// question: 1479 name: At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy benefited from its ::At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy benefited from its::At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy benefited from its{ ~loyal slaves, many of whom were recruited as soldiers.#Incorrect ~friendly relations with European countries that gave money and supplies to the "new nation."#Incorrect ~calm and reasonable leaders who created sympathy for "the cause" among Northern conservatives.#Incorrect =rural traditions of hunting and riding that prepared its population for military activities.#Correct ~large numbers of factories.#Incorrect } // question: 1464 name: One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was ::One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was::One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was{ ~poor training and inexperience of the troops.#Incorrect ~inadequate supplies and war materials.#Incorrect ~resistance to the draft.#Incorrect ~Lincoln's hesitancy in pressing the war effort.#Incorrect =McClellan's reluctance to fight.#Correct } // question: 1475 name: South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter when ::South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter when::South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter when{ ~the Union navy blockaded Charleston Harbor.#Incorrect =Lincoln announced his plan to peacefully resupply the fort.#Correct ~soldiers from the fort fired on local fishermen.#Incorrect ~Secretary of War Edwin Stanton declared the seceded state "in rebellion."#Incorrect ~southern sympathizers were executed in the North.#Incorrect } // question: 1496 name: The Confederate economy suffered from ::The Confederate economy suffered from::The Confederate economy suffered from{ =extremely high rates of inflation.#Correct ~severe deflation.#Incorrect ~exorbitant income taxes.#Incorrect ~overproduction.#Incorrect ~high import duties.#Incorrect } // question: 1461 name: The essence of "King Cotton Diplomacy" was to ::The essence of "King Cotton Diplomacy" was to::The essence of "King Cotton Diplomacy" was to{ ~cut off the supply of cotton to the North and to force Lincoln to the bargaining table.#Incorrect =cut off the supply of cotton to England and gain British recognition of the Confederacy.#Correct ~sell Southern cotton abroad and use it for collateral for loans to purchase war materials.#Incorrect ~use the lure of cotton exports to win support from France.#Incorrect ~reopen the African slave trade and increase cotton production.#Incorrect } // question: 1572 name: All except which of the following were results of the Civil War? ::All except which of the following were results of the Civil War?::All except which of the following were results of the Civil War?{ ~Slavery was abolished.#Incorrect ~The concept of secession was discredited.#Incorrect ~Power in national politics was transferred from the South to the North.#Incorrect =The states' rights philosophy was upheld.#Correct ~The South was left impoverished.#Incorrect } // question: 1541 name: The Emancipation Proclamation ::The Emancipation Proclamation::The Emancipation Proclamation{ ~ended slavery in the border states.#Incorrect ~officially ended slavery in the United States.#Incorrect =ended slavery in areas in rebellion.#Correct ~ended slavery in Confederate states under Union occupation.#Incorrect ~ended slavery only in national territories.#Incorrect } // question: 1545 name: The race riots of the summer of 1863 were a result of ::The race riots of the summer of 1863 were a result of::The race riots of the summer of 1863 were a result of{ ~the Emancipation Proclamation.#Incorrect =the draft.#Correct ~Confederate victories at Chancellorsville.#Incorrect ~decreasing support for Lincoln.#Incorrect ~black migration from the South.#Incorrect } // question: 1539 name: The single bloodiest day in American history took place at what Maryland battlefield? ::The single bloodiest day in American history took place at what Maryland battlefield?::The single bloodiest day in American history took place at what Maryland battlefield?{ ~Shiloh#Incorrect ~Wilderness#Incorrect =Antietam#Correct ~Chancellorsville#Incorrect ~Fort Sumter#Incorrect } // question: 1549 name: The Thirteenth Amendment ::The Thirteenth Amendment::The Thirteenth Amendment{ ~gave citizenship to freed slaves.#Incorrect =ended slavery.#Correct ~took the vote away from Confederate officials.#Incorrect ~outlawed segregation.#Incorrect ~gave women the vote.#Incorrect } // question: 1633 name: All of the following statements regarding the Fifteenth Amendment are true except it ::All of the following statements regarding the Fifteenth Amendment are true except it::All of the following statements regarding the Fifteenth Amendment are true except it{ ~prohibited states from denying the right to vote on grounds of race or color.#Incorrect =was popular among northern women.#Correct ~encountered much resistance in the white South.#Incorrect ~was part of the congressional reconstruction plan.#Incorrect ~was required by Congress that southern states ratify it.#Incorrect } // question: 1661 name: The Compromise of 1877 signified ::The Compromise of 1877 signified::The Compromise of 1877 signified{ ~a renewal of federal support for the civil rights of all Americans.#Incorrect =the end of Reconstruction.#Correct ~the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.#Incorrect ~the decline of Democratic Party control of Congress.#Incorrect ~the end of the spoils system.#Incorrect } // question: 1659 name: The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to ::The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to::The primary purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to{ =prevent blacks from voting.#Correct ~revive slavery.#Incorrect ~kill blacks.#Incorrect ~destroy the Democratic Party.