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1
As described in "America's First Immigrants," the boldest new proposal among the ideas being suggested about the peopling of the Americas is the idea that:
A)Clovis people migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait.
B)the first people in America came from Europe.
C)the first Americans walked here over a million years ago.
D)Indians are indigenous to North America.
2
As reported in "America's First Immigrants," finds at the Gault site suggest that Clovis people:
A)subsisted largely on mammoth.
B)created no permanent settlements.
C)were entirely nomadic.
D)had tools for gathering plants.
3
As noted in "America's First Immigrants," new research suggests that Clovis people were responsible for the extinction of most of the large fauna such as giant beavers and mastodons of North America.
A)True
B)False
4
As discussed in "1491," environmentalists dislike the theory that Native Americans were once altering the Amazon rain forest's landscape to suit their needs as the keystone species because:
A)environmentalists are no longer guided by the pristine myth.
B)it has been largely proven that Native Americans were not a keystone species.
C)crediting ancient peoples with such endeavors would allow modern governments to do as they see fit with the Amazon.
D)there is little solid evidence that the Native Americans cultivated the Amazon rain forest.
5
As put forward by "1491," colonists were able to settle in New England without serious opposition from the natives because:
A)the Puritans made fair treaties with the natives, which they honored.
B)diseases brought by Europeans had decimated native populations in coastal New England.
C)early traders had paved the way by making contacts with Native Americans.
D)the colonials purchased the lands they settled from the Indians.
6
As cited in "1491," author Henry F. Dobyns estimated that in 1491 there were more people living in North America than in Europe.
A)True
B)False
7
The author of “How Cruel Were the Spaniards?” concludes that Spain, in relation to the American Indian:
A)owe incalculable recompense to the Indian peoples of the Americas.
B)need offer no apology to any other people or nation.
C)sent the conquistadors to eliminate the Indian populations.
D)believed that the Indians were ignorant pagans who did not appreciate their wealth.
8
As explained in “How Cruel Were the Spaniards?”, the conquistadors came to the New World in search of:
A)a sea route to Asia.
B)the Holy Grail.
C)African slaves.
D)wealth and Indian labor.
9
As related in “How Cruel Were the Spaniards?”, in California, the Franciscans supported the rights of Indians when they conflicted with demands of Spanish settlers.
A)True
B)False
10
In the New World, as pointed out in “America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800,” the most important colonies from the European perspective were likely the:
A)13 colonies that eventually began the American Revolution.
B)settlements established to facilitate trade with China.
C)Spanish missionary colonies of what is now Latin America.
D)sugar islands of the West Indies.
11
According to “America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800,” the two categories of goods that stand out as being most responsible for the continuing flow of capital, labor, and military services across the Atlantic are groceries and:
A)lumber.
B)silver.
C)cotton.
D)alcohol.
12
Initially, as pointed out in “America, the Atlantic, and Global Consumer Demand, 1500-1800,” western European governments did not encourage the consumption and trade in grocery items.
A)True
B)False
13
According to records left behind by the first settlers at Jamestown, as cited in “The Birth of America,” during their first year in Virginia the greatest number of settlers died from:
A)famine.
B)Indian attack.
C)disease.
D)crimes committed within the settlement community.
14
The hemisphere that includes the Americas, as described in “The Birth of America,” prior to the seventeenth century was dominated by:
A)England.
B)France.
C)Portugal.
D)Spain.
15
Most of the first colonists to set out for the settlement that would become Jamestown, as noted in “The Birth of America,” were able to thrive and become prosperous, as they avoided some of the problems encountered by latter arrivals.
A)True
B)False
16
The first African slaves brought to the Jamestown colony, as explained in “The Root of the Problem,” were from what is now:
A)Liberia.
B)Nigeria.
C)Angola.
D)Ivory Coast.
17
Until the mid-seventeenth century, as presented in “The Root of the Problem,” the elite, white settlers were committed to indentured white servitude to make up the bulk of the labor force, rather than African slaves because:
A)indentured servants were less expensive.
B)indentured servants were already Christians.
C)they believed that African slaves were more likely to be violent than indentured whites.
D)there were few ships and traders available to capture and transport African slaves.
