establish a national bank (B) His refusal to sign the Tariff of 1842 (C) His height and natural clumsiness (D) His perceived ineptitude as president (E) His inability to keep his entire cabinet from resigning 3. Tyler was considered by (A) Supported states’ rights C contemporaries as a over a nationalist agenda. “Democrat in Whig clothing” (B) Disliked protective tariffs. for all of the following reasons (C) Favored federal funding of EXCEPT that he internal improvements like roads and canals. (D) Opposed a national bank. (E) Rejected the idea of turning profits from the sale of western lands over to the states. 4. In the 1830s, America’s relationship with Britain was marked by all of the following EXCEPT (A) A borrower-lender status. (B) Being constantly on the brink of war. (C) A series of compromises. (D) Ongoing boundary disputes. (E) Tension over tariffs. E 5. The U.S.-British tension (B) Granting the entire area in over the Maine-Canada question to the British. boundary that nearly sparked a (C) Dividing the area equally D war was finally settled in 1842 by between the two nations. (D) Adjusting the Canadian border so that the United States gained an additional 6,500 square miles. (E) Adjusting the Canadian border so that the British gained thousands of square miles of U.S. territory. 6. Which of the following did NOT influence the decision to annex Texas, the Lone Star Republic, to the United States in 1845? (A) Fear that Texas’s continued independence made America vulnerable (B) The belief that Mexico would not be able to reclaim its lost Texas territory (C) Increasing British interest in Texas (D) Pressure from southern states to annex Texas, ideally as a slave territory (E) Whig campaigning in the 1844 election on the promise of annexing Texas 7. Manifest Destiny is best described as (A) A sense of mission to C ultimately eliminate slavery from U.S. soil. (B) The goal of expelling all foreign influences from American borders so that the nation could fully develop as a republic. (C) The notion that America was ordained by God to spread its democratic institutions beyond its existing borders. (D) America’s push toward becoming a commercial nation and a world power. (E) A phrase coined by Henry Clay to justify pushing the British further back into Canada. E 8. How was the question of the Oregon boundary finally resolved between the United States and Britain? (A) Britain peacefully settled for the proposed line of 49°. (B) America threatened war with England over setting the boundary at the Columbia River. (C) Polk pushed his 1844 campaign promise of the 54° 40’ line until Britain agreed. (D) The two nations agreed to continue jointly occupying the region, as they had done for decades. (E) American settlers in the territory attacked small clusters of British until they withdrew into Canada. A 9. All of the following fanned the flames that led to the U.S. war with Mexico EXCEPT (A) Polk’s desire for B California. (B) Britain’s offer to purchase California from Mexico. (C) A dispute over where the Texas border with Mexico actually lay. (D) Mexico’s anger at the U.S. annexation of its territory in revolt, Texas. (E) American bloodshed at the hands of Mexican troops along the Rio Grande. 10. What was Polk’s real goal once the battle with Mexico began? (A) To end the fighting once he had captured California (B) To conquer all of Mexico’s land claims north of the Nueces River (C) To use Santa Anna to betray—and help the United States annex—Mexico (D) To keep Mexico from regaining Texas and advancing into the United A States (E) To take Mexico City 11. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the U.S.war with Mexico, included all of the following terms EXCEPT that it (A) Confirmed that Texas D belonged to the United States. (B) Gave the United States all of the territory to the Pacific, including California. (C) Required the United States to assume the land claims against Mexico made by U.S. citizens. (D) Required the United States to pay $25 million for its land acquisitions, primarily California. (E) Granted to the United States nearly one-half of all the land formerly held by Mexico. 