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discussion 2
HIST 405week 4
In the beginning, each side in the Civil War believed the war would be brief and that their side
would win. What advantages did each side hold that made them feel this way? Elaborate.
Reconstruction (graded)
Lincoln had one plan for bringing the rebel states back into the Union; Andrew Johnson another;
and the Radical Republican Congress a third. Discuss the aims of each president, and explain
why and in what ways Congress took control of Reconstruction.
discussion 2
Discuss how you see the war on terrorism as of this date. Do you think the United States
should be engaged in such a war? Give reasons for or against this war and whether or not we are
giving up our own principles to wage it.
quizzes
(TCO 4) Which of the following made up the largest segment of Spains colonial population by
the 1700s?
Spanish
Africans
Indians
Mestizos (multiracial)
Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) Profits from tobacco had what effect on Virginia?
Land in Virginia became very expensive.
Many colonists, including indentured servants, decided to move to Virginia.
Settlers persuaded Native Americans to vacate the colony.
The Jamestown colony rapidly declined and lost people.
Question 3. Question : (TCO 1) What made Rhode Island unique?
Religious dissenters founded the colony.
Colonists bought the land from Native Americans.
Suspected witches were tried and executed there.
Colonists agreed to separate church and state.
Question 4. Question : (TCO 4) Slave traders from the colonies
supported the kidnapping of Africans.
directly seized Africans for enslavement.
worked to remedy the poor conditions of the Middle Passage.
profited from the poor conditions of the Middle Passage.
Question 5. Question : (TCO 2) The Great Awakening led to
The Enlightenment.
the strengthening of evangelical sects, such as the Baptists.
declining interest in religion.
scientific discoveries.
Question 6. Question : (TCO 2) After Britain issued the Intolerable Acts, colonists punished
anyone supporting British policies or officials by
dunking them in water.
hanging them upside down.
putting them in the stocks.
covering them with tar and feathers.
Question 7. Question : (TCO 2) In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to the
natural rights due to every citizen as
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
independent liberty.
Paines freedoms.
radical power.
Question 8. Question : (TCO 2) The Patriots would not have won the Battle of Yorktown and the
American Revolution without help from
Spanish explorers.
Germans.
the French.
Native Americans.
Question 9. Question : (TCO 9) Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of
Confederation because
states wanted the power to regulate commerce.
state governments called for a new constitution.
the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.
the federal government needed to be made stronger.
Question 10. Question : (TCO 1) The Three-Fifths Compromise benefited _____ states.
large
small
Northern
Southern
Question 11. Question : (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and analyze major actions taken by the English
Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists, and discuss specifically at least one act
that dealt with what the colonists viewed as unfair taxation. Then discuss the significance to the
colonists of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts and why these particularly galled the colonists.
Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.
(TCO 3) Who extolled the equality of conditions in his book Democracy in America?
Lafayette.
Andrew Jackson.
de Tocqueville.
Thomas Jefferson.
Question 2. Question :
(TCO 3) In the early 19th century, the largest source of European immigration came from
Germany.
Poland.
England.
Ireland.
Question 3. Question :
(TCO 1) Slavery expanded with the growth of
freight shipment.
public education.
cotton plantations.
northern industries.
Question 4. Question :
(TCO 3) How did emigrants traveling west gain security?
Federal troops traveled with them.
They traveled in groups to help each other.
They crossed the land in winter to avoid contact with Indians.
Missionaries went ahead of them to convert Indians.
Question 5. Question :
(TCO 3) Who led the Texans in drawing Santa Anna into a trap at the Battle of Jacinto?
Stephen F. Austin
Jim Bowie
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
Question 6. Question :
(TCO 2) In the 1848 election, why were Whigs and Democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The Free-Soil Partys goal was to keep slavery out of the territories.
The Free-Soil Party wanted to abolish slavery in the South.
The Free-Soil Party supported popular sovereignty.
Popular sovereignty was no longer a viable option.
Question 7. Question :
(TCO 3) Immediately prior to Bleeding Kansas, what kind of government had been established
in the Kansas-Nebraska territory?
Kansas had an antislavery government, and Nebraska had a pro-slavery government.
Kansas had only an antislavery government.
a Kansas had only pro-slavery government.
Two opposing governments were established in Kansas.
Question 8. Question :
(TCO 2) What law was found to be unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?
The personal liberties laws
The Wilmot Provision
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Question 9. Question :
(TCO 8) Lees smaller army defeated McClellans larger force and kept Union troops out of
Richmond because
Lee was lucky.
McClellan surrendered.
Lee found McClellans battle plans.
McClellan was too cautious.