18
In the early years of the Jamestown settlement, as pointed out in “The Root of the Problem,” white indentured servants and African slaves worked together and endured similar hardships and treatment.
A)True
B)False
19
Conclusions about belief in witchcraft in New England and elsewhere, as reached in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," include that such belief was:
A)strengthened by the providential air the Puritans gave their enterprise.
B)peculiar to New England.
C)seen as disruptive to societal order.
D)not present among Roman Catholics.
20
As discussed in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," Giles Corey was executed for:
A)being a warlock.
B)shielding his wife from the prosecutor.
C)refusing to stand trial for witchcraft.
D)teaching witchcraft to his daughter.
21
As noted in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," Governor Hutchinson held in his writings that from its founding Massachusetts had been obsessed with hanging witches.
A)True
B)False
22
The religious contest between Puritans and Indians, as asserted in “American Indians, Witchcraft, and Witch-Hunting,” was primarily one of:
A)a stronger god against weaker ones.
B)modernity against primitivism.
C)reason versus revelation or superstition.
D)formal laws against customs.
23
In the Iroquois language, as explained in “American Indians, Witchcraft, and Witch-Hunting,” agotkon was the:
A)antidote to witchcraft.
B)animal that witches kept near them to increase their powers.
C)target of a witch’s malevolence.
D)evil power that witches personified.
24
Witchcraft, as noted in “American Indians, Witchcraft, and Witch-Hunting,” only became an integral part of Native Americans’ worldview with the arrival of European settlers.
A)True
B)False
25
Characteristics of northern slavery, as outlined in “Slavery in the North,” included all of the following except that:
A)the proportion of slaves to whites was about the same as in the South.
B)most slave masters owned only one or two slaves.
C)life was hard and unforgiving.
D)slaves were a very small minority of the population.
26
As stated in “Slavery in the North,” historians’ findings about African American life in the North:
A)depend on hard evidence and meticulous local records.
B)have little value within the overall mosaic of American slavery.
C)have become increasingly important in recent years.
D)vary radically from state to state.
27
As presented in “Slavery in the North,” compared to the antebellum South, there is a cornucopia of evidence available to those investigating northern slavery.
A)True
B)False
28
According to "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" the event that brought about a fundamental change in Indian-white relations in California was:
A)redeployment of soldiers to the Civil War.
B)mass immigration of Chinese.
C)discovery of gold.
D)the scarlet fever epidemic.
29
As noted in "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" the most lethal of the pathogens introduced by the Europeans to the Indians was:
A)small pox.
B)diphtheria.
C)bubonic plague.
D)influenza.
30
As stated in "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" biological warfare was waged against Native Americans on multiple occasions by the U.S. government.
A)True
B)False
31
In return for loyal service to the British during the American Revolution, as explained in “Dirty Little Secret,” escaped slaves and indentured servants were promised their freedom and:
A)passage back to Africa.
B)40 acres of land.
C)British citizenship.
D)training in a trade of their choosing.
32
A common tactic used by escaped slaves to avoid identification and capture, as noted in “Dirty Little Secret,” was for them to:
A)disguise their appearance.
B)settle with an Indian tribe.
C)change their names.
D)flee to Canada.
33
Most of the former slaves freed by the British, as reported in “Dirty Little Secret,” were able to successfully farm the land they were given and were no longer obligated to work for whites.
A)True
B)False
34
In discussing Paul Revere, the author of "Midnight Riders" notes that Revere:
A)was a dependable messenger.
B)never served in the colonial army.
C)was not a member of the Sons of Liberty.
D)was unknown to the British.
35
As pointed out in "Midnight Riders," the Boston Tea Party:
A)was a noisy melee.
B)caused significant damage to several ships in Boston Harbor.
C)was opposed by John Adams.
D)was condemned by Benjamin Franklin.
36
According to "Midnight Riders," the legislative measures called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists resulted in demonstrations in all major American cities.
A)True
B)False
37
John Jay and John Rutledge, as described in “God and the Founders,” originally objected to opening the Continental Congress with a prayer, as this would:
A)emphasize the religious foundation of the new government they were establishing.
B)open some of the members to charges that they were atheists.
C)highlight the differences in religious sentiments among the Founders.