12. Who were the Californios? (A) The original inhabitants of B the land later called California (B) The descendants of Spanish and Mexican conquerors who once ruled the region (C) Christian missionaries who sought to convert local Indians along the Pacific Coast (D) Mexican prisoners released from jail and sent to settle California (E) U.S. settlers who moved into the territory acquired after the war with Mexico 13. From a domestic standpoint, which of these was NOT a product of the war with Mexico? (A) A significant loss of life and a weakening of the U.S.Army (B) Training the military officials who would eventually become leaders in the Civil War (C) Pushing the slavery debate A into the foreground (D) Weakening U.S. relations with Latin America (E) Increasing the geographic size of the United States by one-third 14. Symbolically important, the 1846 Wilmot Proviso stated that (A) Slavery should never be A established in the territories acquired from Mexico. (B) Each new territory in the land acquired from Mexico should decide the slave issue for itself. (C) Slavery in the United States should end by a specified date. (D) The number of slave and free states should remain equal and balanced. (E) Southern states would make no effort to influence the further course of slavery in the territories. 15. John C Calhoun stated “Mexico to us is the forbidden fruit….the penalty of eating it would be to subject our institutions to political death.” How did this prove to be true? (A) Northerners took control of the newly acquired land, limiting the South’s power (B) European Nations regarded the United States as an aggressor (C) The controversy resulting from gaining new land led to the Civil War (D) The United States went into debt after paying millions of dollars for the Mexican Cession (E) The President gained too much power with the addition of new territories (A)gaining land that would become New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (B) lowering tariff rates (C) annexing Texas 16.All of the following are accomplishments from the 1340s are examples of America fulfilling its Manifest Destiny except C B (D) Formally acquiring land in Oregon Country (E) acquiring gold-rich California 1. The doctrine of popular sovereignty, as embraced in the mid-nineteenth century, is best defined as (A) Placing the power of the federal government above that of the states. (B) Giving the people of a territory or state the right to decide the slavery issue for themselves. (C) The notion that government is subject to the will of the people. (D) Allowing Congress to decide the issue of slavery prior to admitting a new state. (E) Putting the good of the majority ahead of individual desires. B 2. Who were the Free-Soilers? (A) A political faction in the C South that embraced slavery in the territories (B) A political group supporting the rights of squatters to keep the land they developed in the West (C) A northern-based political party that supported the Wilmot Proviso and banning slavery in the territories (D) An abolitionist political party that sought the immediate end of slavery and the granting of land plots to freedmen (E) A political coalition of farmers that sought to curb the excesses of industrial development 3. Which of these statements is NOT true about the (A) It made many “fortyniners” rich. A California Gold rush of 1849? (B) It fueled lawlessness in the California territory. (C) It led Californians to seek rapid admission as a state. (D) It sent tens of thousands of people into the territory And overwhelmed state government and resources. (E) It reignited the slavery debate. 4. The Underground Railroad is best defined as a (A) Group of businessmen D seeking monopoly control over the burgeoning railroad industry. (B) Secret network of slave owners, banding together to recapture runaway slaves. (C) Black market for trade goods designed to circumvent protective tariffs. (D) Network of safe places that hid runaway slaves on their journey north to freedom. (E) System for illegally smuggling slaves from Africa into the United States after 1808. 5. Which of these agreements was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850, which kept the Union together? (A) California was admitted as E a free state. (B) New Mexico and Utah were allowed to decide the slave question independently. (C) A more severe fugitive slave law was enacted. (D) Texas received $10 million from the federal government for ceding some of its land to New Mexico. (E) Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia. 6. The Fugitive Slave Law of (A) It denied slaves the right C 1850 was hated in the North to testify on their own behalf. for all of the following reasons (B) Northerners who helped EXCEPT slaves escape could receive heavy fines and jail terms. (C) Southerners could require compensation from the federal government for runaway slaves that were not found. (D) Northerners could be required to help recapture runaway slaves. (E) commissioners would receive lower compensation for declaring a runaway slave “free” than they would For declaring him or her a “fugitive.” 