APUSH Final Exam
at the beginning of the Civil War, Southerners expressed the following (3) expectations -
ANS-1. the materialism of the North would prevent Northerners from fighting an
idealistic war
2. Great Britain would intervene on the side of the South in order to preserve its source
of cotton
3. the justice of the South's cause would prevail
"Let Southern oppressors tremble... I shall strenuously contend for immediate
enfranchisement [rights of citizenship]... I will be as harsh as truth and as
uncompromising as justice."
the author of this statement was: - ANS-William Lloyd Garrison
How did Great Britain and France respond to the American Civil War? - ANS-They saw
advantages in a divided Union, but pursued cautious policies towards both sides
In the election of 1860, the Republican Party advocated: - ANS-Prevention the
extension of slavery in the territories
The North's advantages over the South at the outbreak of the Civil War included (3): -
ANS-1. An already established government
2. A more extensive railroad network
3. Naval supremacy
The Kansas-Nebraska Act profoundly influenced the national discussion of slavery by: -
ANS-Repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
John Brown first came to the attention of the American public when he: - ANS-Murdered
pro-slavery settlers in Kansas
True of False?
Most Southern families had slaves - ANS-False
In the Supreme Court Dred-Scott decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that: -
ANS-Congress had acted beyond its power in limiting slavery in the Missouri
Compromise
, In the Election of 1856, which issue would have been most prominent for the American
Party? - ANS-Limiting the number of immigrants to the United States
One threatening problem for the Union from 1861 to 1863 was: - ANS-Possible British
recognition of the Confederacy
One of the outcomes of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 was: - ANS-Douglas'
position regarding states voting to outlaw slavery superseding any federal laws or
Supreme Court decisions would doom his presidential campaign two years later
Each of the presidential candidates in the Election of 1856 could claim: - ANS-No
involvement in the Kansas-Nebraska debate
In the Election of 1860, Lincoln was a ________ president. - ANS-minority
Virginia and Arkansas did not secede form the Union until April 15, 1861 because: -
ANS-Lincoln called for volunteers for the army
"The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and
places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond
what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force
against or among the people anywhere."
This was said by who in March 1861? - ANS-Abraham Lincoln
Some reasons (4) that Great Britain would remain uninvolved in the US Civil War were:
- ANS-1. The common man in Britain was supportive of the North
2. Britain used southern cotton but in 1861 had a large surplus that kept their cloth
factories running
3. Cotton was available from alternate sources, such as Egypt
4. They relied on Northern grain as much or more than southern cotton
In the Peninsula Campaign, McClellan did not take Richmond because: - ANS-the
combination of strong Confederate attacks and lack of Union reinforcements forced him
to retreat away from the city
The battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor heralded: - ANS-the end of wooden
naval ships
The Emancipation Proclamation had the following effects (3): - ANS-1. it led to almost
200,000 black soldiers enlisting in the Union Army
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