#Incorrect ~force the withdrawal of federal troop from the South.#Incorrect } // question: 1671 name: The majority of southern Republican voters were ::The majority of southern Republican voters were::The majority of southern Republican voters were{ ~wealthy planters.#Incorrect ~poor whites.#Incorrect =blacks.#Correct ~women.#Incorrect ~Native Americans.#Incorrect } // question: 1650 name: Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system? ::Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?::Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?{ ~Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery.#Incorrect =The new system of sharecropping evolved.#Correct ~Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers.#Incorrect ~Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters.#Incorrect ~The economy quickly recovered from the ravishes of war.#Incorrect } // question: 1732 name: By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians ::By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians::By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians{ ~were rapidly adapting to a capitalist, agrarian lifestyle.#Incorrect ~had achieved full U.S. citizenship and equal rights.#Incorrect =were reduced to lives of poverty, depression, and alcoholism.#Correct ~were profiting from the discovery of oil on their ancestral lands.#Incorrect ~were working in large numbers for the mining industry.#Incorrect } // question: 1727 name: In the mining frontier, ::In the mining frontier,::In the mining frontier,{ =the largest and most profitable mines were owned by large mining corporations.#Correct ~small independent miners controlled production and set prices.#Incorrect ~labor/management relations were peaceful due to high pay and industry profits.#Incorrect ~environmental concerns prevented the use of wasteful and destructive technologies.#Incorrect ~Native Americans supplied most of the labor force.#Incorrect } // question: 1758 name: Open-range grazing declined in the West because ::Open-range grazing declined in the West because::Open-range grazing declined in the West because{ ~the range had become overstocked.#Incorrect ~record cold killed thousands of free range cattle.#Incorrect ~scientific breeding proved more profitable.#Incorrect ~ranchers began fencing their land.#Incorrect =all of the above.#Correct } // question: 1733 name: The Dawes Severalty Act ::The Dawes Severalty Act::The Dawes Severalty Act{ ~protected tribal ownership of land and separate nation status.#Incorrect =offered each Indian head of family 160 acres of farmland or 320 acres of grazing land.#Correct ~resulted in the addition of millions of acres to tribal holdings.#Incorrect ~only affected the five "civilized tribes."#Incorrect ~led to the revival of traditional cultures.#Incorrect } // question: 1717 name: The last battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians, often recognized symbolically as the death of Plains Indian culture, was fought at ::The last battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians, often recognized symbolically as the death of Plains Indian culture, was fought at::The last battle between the U.S. Army and American Indians, often recognized symbolically as the death of Plains Indian culture, was fought at{ ~Little Big Horn.#Incorrect ~Sand Creek.#Incorrect =Wounded Knee.#Correct ~Big Creek.#Incorrect ~Pine Ridge.#Incorrect } // question: 1822 name: During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act ::During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act::During the nineteenth century, the Sherman Antitrust Act{ ~successfully dissolved the ten largest corporations in the United States.#Incorrect ~was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.#Incorrect ~was never used at all.#Incorrect =was used by big business to break up unions and strikes.#Correct ~failed to pass either house of congress.#Incorrect } // question: 1840 name: In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was ::In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was::In comparison to other industrial nations, by 1890 the United States was{ ~just entering the industrial revolution phase of development.#Incorrect ~less productive than the three major powers.#Incorrect =the world leader in manufacturing output.#Correct ~still basically an agricultural society.#Incorrect ~unable to compete because of high labor costs.#Incorrect } // question: 1836 name: The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported ::The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported::The Greenback and "free silver" movements supported{ ~a sound money policy to strengthen the dollar on the international market.#Incorrect ~the complete reorganization of the U.S. banking system.#Incorrect ~a free enterprise approach to establishing interest rates.#Incorrect =increasing the amount of currency in circulation.#Correct ~overthrowing the U.S. government.#Incorrect } // question: 1839 name: The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because ::The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because::The Pullman strike (1894) was significant because{ =President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops to break the strike.#Correct ~the U.S. attorney general used a federal injunction against the railroads.#Incorrect ~the Pullman Company compromised with the unions in order to prevent violence.#Incorrect ~the strike leaders were honored in the national capitol.#Incorrect ~all of the above#Incorrect } // question: 1809 name: Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest? ::Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?::Which union was hurt irrevocably by the Haymarket Square protest?{ ~Congress of Industrial Organizations#Incorrect ~National Labor Union#Incorrect ~Industrial Workers of the World#Incorrect ~American Federation of Labor#Incorrect =Knights of Labor#Correct }