7. What was the major significance of the presidential election of 1852? (A) It proved a triumph for the Compromise of 1850. (B) It marked the beginning of the end for the Whig party. (C) It put America’s first “dark horse” candidate in the White House. (D) It launched a new Era of Good Feelings across the nation. (E) It pitted two war heroes against each other as candidates for America’s highest office. B 8. The United States and New Grenada (Colombia) signed a vital treaty in 1848 that (A) Gave the United States the right to travel across the isthmus in exchange for its military neutrality. (B) provided the United States with exclusive use of the isthmus in exchange for military defense of New Grenada. (C) Broke ground on what would become the Panama Canal. A (D) United the two countries against incursions into Central America by England and other European powers. (E) Welcomed U.S. expansion into Central America in exchange for assistance with new transportation systems. 9. What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial? (A) It represented an attempt at U.S. expansion into Asian territories. (B) It demonstrated northern interest in blocking the further acquisition of slave territories. (C) It was a secret plan by the United States to buy or take Cuba. (D) It had the backing of Spain, France, and England. (E) It was a declaration of war if Spain did not release the captured American ship Black Warrior. C 10. The importance of the Treaty of Wanghia (1844) was that it (A) Gave the United States E access to Japanese markets. (B) Banned tariffs on U.S. imports to Japan and China. (C) Granted the United States coaling rights in Japan. (D) Gave China the right to try Americans accused of crimes in China in Chinese courts. (E) Was the first formal treaty and trade agreement between China and the United States? 11. Why was the Gadsden Purchase such a contentious issue? (A) The $5 million purchase price was outrageously high. (B) It furthered southern designs for locating a transcontinental railroad there. (C) It would add a new slave territory and ultimately tip the B balance between free and slave states. (D) It sparked a renewed debate about the process for admitting new territories and states. (E) It further eroded U.S.Mexico relations. 12. The main push behind the discussions about building a transcontinental railroad in the mid-1800s was the 13. The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened sectional tensions between the North and the South in all of the following ways EXCEPT that it 14. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the rise of the Republican party in the mid-1850s? (A) Need to boost the southern C economy. (B) Need to create jobs and pull the nation out of an economic depression. (C) Goal of connecting the Pacific Coast territories with the rest of the nation. (D) Desire for new markets for northern manufactured goods. (E) goal of stimulating Midwestern development (A) Repealed the revered E Missouri Compromise. (B) Divided Nebraska into two territories that would decide the slavery question independently. (C) Heightened antislavery fervor in the North. (D) Led northerners to resist further compromise with the South. (E) Led to further enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act in the North. (A) The bulwark of its support was below the Mason-Dixon line. (B) It drew dissatisfied Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers, and Know-Nothings. (C) It symbolized the increasing sectionalism that was leading the nation toward A civil war. (D) The party first emerged in the Midwest in protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act. (E) Within two years, the party held the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. 15. All of the following indicate that the idea of the Manifest Destiny would extend beyond the North American continent EXCEPT 16. Why was the Compromise of 1850 a great feat in American Political history? 1. All of the following are true statements about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel EXCEPT (A) the secret offer to E purchase Cuba (B) Trade agreements in China (C) Commodore Perry opening Japan (D) conflict with Britain in Central America (E) The Gadsden Purchase (A) It solved the nation’s B problems in a way that most of the country accepted (B) Great statesmen worked within the system, creating separate legislation that together became a compromise (C) It preserved the Missouri Compromise line and kept the balance of power in the Senate (D) it settled the nation’s slavery issues in that area, preventing the need for future compromise (E) Congress and President Taylor worked together to help the nation overcome a potentially disastrous crisis (A) It helped spark the Civil E War. (B) It was inspired by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. (C) Stowe claimed that God wrote the book. (D) It sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and beyond. (E) It relied on Stowe’s many personal experiences and firsthand knowledge of slavery. 