5. Which of the following was true of the Know-Nothing party?
A. It gained the widespread support of new immigrants.
B. It focused on containing the expansion of slavery.
C. It wanted to undermine immigrant voting strength.
D. It rejected nativism.
C?
6. During the bitter struggle over reconstruction policy, Congress overrode Johnson's veto of the
A. bill intended to nullify the South's black codes.
B. Radical Reconstruction Act.
C. bill extending the life of the Freedman's Bureau.
D. Civil Rights Act.
D?
I agree.
7. What new concept became popular with department stores?
A. Electricity
B. Advertisements
C. Using Credit
D. Browsing
I am not so quite sure about this one maybe A or C?
It's C. Long before there were Visa and Master Cards, the department stores like Marshall Field's, had credit cards good only in their stores.
8. Founded by Oliver H. Kelley, the organization that came to be known as the _______ provided educational, social, and cultural activities to its rural members.
A. Farm Guild
B. Grange
C. Okies
D. Prairie Alliance
B?
9. The Wilmot Proviso was a proposed amendment to a military appropriations bill that would
A. ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.
B. permit the slavery issue to be determined by popular sovereignty.
C. regulate competition between free and slave states.
D. establish slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.
B?
8. B -- right
9. B - wrong
10. In the election of 1860, the _______ won the electoral votes of all the free states, except a fraction of the New Jersey votes.
A. Whigs
B. Democrats
C. Republicans
D. Constitutional Union Party
C?