#7
In the text, you read this about the surrender at Appomattox:
At Appomattox Court House, Grant offered generous terms of surrender to the defeated Confederate army. Soldiers were required to turn over their rifles, but officers were allowed to keep their pistols. Soldiers who had horses could keep them. Grant knew that southerners would need the animals for spring plowing. Finally, ordered Grant, “each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities.”
As the Confederates surrendered, Union soldiers began to cheer. Grant ordered them to be silent. “The war is over,” he said. “The rebels are our countrymen again.”
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why did Grant not want his troops to celebrate the surrender of the Confederate troops?
(1 point)
Responses
It could bring surprise attacks on the North.
It could bring surprise attacks on the North.
It would not help in unifying the nation again.
It would not help in unifying the nation again.
It would cause his troops to view Southerners as countrymen.
It would cause his troops to view Southerners as countrymen.
It could cause the South to revoke their surrender.
It would not help in unifying the nation again.
#8
Use the map to answer the question.
Based on the map, why might some Southerners feel the Missouri Compromise favored the North?
(1 point)
Responses
There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more fresh water north of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
#9
In the text, you read this about the Dred Scott case:
Dred Scott had been enslaved for many years in Missouri. Later, he moved with his owner, who was an army surgeon, to Illinois and then to the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was not allowed. After they returned to Missouri, Scott’s owner died. The owner's wife took ownership of Scott, and eventually those rights transferred to her brother, John Sandford. Antislavery lawyers helped Scott to file a lawsuit, a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups. Scott’s lawyers argued that, because Scott had lived in a free territory, he had become a free man.
Use the passage to answer the question.
According to Dred Scott's lawsuit, how had his rights been violated?
(1 point)
Responses
He had been forced to move against his will to different places.
He had been forced to move against his will to different places.
He was not allowed to talk to a lawyer to prepare for his case.
He was not allowed to talk to a lawyer to prepare for his case.
He was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
He was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
His ownership had been transferred without his agreement.
He was kept as a slave even though he lived in free territory.
10
That we here highly resolve [decide] that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which of the following best summarizes President Lincoln's meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg Address?
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Responses
Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.
Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
#11
These excerpts are from presidential inaugural addresses.
Based on these excerpts, which statement describes the ideas of Presidents Davis and Lincoln?
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Responses
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that it was unlawful for a state to break from the union.
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that it was unlawful for a state to break from the union.
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that states had the authority to wage war against the union.
Both Davis and Lincoln believed that states had the authority to wage war against the union.
Davis believed that the federal government made secession necessary, while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved.
Davis believed that the federal government made secession necessary, while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved.
Lincoln believed that a state must prove the right to secede, while Davis believed that any state could secede at any time.
Davis believed that the federal government made secession necessary, while Lincoln believed the union must be preserved
#12
Which of the following best exemplifies how the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War for the Union?
(1 point)
Responses
The Confederacy did not launch another invasion of the North after the battle.
The Confederacy did not launch another invasion of the North after the battle.
General Lee's loss at Gettysburg led to his being removed from command.
General Lee's loss at Gettysburg led to his being removed from command.
General Lee's army regrouped and began planning attacks on Washington, D.C.
General Lee's army regrouped and began planning attacks on Washington, D.C.
The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River because of the defeat.