2. Why was the Lecompton Constitution considered a sly maneuver? (A) It included provisions for A allowing slavery in Kansas even if the people voted against slavery. (B) It was an attempt to make Kansas a free state, despite earlier agreements that Kansas would be admitted as a slave state. (C) It resolved competing land claims in favor of slaveholders. (D) It sought to bypass normal preconditions for moving from territory status to statehood. (E) It led to the establishment of two different governments in Kansas—one supporting slavery and the Other supporting the abolitionist cause. 3. What was Preston Brooks’s claim to fame? (A) He was a proslavery congressman who staunchly criticized his home state of South Carolina’s position concerning Slavery in the new territories. (B) He badly beat Senator Charles Sumner over a provocative speech against popular sovereignty and slavery. (C) He challenged Sumner to a duel for having insulted his countrymen and a distant cousin. (D) He was expelled from the House of Representatives for his violent outbursts. (E) He staged an attack on Kansas that came to be known B as Bleeding Kansas. 4. The Know-Nothing party, (A) Of its hard-line stand which first appeared on the supporting new immigrants. political scene during the 1856 (B) Of the secretive nature of election, was so named the party. because (C) It chose as its presidential candidate a man who many joked did not know much about politics. (D) It was a band of armed ruffians who secretly staged violent attacks on groups it disliked. (E) it was known for planting negative stories about opposing candidates in newspapers and slinging mud 5. Which of the following was NOT part of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the landmark Dred Scott case of 1857? B (A) A slave could be taken C into any state and remain a slave, regardless of whether the state itself was slave or free. (B) The Compromise of 1820 was never constitutional. (C) Northern states could be held legally accountable and required to offer compensation to slaveholders for not returning runaway slaves. (D) Dred Scott and his wife were to retain their slave status for life, unless their owner determined to set them free. (E) As a slave, Dred Scott could not sue in federal courts. 6. The economic crash of 1857 (A) Inflated currency values. was caused by all of the (B) Feverish land speculation. following EXCEPT (C) Overproduction of grain. (D) Rapid decline in cotton prices overseas. (E) The collapse of hundreds of businesses. D 7. Why was Abraham Lincoln nicknamed “Honest Abe”? (A) Because he emerged from C humble circumstances to champion the cause of the common man (B) Because he worked hard, earned an education, and achieved everything on his own merits (C) Because, as a lawyer, he would decline cases that went against his conscience (D) Because of his impassioned and eloquent response to the KansasNebraska Act (E) Because he offered simple, humble statements of his political principles when running for office 8. The major significance of the famed Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1858 was that it (A) Led to Lincoln’s victory against Douglas in the Illinois senate race. (B) Helped Lincoln’s star to rise in the political arena, while Douglas’s began to fall. (C) Led to passage of the Freemont Doctrine. (D) Was the first time two presidential candidates held a public debate? (E) Inspired Lincoln’s nomination for vice president on the ticket with John Fremont. B 9. Ultimately, how did John Brown best serve the antislavery cause? (A) Through his execution (B) Through his violent raid at Harpers Ferry (C) Through his support of Kansas as a free state (D) Through his efforts to arm slaves and lead them in a rebellion (E) Through his antislavery A writings and financial support of northern abolitionists 10. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860? (A) He was not the abolitionist B the South thought him to be. (B) He was a majority president. (C) His election gave South Carolina the excuse it needed to secede. (D) His election was due to northern voters. (E) He was not the first choice for the Republican party candidate. 