D)distract the participants from their true purpose in meeting.
38
The religious right’s conviction that the United States is a “Christian nation” and can return to its original Christian values, as described in “God and the Founders,” is largely based on:
A)historical precedent.
B)wishful thinking.
C)distorted mythologizing.
D)the expressed views of a minority of Founders.
39
After considerable debate, as mentioned in “God and the Founders,” the members of the Continental Congress decided against opening their session with a prayer.
A)True
B)False
40
As reported in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," the action on the part of the British government that convinced many colonists that Britain was bent on the absolute conquest of North America was:
A)rejection of the Olive Branch Petition.
B)defeat of the Continental Army at Concord.
C)hiring of foreign mercenaries.
D)appointment of commissioners under the Prohibitory Act.
41
As noted in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," during the Second Continental Congress, sentiment for severing ties with England was only strong in New England and:
A)South Carolina.
B)Georgia.
C)Delaware.
D)Virginia.
42
As stated in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," John Adams was considered an authority in the Continental Congress on diplomacy and political theory.
A)True
B)False
43
George Washington, as explained in “A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776,” was particularly anxious for the Continental Congress to declare a newly independent government:
A)in order to legitimate his military campaign.
B)to provide an end goal for the war.
C)as a rallying cry for the troops.
D)in order to raise funds for the troops.
44
Some members of the Continental Congress, as noted in “A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776,” were opposed to a formal declaration of independence because they:
A)wanted more time to decide the exact structure of the new government.
B)were concerned that it would give the British too much warning of their intentions.
C)thought some of the states could become nations in themselves.
D)did not trust some members of the Congress to follow through with their promises.
45
The United States, as pointed out in “A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776,” did not officially declare independence from Britain until two weeks after July 4.
A)True
B)False
46
As presented in “Washington Takes Charge,” the siege of Boston ended with the:
A)defeat of the Americans.
B)bloody defeat of the British infantry.
C)temporary disbanding of the American forces.
D)British sailing away to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
47
According to “Washington Takes Charge,” what set Washington apart from his peers was his:
A)judgment.
B)willingness to compromise.
C)ability to identify with the common soldier.
D)superior military knowledge and experience.
48
As noted in “Washington Takes Charge,” the siege of Boston from June 1775 to March 1776 marked Washington’s debut as commander in chief.
A)True
B)False
49
As reported in "Winter of Discontent," historian John Ferling contends that the moment George Washington captured the imagination of the American people was when he:
A)defeated the British at Trenton.
B)caused the British to withdraw from Boston.
C)wintered at Valley Forge with his men.
D)won a victory at Brandywine Creek.
50
As noted in "Winter of Discontent," as a result of the victory at Saratoga:
A)Horatio Gates temporarily replaced Washington as the head of the army.
B)the Continental Congress disbanded the Board of War.
C)foreign officers were removed from leadership positions in the army.
D)the French were induced to come into the war.
51
As stated in "Winter of Discontent," one out of every four soldiers who wintered at Valley Forge died there.
A)True
B)False
52
New York City, as reported in “Evacuation Day,” has the distinction of being the American city:
A)that served the longest length of time as the capital of the United States.
B)that has played host to both the Continental Army and the British Army.
C)held by a foreign country for the longest time.
D)so well-respected by the British that they did not attempt to destroy it when forced out.
53
The defeat of the British at Saratoga, as explained in “Evacuation Day,” was a turning point in the war in that it:
A)convinced the French to join the fighting as an American ally.
B)led to large numbers of young men joining the Continental Army.
C)encouraged wealthy land owners to donate funds to the Continental Army.
D)established George Washington as a skillful leader.
54
British troops, as described in “Evacuation Day,” left New York City only six months prior to the end of armed hostilities in North America.
A)True
B)False
55
Mason ultimately refused to sign the U.S. Constitution, as explained in “The Necessity of Refusing My Signature,” because it:
A)did not abolish slavery.
B)allowed for direct election of the House of Representatives.
C)did not limit the length of time a president could serve in office.
D)lacked a bill of rights.
56
In his speeches at the Constitutional Convention, as put forth in “The Necessity of Refusing My Signature,” George Mason was a key voice in support of all of the following except:
A)popular government.