Question 10. Question :
(TCO 8) Why did President Lincoln want Grant commanding the Union army after the Battle of
Gettysburg?
He wanted to give Grant a chance to prove himself.
He knew victory required the destruction of the Confederate Army and its source of supplies.
He had heard that Grant had recruited more Union troops.
He thought the South would surrender.
Question 11. Question :
(TCO 2) Identify and analyze the Dred Scott Decision. Be sure to discuss the political reaction to
this decision. Then analyze the election of 1860 and how the controversy over slavery divided
the party into northern and southern branches. Analyze the ascendency of Abraham Lincoln to
the presidency. Be sure to use enough details to support your answer.
Question 1.1. (TCO 4) The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were
primarily (Points : 2)
conquistadors.
merchants.
missionaries.
plantation owners.
Type: MC
a joint-stock company.
religious dissenters.
English missionaries.
an aristocratic explorer.
Type: MC
Question 3.3. (TCO 4) Why did English immigration to the colonies drop dramatically after
1660? (Points : 2)
The English were no longer sought after as indentured servants.
The political turmoil in England kept them close to home.
The English economy improved and political and religious conflict diminished.
The English were opposed to the growing slave trade in the colonies.
Type: MC
the Enlightenment.
declining interest in religion.
strengthened evangelical sects, such as the Baptists.
scientific discoveries.
Type: MC
Question 5.5. (TCO 2) After Britain issued the Intolerable Acts, colonists punished anyone
supporting British policies or officials by (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Question 6.6. (TCO 2) In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to the natural rights
due to every citizen as (Points : 2)
Question 7.7. (TCO 2) The Patriots would not have won the Battle of Yorktown and the
American Revolution without help from (Points : 2)
Spanish explorers.
Germans.
the French.
Native Americans.
Type: MC
Type: MC
Type: MC
Question 10.10. (TCO 3) The assertion that states the right to disobey federal law was
called (Points : 2)
filibuster.
Calhounism.
anti-Jacksonism.
nullification.
Type: MC
Question 11.11. (TCO 3) In the early 19th century, the largest source of European immigration
came from (Points : 2)
Germany.
Poland.
England.
Ireland.
Type: MC
freight shipment.
public education.
cotton plantations.
northern industries.
Type: MC
Question 14.14. (TCO 2) Congress tried to resolve the dispute between the North and the South
about slavery in the territories by (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Type: MC
Question 16.16. (TCO 8) Lees smaller army defeated McClellans larger force and kept Union
troops out of Richmond because (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Question 17.17. (TCO 8) Why did President Lincoln want Grant commanding the Union army
after the Battle of Gettysburg? (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Question 18.18. (TCO 10) After the Civil War, a new immigrant was most likely to be
from (Points : 2)
England.
Germany.
Ireland.
Italy.
Type: MC
Question 19.19. (TCO 10) Progressivism and populism largely differed in (Points : 2)
their goals.
their ideology.
that progressives built political coalitions that transcended party lines.
their organization.
Type: MC
Question 20.20. (TCO 7) The invasion of Belgium turned American opinion against Germany
because (Points : 2)
Question 21.21. (TCO 7) During World War I, which of these did the Germans use against
British ships? (Points : 2)
Radar
Convoys
Airplanes
Submarines
Type: MC
Question 22.22. (TCO 11) This trial became a symbol of the conflict within Protestantism
between modernists and fundamentalists. (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Question 23.23. (TCO 11) What brought the Harding administration to an end? (Points : 2)
Type: MC
Type: MC
Question 25.25. (TCO 7) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (Points : 2)
Question 1.1. (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Constitution of
1787. Make sure you analyze the compromises made at the convention to ensure the passage of
the new federal constitution. Then discuss the formation of Americas first two political parties,
the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. What were the major differences and who were
the best-known members of each party? Make sure you use enough details to support your
answer. (Points : 50)
2. (TCO 2) Identify and analyze the Dred Scott decision. Be sure to discuss the political
reaction to this decision. Then analyze the election of 1860 and how the controversy over
slavery divided the party into northern and southern branches. Analyze the ascendency of
Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. Be sure to use enough details to support your answer.
(Points : 50)
3. (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two causes of World War II. Then analyze
Americas foreign policy before the war, and describe how that policy changed as the war
progressed. Be sure to include a discussion of how the Battle of Britain influenced
American opinion. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.(Points : 50)
4. (TCOs 7 and 9) Identify and analyze the main events of the Korean War and Cuban
Missile Crisis. Then assess how these events affected the relationship between the United
States and the Soviet Union. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.
(Points : 50)