11. Lincoln’s victory should not have caused fear in the South over slavery because (A) The Supreme Court was E evenly split in terms of NorthSouth political views. (B) The nation remained so politically divided that no majority will could have prevailed. (C) There were more slave states than free states. (D) Southern Democrats’ control of the House would offset Northern Republicans’ control of the Senate. (E) It would require a constitutional amendment to end slavery in slave states, and there were enough votes to defeat this. 12. Which of these states was NOT among the half-dozen that joined South Carolina in seceding within just six weeks? (A) Alabama (B) Mississippi (C) Florida (D) Missouri (E) Texas D 13. Lame duck President Buchanan did not move to block Southern states from seceding mainly because he (A) Considered the move a bluff. (B) Hoped to negotiate a peace with the South. (C) Did not believe states C could secede. (D) was a pacifist and did not want to use force. (E) Did not want the North calling the shots. 14. Which of the following were NOT among Southern justifications for secession? (A) They were exerting their A majority political status and clout. (B) They were inspired by nationalist movements around the globe. (C) They thought they had voluntarily entered the Union and could voluntarily withdraw. (D) They saw parallels between their own experience and that of the colonists and King George. (E) They feared that the rise of the Republican party signaled their eventual domination by the North. 15. Which of the following events caused the other four? (A) Kansas Nebraska Act (B) Formation of the Republican party (C) Northern and Southern migration to Kansas (D) Bleeding Kansas (E) Sacking of Lawrence (A) Northerners voted for the democratic candidate, and the Southerners voted for the Whig candidate. (B) Third-parties like the Know-Nothing Party had Great success in national elections (C) Presidents took actions to delay the war so it wouldn’t start during their administrations (D) New parties like the 16. How did sectionalism trump political parties in the years leading up to the Civil War? A E Republican party were created (E) Parties split along North South lines, with two candidates often running for the same office 1. Lincoln feared all of the following possible outcomes if secession were to go unchecked EXCEPT that it would (A) Raise questions of how to B divide the national debt between the North and the South. (B) Inhibit industrial development. (C) Mean splitting federally owned territories. (D) Lead to increased numbers of fugitive slaves. (E) Entice Europe to possibly seize American territories. 2. Why is the exchange at Fort Sumter so important? (A) It is considered the start of the Civil War. (B) It was where South Carolina officially seceded. (C) It was the first Southern victory of the Civil War. (D) It marked an act of Southern aggression against the North. (E) It is the site where the Union Army first attempted to retake the seceding state of South Carolina and send a message to other states that disunion would not be tolerated. A 3. In his efforts to retain the border states within the Union, Lincoln focused his efforts primarily on (A) Maryland. (B) Delaware. (C) West Virginia. (D) Kentucky. (E) Missouri. D 4. Which of these is NOT why Lincoln initially said that he (A) He did not want to alienate the border states that C was not fighting a war to free the slaves? 5. All of the following are true statements about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War EXCEPT would be vital to his cause. (B) He feared he would upset other allied states. (C) Members of his family were slaveholders who were on the side of the South. (D) His main objective was keeping the Union together. (E) He sought to negotiate a peace and was willing to compromise on the slavery issue to make it happen, if necessary. (A) Northern soldiers were C more intellectual and practical, whereas Southern soldiers were more emotional. (B) Southern soldiers had more difficulty adjusting to military authority than their Northern counterparts. (C) Northern troops were more concerned with defending hearth and home. (D) Southern soldiers had the advantage of fighting defensively, whereas Northerners had to attack on unknown terrain. (E) Northern soldiers tended not to be the natural fighters that Southerners were. 6. Which of the following was the most serious hardship encountered by soldiers on both sides of the Civil War? (A) Food shortages (B) Uniform shortages (C) Boredom (D) Lack of discipline in the camps (E) Disease E 7. The South’s greatest weakness in the conflict was (A) Poor military leadership from the outset. (B) Its economy. (C) Its lack of arms/weaponry. (D) Its minimal control of the B seas. (E) Its relatively small population. 