B)income taxation.
C)the need for a restrained executive.
D)the compromise reached to address the relative power of the large and small states.
57
George Mason, as described in “The Necessity of Refusing My Signature,” frequently attended political gatherings throughout the colonies prior to the Constitutional Convention.
A)True
B)False
58
A large part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s death, as reported in “Remembering Martha,” was devoted to:
A)his military prowess.
B)his time in New York City as the new capital of the nation.
C)ongoing conflicts with Native Americans.
D)trying to reinvigorate his tarnished image as a great president.
59
One of the key reasons why Washington’s image may have been tarnished in recent decades, as maintained in “Remembering Martha,” is that the first president:
A)made a financially advantageous marriage.
B)owned a great number of slaves.
C)was unwilling to take on the social duties expected of him.
D)died at a very young age.
60
According to “Remembering Martha,” the public generally regards George Washington as a distant, aloof figure.
A)True
B)False
61
According to "The Best of Enemies," in Alexander Hamilton's view, the supreme threat to liberty arose from:
A)a conservative reading of the Constitution.
B)insufficient government power.
C)concentration of property.
D)spread of slavery.
62
As stated in "The Best of Enemies," characteristics shared by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton included:
A)questionable financial dealings.
B)scrupulous fidelity in marriage.
C)potent hedonism.
D)lack of personal ambition.
63
As pointed out in "The Best of Enemies," both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disliked all things British
A)True
B)False
64
In discussing the Alien and Sedition Acts, the author of "Cliffhanger" notes that:
A)Republicans saw the legislation as a necessity in time of crisis.
B)the laws did not attempt to control what was spoken, only what was printed.
C)Jefferson saw them as a violation of the Bill of Rights.
D)both Republicans and Federalists supported them.
65
As noted in "Cliffhanger," the candidate who was the popular choice for president in 1800 was:
A)Charles Pinckney.
B)John Adams.
C)Aaron Burr.
D)Thomas Jefferson.
66
As stated in "Cliffhanger," the presidential campaign of 1800 was largely played out in the print media.
A)True
B)False
67
Features of the American situation at the onset of the nineteenth century, as described in "The Revolution of 1803," included:
A)overcrowding in many parts of the nation.
B)skyrocketing real-estate prices.
C)deep divisions caused by partisan and sectional differences.
D)lack of any real threats from abroad.
68
As explained in "The Revolution of 1803," the French philosopher Montesquieu contended that:
A)republican government is best suited to large states.
B)a large state could only be sustained with a powerful central government.
C)republican governments inevitably lead to despotism.
D)the more states that existed in a country, the stronger local governments would be.
69
According to "The Revolution of 1803," news of the Louisiana Purchase was met in the United States with a generalized feeling of outrage.
A)True
B)False
70
According to “Saving New Orleans,” Jean Laffite considered himself a:
A)citizen of the world.
B)patriot helping the United States.
C)spy against the British.
D)simple ship captain.
71
As given in “Saving New Orleans,” Jean Laffite aided the American cause at the Battle of New Orleans with all of the following except:
A)munitions.
B)intelligence information about the British.
C)fighting men.
D)gold to pay the American troops.
72
As shown in “Saving New Orleans,” before the Battle of New Orleans, both American and British authorities wanted to arrest Laffite.
A)True
B)False
73
According to “Women in the Early Republic,” the period between 1790 and 1830 is generally glossed over in the field of U.S. women’s history because:
A)there is little documentation of happenings in this period.
B)the experiences of men and women in this period were very similar.
C)the periods before and after these decades were more eventful and easier to teach.
D)women’s history, as a distinct field, is still very new.
74
Women’s history topics covered beginning in the 1830s, as mentioned in “Women in the Early Republic,” include all of the following except:
A)Lowell mill workers.
B)the cult of domesticity.
C)female reformers and abolitionists.
D)female business owners.
75
In spite of the appeal of republican motherhood, as noted in “Women in the Early Republic,” there were almost no opportunities for girls to be educated in order to grow into the well-informed mothers the ideology advocated.
A)True
B)False
76
According to "African Americans in the Early Republic," more blacks fought on the side of the British than the colonists in the American Revolutionary War because:
A)they wanted to remain in the British Empire.
