Question 14 (1 point)By 1856, the Republican Party included individuals who had been, until rather

recently, members of each of the following political groups EXCEPT:

Question 14 options:

	northern Whigs.
	Free Soilers.
	Know-Nothings.
	antislavery Democrats.
	Federalists.

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Question 15 (1 point)

The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for:

Question 15 options:

	U.S. president in 1856.
	U.S. president in 1860.
	governor of Illinois in 1858.
	a congressional seat from Illinois in 1856.
	U.S. senator from Illinois in 1858.

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Question 16 (1 point)

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to:

Question 16 options:

	renominate President James Buchanan for a second term.
	protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them.
	impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision.
	endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory.
	immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states.

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Question 17 (1 point)

In the 1860 election, how many different presidential candidates won electoral votes?

Question 17 options:

	two
	three
	four
	five
	none, because the electoral college was suspended for that election.

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Question 18 (1 point)

In the presidential election of 1860, the two candidates who received the most votes in the southern states were:

Question 18 options:

	John Breckinridge and John Bell.
	Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
	Abraham Lincoln and John Breckinridge.
	William Seward and John Bell.
	Roger Taney and Stephen Douglas.

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Question 19 (1 point)

Which of the following puts these events in the proper chronological order, from first to last?
I. Virginia seceded from the Union.
II. Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
III. Confederate States of America formed.
IV. South Carolina seceded from the Union.

Question 19 options:

	IV, I, III, II
	III, I, IV, II
	II, I, III, IV
	I, II, III, IV
	II, IV, III, I

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Question 20 (1 point)

What disagreements existed between McClellan, the commander of the Army of the Potomac, and president Abraham Lincoln?

Question 20 options:

	McClellan was overeager and reckless with his attacks on the Confederate troops.
	Lincoln was not acting like a commander-in-chief.
	McClellan did not receive enough troops.
	Lincoln was jealous of McClellan’s presidential ambitions.
	Lincoln thought the general was not using his manpower advantage.

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Question 21 (1 point)

Besides preserving the Union, how else has Lincoln’s legacy lived on in today’s America?

Question 21 options:

	Through executive order he gave ex-slaves the right to vote.
	He brought harmony between the races.
	He created the blueprint that rebuilt the South economically.
	He encouraged African-Americans to convert to Christianity.
	He overcame regional differences to build a new nation-state.

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Question 22 (1 point)

By analyzing the New York City draft riots, what can be determined about the Civil War?

Question 22 options:

	The draft was efficient in signing up soldiers.
	The German immigrants were unhappiest about the war.
	The riots helped bring an end to the Civil War.
	The Civil War was a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight.
	Opposition to the war only existed in the North.

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Question 23 (1 point)

Why was Vicksburg essential?

Question 23 options:

	Capturing the city allowed the Union to control the entire Mississippi River.
	Stonewall Jackson lost his life here.
	It served as a gateway to the Appalachian Mountains.
	Before the Civil War, the port in this city had shipped more cotton than any other.
	It guarded the Gulf of Mexico.

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Question 24 (1 point)

The example of German immigrant Marcus Spiegel demonstrated that:

Question 24 options:

	freedom motivated the immigration of Irish immigrants, but German immigrants of the mid-nineteenth century came to the United States in pursuit of economic success.
	the significant Jewish population in the United States was ambivalent about the issues that caused the Civil War.
	the views of average Americans evolved considerably during the course of the Civil War.
	Democrats were unwilling to go to war with a Republican president in the White House.
	while Jews were few in number, their role at the Battle of Gettysburg made military heroes of many of them.

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Question 25 (1 point)

At Antietam:

Question 25 options:

	General Lee was successful and pushed north into Pennsylvania.
	General McClellan surrendered his troops.
	the nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history.
	the Union’s river fleet proved crucial to the outcome.
	Lincoln announced the Thirteenth Amendment.

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Question 26 (1 point)

When did Great Britain abolish slavery in its empire?

Question 26 options:

	1790s
	1810s
	1830s
	1850s
	1870s

 

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