8. What did the South count on most in its bid to win the Civil War? (A) Foreign intervention (B) The strength of its army (C) Its military leadership (D) World demand for its cotton crops (E) Its knowledge of potential battlegrounds A 9. The biggest challenge Confederate president Jefferson Davis faced was (A) Creating a currency for his C new nation. (B) Balancing his roles as military and political leader. (C) Ongoing tension between states’ rights and the need for a unified central government. (D) Amassing an army. (E) His lack of popularity. 10. Facing war, Lincoln played fast and loose with the Constitution in all of the following ways EXCEPT that he (A) Declared a blockade without congressional approval. (B) Increased the size of the army. (C) Ordered a $2 million payout to private citizens aiding the military effort. (D) Suspended freedom of the press by insisting that editors avoid publishing anti-Union articles or editorials. (E) Suspended the writ of habeas corpus. D 11. What was the major spark that triggered the New York draft riots in 1863? (A) The beginning of B mandatory conscription (B) The provision that allowed the rich to hire a substitute when drafted (C) The disproportionate number of upstate farmers in the military (D) White men’s anger at fighting a war over slavery (E) The use of bounty brokers to staff the army 12. The North financed its war effort in all of the following ways EXCEPT (A) Issuing paper money. (B) Excise taxes. (C) Tariffs. (D) Government bonds. (E) Property taxes. E 13. The Homestead Act of 1862 promised (A) Not to tax private property. (B) Free land to those settling the West. (C) Leniency to those who fled west to escape the draft. (D) Free gold to those who mined California. (E) Oil leases to those settling Pennsylvania. B 14. Which of the following were NOT among the official roles women played during the Civil War? (A) Soldiers (B) Cooks, launderers, and tailors (C) Government workers (D) Spies (E) Nurses A 15. The Northern Blockade of the south took advantage of the South’s shortcomings in all the following ways except (A) It prevented the south D from exporting cotton, denying the confederacy badly needed revenue. (B) the South could not receive war supplies from other nations and did not have the industry to support itself 16.The Emancipation Proclamation was (C) the blockade starved the population because there were no imports and Southern land was badly damaged by battle (D) It stopped the South from building effective warships (E) It stymied Southern naval efforts as the North gained control of the waterways around the south (A) Created to free slaves C thought the Union and Confederacy (B) widely criticized by the Northern press (C) A military tactic that strengthened Union morale (D) Celebrated by abolitionists (E) unrecognized by Southern slaves Chapter 21 1) C 2) C 3) B 4) E 14) B 15) B 16) D 5) D 6) C 7) A 8) B 9) E 10) C 11) D 12) A 13) E Chapter 22 1) E 2) B 3) C 4) D 14) C 15) C 16) E 5) D 6) A 7) C 8) B 9) C 10) E 11) D 12) B 13) A Chapter 31 1 (C); 2 (B); 3 (B); 4 (C); 5 (A); 6 (E); 7 (E); 8 (C); 9 (B); 10 (A); 11 (B); 12 (C); 13 (D); 14 (A); 15 (D); 16 (C) Chapter 32 1 (A); 2 (B); 3 (A); 4 (C); 5 (E); 6 (B); 7 (B); 8 (E); 9 (C); 10 (A); 11 (E); 12 (E); 13 (E); 14 (A); 15 (D); 16 (B) Chapter 33 1 (D); 2 (A); 3 (D); 4 (A); 5 (E); 6 (B); 7 (A); 8 (D); 9 (E); 10 (B); 11 (E); 12 (B); 13 (A); 14 (E) Chapter 34 1 (B); 2 (C); 3 (E); 4 (A); 5 (E); 6 (A); 7 (A); 8 (A); 9 (C); 10 (E); 11 (B); 12 (D); 13 (B); 14 (E) Chapter 40 1) Which of the following issues was NOT an important concern that the New Right hoped to constrict or eliminate through legal action? A) Divorce B) Pornography C) Homosexuality D) Abortion E) Affirmative action 2) All of the following contributed ti Ronald Reagan’s landslide electoral victory over Presidet Carter in 1980 EXCEPT A) the Carter administrations inability to control double- digit inflation and sky- high interest rates B) a divided Democratic party, unhealed following the unsuccessful Democratic nomination challenge of Senator Edward Kennedy C) Ronald Reagan’s ability to employ his well-honed acting skills to communicate effectively with the American public D) President Carter’s decision to preserve some 100 million acres of Alaskan land for national parks, forests and wildlife refuges during an energy crisis E) Public frustration over President Carter’s suppose mismanagement of foreign affairs such as the protracted Iranian hostage crisis 3) Which of the following was Ronald Reagan’s overall key domestic goal as president? A) Dismantling the welfare state by reducing or eliminating entitlement and discretionary social welfare programs in order to reduce the size of the government B) Removing government interference in people’s private lives in