B)the British promised them freedom.
C)the British had outlawed slavery in England.
D)they wanted revenge for the enslavement of their people.
77
As reported in "African Americans in the Early Republic," free blacks who sought new lives:
A)were most likely to settle in rural communities.
B)tended to rely on white benevolence.
C)sought the isolation of the wilderness.
D)gathered especially in seaports.
78
As noted in "African Americans in the Early Republic," Thomas Jefferson was the first world leader to recognize the new government in Haiti in 1804.
A)True
B)False
79
The histories of the rise of the factory system in the United States that were written in the 1970s, as explained in “Liberty is Exploitation,” differed from most economic and business histories in that they focused on the concerns of:
A)consumers.
B)factory managers.
C)average workers.
D)distant investors.
80
The first to respond to Samuel Slater’s advertisements looking for apprentices for his factories, as presented in “Liberty is Exploitation,” were:
A)recent immigrants looking to learn a new trade.
B)poor-law officials who sent indigent boys.
C)young, unmarried women.
D)former slaves.
81
Until recently, as noted in “Liberty is Exploitation,” the rise of the factory system in the early American republic has received little interest from historians.
A)True
B)False
82
The Blackburns, as explained in “From Detroit to the Promised Land,” had lived for two years in Detroit after their escape from slavery in:
A)Georgia.
B)South Carolina.
C)Pennsylvania.
D)Kentucky.
83
Slaves in Kentucky, as described in “From Detroit to the Promised Land,” were often in fear of being sold because:
A)many Kentuckians were having second thoughts about slavery.
B)they would fetch a far higher price in the more southern states, where the work was much harder.
C)it would disrupt family patterns.
D)their new owners could treat them far more harshly.
84
According to Michigan law, as reported in “From Detroit to the Promised Land,” a black accused of being an escaped slave could testify on his or her own behalf against a white claimant.
A)True
B)False
85
As described in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," in the famous Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision the Supreme Court decided that Indian territory:
A)was a sovereign independent nation.
B)was part of the United States as domestic dependent nations and subject to the ruling of individual states.
C)had no legal basis as a sovereign territory and was thus subject to the rule of Georgia.
D)was part of the United States as domestic dependent nations independent from the state governments.
86
As detailed in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," John Ridge became convinced the Cherokee had no choice but to leave their lands because:
A)Georgia always defended illegal squatters by bringing in force.
B)President Jackson assured him that the federal government could not force Georgia to respect Cherokee territory.
C)John Ridge had no faith in the Cherokee chief, John Ross.
D)the Supreme Court had ruled against the Cherokee.
87
As addressed in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," President Jackson did not believe that John Ross had the legal authority to speak for the Cherokee.
A)True
B)False
88
As noted in "Storm Over Mexico," the positions taken by the movement called Young America included:
A)a consistent call for the abolition of slavery.
B)a belief in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny.
C)a fascination with all things British.
D)an opposition to the annexation of Texas.
89
As reported in "Storm Over Mexico," Professor Linda S. Hudson contends that Jane McManus:
A)was of dark complexion and may have been of Native American descent.
B)was poorly educated.
C)did not coin the phrase "Manifest Destiny."
D)only cared about Manifest Destiny because she thought she could profit from it.
90
As stated in "Storm Over Mexico," Jane McManus was cited in Aaron Burr's divorce.
A)True
B)False
91
As identified in "Free at Last," the center of the Underground Railroad was:
A)the Ohio River Valley.
B)upstate New York.
C)rural Massachusetts.
D)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
92
As discussed in "Free at Last," the 1850 Fugitive Slave law:
A)did not apply in states that had outlawed slavery.
B)was rarely enforced.
C)required Northerners to cooperate in the capture of escaped slaves.
D)resulted in the formation of the Underground Railroad.
93
As reported in "Free at Last," the number of fugitive slaves who traveled the Underground Railroad will probably never be known.
A)True
B)False
94
As maintained in “A Day to Remember,” John Brown’s purpose for the raid on Harpers Ferry was to:
A)free Virginia’s slaves.
B)start a war between the North and South.
C)attract support for the recently formed Republican Party.
