US HISTORY 1-UNIT 4-MILESTONE 4_Questions & Answers (Fall 2020)

US HISTORY 1-UNIT 4-MILESTONE 4 1 Why did the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots emphasize that Peter Heuston's "wife died about three weeks before the riots, leaving with her husband an only child... aged eight years"? • They wanted rioters to take responsibility for the damage they caused by raising the children who were orphans because of the riots. • They wanted people to realize that racial minorities were already victims of oppression before the riots began. • They wanted to show that Native Americans were subject to the same kinds of treatment as African Americans. • They wanted to show the pain the rioters caused for the now-orphaned child, who had only recently lost her mother. CONCEPT Perspectives on Emancipation 2 Which statement about the Wade-Davis Bill is true? • It guaranteed former slaves equality before the law. • It gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race. • It was relatively lenient, allowing states to rejoin the Union without majority consent. • It was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War. CONCEPT The End of the War 3 Which of the following methods used by slaveowners to subdue their slaves was most common? • Balls and chains • Lashings • Splitting families • Forced unions CONCEPT The Slave Experience 4 Which of the following statements best represents Abraham Lincoln's experience of and views on slavery prior to the Civil War? • “Only with the proper regulations in place can this country permanently endure as half slave and half free.” • "There are southerners who recognize that slavery is immoral, otherwise why are there so many who have been freed?" • "Once slavery is abolished, the fight for full equality can move forward and transform our nation." • "The people of each state must decide for themselves to do the right thing and abolish slavery." CONCEPT Think About It: Was Lincoln an Abolitionist? 5 Which of the following was an advantage for the Union in the Civil War? • More developed infrastructure • Easy victories in Richmond and Vicksburg • A relatively simple mission • The South's refusal to institute a draft CONCEPT The Civil War 6 Which of the following supported the criticisms of Presidential Reconstruction by Radical Republicans in Congress? • Southerners elected former Confederate officials to Congress. • All men were given the right to vote, regardless of skin color. • Southern states ratified the 13th Amendment. • Southern states refused to abide by the terms of Presidential Reconstruction. CONCEPT Reconstructing the South 7 Which of the following events resulted in total war against the Plains Indians by the U.S. Army? • The Homestead Act • The Battle of Little Bighorn • The Sand Creek Massacre • The Treaty of Fort Laramie CONCEPT Towards a Greater Reconstruction 8 Consider the following statement: "A woman can best support the nation by cultivating virtue within her household." Which of the following principles or movements would the speaker most likely support? • Republican Motherhood • The Abolitionist Movement • The Underground Railroad • The Seneca Falls Convention CONCEPT Women's Activism in the Early 19th Century 9 Which element of Manifest Destiny is reflected in the following statement? "Westward expansion will help solidify the economy and the United States as a nation." • Divine mission • Republicanism • Safety valve • White supremacy CONCEPT Manifest Destiny 10 Which statement best reflects the mission of the American Colonization Society? • "We protest against the racial inequality of all African Americans, whether they be free or slave." • “We demand an immediate end to slavery as it is a moral sin and a stain on our nation.” • "We support the containment of slavery to the South and the eventual triumph of our economic system." • “The goal of our movement is to return freed slaves to their African homeland.” CONCEPT The Abolitionist Movement 11 Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850 that appealed to southerners? • Establishment of a southern presidency • Admission of California into the Union as a slave state • Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. • Enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act CONCEPT The Compromise of 1850 12 Choose the combination of words that correctly completes this sentence: "In 1856, the caning of ________ in the Senate chamber, in response to his antislavery speech, deepened sectional divisions that, two years earlier, led to the creation of a new political coalition called the ________." • Preston Brooks; Free-Soil Party • James Buchanan; Whig Party • Charles Sumner; Republican Party • Stephen A. Douglas; Democratic Party CONCEPT A House Divided: Crises of the 1850s 13 Many thought that, by ending the United States's participation in the international slave trade, slavery would gradually diminish. Why did slavery nonetheless continue to flourish in the South? • Slaves in the U.S. had comparatively high birth rates and low mortality rates, leading to natural increase. • As slavery diminished in the North, slaveowners flooded the South with slaves they hoped to sell while they still could. • Southern states nullified the federal laws against the international slave trade and continued to import slaves. • Members of the Cherokee Nation who were exempt from U.S. law continued to import and sell slaves on their land. CONCEPT Slavery in the United States in the 19th Century 14 Which of the following justifications did southern states give for secession? • Abraham Lincoln had emancipated all slaves, which southerners saw as unjust seizure of property. • The North had encouraged slaves to vote for Abraham Lincoln. • The southern states wanted a stronger national government that represented their own interests. • Southerners were unjustly deprived of property rights by restrictions on where slaves could be owned. CONCEPT The Election of 1860 and Secession 15 Which of the following groups sought to destroy vehicles of black political organization during Reconstruction? • Republican Party • U.S. Army • Union Leagues • Knights of the White Camelia CONCEPT The Collapse of the Reconstruction