such areas as abortion and pornography C) Reducing the growth of military spending in order to balance the federal budget D) Developing and implementing a federally mandated reform of public education E) Advancing big-business interests over organized labor in order to stimulate economic growth and reduce wage inflation 4) What are the initial results in 1982 of President Reagan’s supply-side economic plan of deep federal budget cuts and substantial tax reductions? A) A sharp recession and rise in unemployment B) A reduced federal budget deficit C) An international trade surplus for the United States D) An economic boom E) Record of corporate profits for major industries like the automobile industry 5) Which of the following most accurately characterizes the economic results produced by Reaganomics in the 1980s? A) For the first time in the twentieth century, income widened between the richest and the poorest Americans B) Middle-class incomes rose C) The poor was substantial economic gains D) The economy was uniformly healthy E) The majority of Americans were middle class 6) All of the following were examples of Ronald Reagan’s determination to renew the cold during his first presidential term EXCPET A) Denouncing the Soviet Union in political speeches as “The focus of evil on the modern world” B) President Reagan’s pursuit of a high- technology missile-defense system known as Star Wars C) President Reagan’s strong support for the political and economic efforts of the independent Polish labor movement Solidarity D) President Reagan spawning a new arms race with the Soviet Union by substantially increasing America’s nuclear arms arsenal and military capabilities around the world E) American military forces ousting from power an insurgent group of Marxists who had taken over the tin Caribbean island of Grenada 7) What did the Iran-Contra affair essentially involve? A) The United States hiring Iranian militants to fight for the right-wing Nicaraguan contra rebels against the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaraguan B) The United States selling arms to Iran In exchange of hostages and diverting the profits to illegally fund he Nicaraguan contras C) The United States selling arms to both sides in the Iran-Iraq war D) The United States secretly recognizing the Iranian regime while claiming to be boycotting it E) The United States persuading the Iranian government to directly fund the contra rebels by unfreezing Iranian assets in the United States and presenting Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini with gifts such s birthday cakes 8) Which of the following demonstrations most vividly how President Reagan, during his second term, departed from the militantly anti-Soviet stance of his first term? A) President Reagan joining with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to end SovietAmericans political Countries B) President Reagan acquiescing in Eastern Europe containing to be a legitimate sphere of influence for the Soviet Union C) President Reagan negotiating and signing arms control agreements with the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev D) President Reagan making the Soviet unions a majors trading partner of the United States E) President Reagan’s decision abandon his high-technology, antimissile defense system, the Strategic Defense Initiative (DSI) 9) Which of the following most accurately describes the Supreme court decisions Webster v. Reproductive health Services and planned Parenthood v. Casey? A) The court severely restricted legal abortion to the first two months of pregnancy B) Thee court permitted states to put some restrictions on abortion, while fundamentally upholding the abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade C) The court overturned Roe v. Wade D) The court declared that the issue of legalized abortion should be completely determined by the states E) The court declared that the constitutional rights to life trumped the constitutional right of privacy and all abortions, except when the mother’s life is in danger, are illegal 10) All if the following were consequences of the end of the Cold War EXCEPT that A) Long- suppressed ethnics hatreds flared in the former Soviet republics B) Communist regimes were overthrown in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany C) Long- suppressed ethics hatreds flared in the former communist nations of eastern Europe D) The entire European Continent enjoyed an extended period of political stability E) Unemployment increased in aerospace and defense industrial and community dislocations occurred because of Pentagon budget cuts 11) Which of the following reasons prompted President