D)trigger a rebellion that would lead to freeing all American slaves.
95
As detailed in “A Day to Remember,” the force that John Brown took to Harpers Ferry included:
A)several free blacks.
B)only white men.
C)eight runaway slaves.
D)the wives of three of the men.
96
As stated in “A Day to Remember,” John Brown prevented any of his sons from participating in the raid on Harpers Ferry.
A)True
B)False
97
As emphasized in “New York City’s Secession Crisis,” the primary reason that New York City considered secession was:
A)slavery.
B)political.
C)economic.
D)geographic.
98
During the Civil War, as presented in “New York City’s Secession Crisis,” New York City:
A)was a center of anti-Union sentiment.
B)became noted for its pro-war mayors.
C)harbored thousands of runaway slaves.
D)leaders tried to have war declared on Britain.
99
As claimed in “New York City’s Secession Crisis,” the city was the undisputed center of the cotton trade.
A)True
B)False
100
President Lincoln, as explained in “Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation,” based his authority in freeing enslaved workers on:
A)the right to due process.
B)the right to free speech and association.
C)congressional authority to enact legislation.
D)presidential war powers.
101
Prior to the formal Emancipation Proclamation, as set forth in “Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation,” Lincoln had felt obligated to uphold states’ rights to permit slavery because the Constitution protected:
A)the right of states to establish their own laws.
B)free trade between the states.
C)property rights.
D)privacy rights.
102
According to “Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation,” Lincoln believed that the treatment of slavery in the U.S. Constitution suggested that the framers had intended for the institution to continue indefinitely.
A)True
B)False
103
As described in "A Gallant Rush for Glory," black leaders and abolitionists were eager to see black regiments formed to fight for the Union primarily because:
A)it would ensure the loyalty of the border states to the federal government.
B)there was a critical shortage of volunteers by 1863.
C)once they had proved themselves in battle, the nation would be obligated to grant blacks full citizenship.
D)it was estimated that such a move would speed the collapse of the South.
104
As elaborated in title, Captain Shaw hesitated when offered the command of the 54th Massachusetts because:
A)leading a regiment of armed blacks would not be popular among the white ranks.
B)he had been wounded at Antietam.
C)Shaw did not possess the anti-slavery calling of his parents.
D)he was hoping to be offered the command of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry.
105
As cited in title, debate over the issue of black recruitment continued within the Union command until January 1, 1863, when President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
A)True
B)False
106
As maintained in “How the West Was Lost,” short-term reasons for the conflicts on the Great Plains between whites and the Native Americans included all of the following except:
A)the bison.
B)disease.
C)gold.
D)protecting travelers.
107
As stated in “How the West Was Lost,” the great natural resource of the Plains was:
A)its river system.
B)fertile land for farming.
C)the buffalo.
D)coal.
108
Before the arrival of the whites, according to “How the West Was Lost,” native groups were rarely in conflict with neighboring peoples for resources.
A)True
B)False
109
In describing the character of the Civil War, the author of "America's Birth at Appomattox" concludes that it was:
A)essentially a class struggle.
B)inevitable because of basic moral differences.
C)a clash between aristocracy and democracy.
D)a struggle going on within one identity.
110
As reported in "America's Birth at Appomattox," in March 1865, Abraham Lincoln suggested to Generals Grant and Sherman and to Admiral Porter that the Union's aim should be to:
A)so subdue the Confederacy that it would be incapable of fighting ever again.
B)checkmate the malice that could jeopardize peace.
C)root out and punish those responsible for secession.
D)leave the South in ruins so that it would have to rely on the Union for survival.
111
As observed in "America's Birth at Appomattox," the America that existed after the Civil War was a vastly different nation than it had been before the conflict began.
A)True
B)False
112
During the Civil War, as described in “The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage,” to the international community, the Confederacy claimed the Civil War was primarily concerned with:
A)Northern greed.
B)inheritance rights.
C)unfair taxation.
D)self-determination.
113
White Southerners, as reported in “The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage,” sought sanction for their succession on recent history in all of the following countries except:
A)Poland.
B)Spain.
C)Italy.
D)Greece.
114
Both the North and the South, as noted in “The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage,” sought international support for their cause.
A)True
B)False





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