Unit 4 Questions

Question 1

Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic sentiment gave rise to which party

Answer 1

“Know Nothing” party

Question 2

In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared what?

Answer 2

Enslaved people were not US citizens

Question 3

Which state was the first to secede?

Answer 3

South Carolina

Question 4

What did the members of Young America believe/support

Answer 4

“ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values”

Question 5

Which state was formed when it seceded from the Confederacy?

Answer 5

West Virginia

Question 6

Before the first battle of the Civil War, most people on both sides assumed what?

Answer 6

War should be over by Christmas, each thought their side would easily win

Question 7

What happened to John Wiles Booth

Answer 7

Shot by soldier, died 3 hours later

Question 8

What was an early success of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 8

Education

Question 9

President Johnson’s view on African Americans

Answer 9

Favored rights of blacks to vote

Question 10

What were the goals for radical Republicans in Reconstruction

Answer 10

Abolition of slavery (and right to vote), prevent confederate leaders from returning to power, wanted strong republican party

Question 11

How did the Redeemers portray themselves?

Answer 11

Superior (white supremacists), saviors of south

Question 12

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, how did the Supreme Court interpret Reconstruction constitutional amendments and laws

Answer 12

Interpreted them in ways detrimental to black people

Question 13

In the two decades following reconstruction, what was the impact of the United States Supreme Court’s decision on African Americans?

Answer 13

14th & 15th amendments didn’t apply to African Americans

Question 14

William Henry Harrison

Answer 14

Whig 1841

Question 15

John Tyler

Answer 15

Whig 1841

Question 16

James K. Polk

Answer 16

Democrat 1845

Question 17

Zachary Taylor

Answer 17

Whig 1849

Question 18

Millard Fillmore

Answer 18

Whig 1850

Question 19

Franklin Pierce

Answer 19

Democrat 1853

Question 20

James Buchanan

Answer 20

Democrat 1857

Question 21

Abe Lincoln

Answer 21

Republican 1861

Question 22

Andrew Johnson

Answer 22

National Union 1865

Question 23

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 23

Republican 1869

Question 24

Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 24

Republican 1877

Question 25

James A. Garfield

Answer 25

Republican 1881

Question 26

Oregon Trail

Answer 26

Point of Origin- Independence MO
Destination- Oregon
Causes of death- Starvation, Injury, Sickness, Hypothermia

Question 27

How did Westerners promote industrialization in the East?

Answer 27

By providing food for the growing work force

Question 28

Before 1850, which of the following groups was the dominant power in the north and central Great Plains?

Answer 28

Warrior hunters of the Sioux tribe

Question 29

What was the premise of Manifest Destiny?

Answer 29

Expand White Christian settlements, get rid of minorities and others

Question 30

Who did President Linoln name as commander of all Union forces in March 1864?

Answer 30

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 31

By the 1840’s over have of America’s exports was derived from what crop?

Answer 31

Slave-grown Cotton

Question 32

The greatest cause of the 5000 deaths on the Oregon trail was what?

Answer 32

Disease

Question 33

What pattern in the location of slavery occurred in the period of 1790-1860

Answer 33

Large movement from south Atlantic to old southwest

Question 34

Why did the Mexican government invite American settlers into Texas?

Answer 34

To help control the region

Question 35

What effect did the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on many northern white people?

Answer 35

Moved them to want to help northern war effort

Question 36

What flaw existed in the Confederacy’s strategy for victory?

Answer 36

They were too small compared to North, did not possess enough resources