George H. Bush to organize America’s European and Arab allies into a political and military coalition that ultimately ousted Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991? A) President Bush feared that Iraqi that leader Saddam Hussein’s larger goal was to assume control the entire oil- producing and economically vital Persian Gulf region B) President Bush believed that re-establishing the sovereignty of Kuwait was critical democracy throughout the Middle East. C) President bush believed that ousting Iraq from Kuwait would guarantee Israel’s security in the face of growing military threats from the Arab states D) President Bush was confident rolling back the Iraqi forces from Kuwait would prompt a successful Kurdish and Shi’ite uprising in Iraq leading to overthrow of Saddam Hussein E) President Bush desired to use the Persian Gulf crisis as a way to guarantee permanent military bases in the Middle East 12) What domestic achievement represented partial redemption of President George H. W. Bush’s 1988 campaign pledge to work for a “kinder, gentle America”? A) The nomination and confirmation of progressive African American judge Clarence Thomas to succeed retiring liberal African American justice Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court B) The signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 to prohibit discrimination against U.S. citizens with physical or mental disabilities C) President Bush’s Department of Education challenging the legality of college scholarships for racial minorities D) President Bush signing into law a massive public works employment program to reduce high unemployment inn the United States E) President Bush agreeing in 1990 to a federal budget increase that include $133 million in new taxes 13) Which statement about the Persian Gulf War is NOT true? A) President George H. W. Bush declared that the United States “kicked the Vietnam Syndrome” B) Saddam Hussein was removed from power C) The Persian Gulf War grew out of a unanimous Security Council resolution D) The Persian Gulf War lasted less than two months E) The Persian Gulf War was a response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait 14) Reagan’s theory of “supply- side” economics, also referred to as “trickle- down” theory, is most closely related to the policies of A) George H. W. Bush B) Richard Nixon C) Lyndon Johnsons D) Franklin Roosevelt E) Herbert Hoover Chapter 41 1) What prompted the first wave of heavy criticism and verbal abuse to be hurled at First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during the onset of the Clinton administration? A) Mrs. Clinton’s decision to run for the U.S. Senate in the state of New York B) Mrs. Clinton not publicly criticizing her husband’s sexual affairs C) Mrs. Clinton advocating too strongly for the role of women in the administration D) Mrs. Clinton developing an excessively complex health-care that was quickly dropped by Congress E) Mrs. Clinton claiming that the political problems that she and her husband encountered were the result of “a vast right-wing conspiracy” 2) Which of the following represented a significant political victory for President Clinton at the beginning of the Clinton administration? A) Congressional passage of the 1993 deficit-reduction bill B) An end to the ban on gays and lesbians in the military C) Congressional passage of health-care reform D) Congressional approval of a campaign finance reform bill E) Congressional passage of middle-class tax cut 3) Which of the following events is most indicative of a deep dissatisfaction with the government? A) The bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City B) Appointing the second woman to the Supreme Court C) Republicans creating the Contract with America D) Repealing term limits for federal officials E) Federal agents storming the Branch Davidian compound in Waco 4) Which of the following political decisions by President Clinton aroused the hostility and ire of many liberals in his own party? A) President Clinton’s signature of the welfare reform bill that included work requirements and time limits for welfare benefits B) President Clinton’s appointment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the U.S. Supreme Court C) President Clinton signing a bill to restrict teenagers’ access to abortion D) President Clinton’s support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico E) President Clinton’s decision to put his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton in charge of health-care reform 5) A 6) E 7) C 8) C 9) A 10) E 11) E 12) A 13) B 14) A 15) C Chapter 42 1) D 2) C 3) C 4) E 5) E 6) C 7) E 8) B 9) C 10) C 11) E 12) B 13) D 14) C 15) D