The civil war - the gilded age test (part one, posting the rest on another post).

1) what is meant by popular sovereignty undermining the missouri compromise?

answer → it means that it reopened the debate over the border between free and slave states.

2) how did the confederate government’s increased control over the southern economy impact the people in the south?

answers → they could not afford food or supplies due to high inflation & they lost slaves who were seized by the government

3) which of the following does the excerpt most clearly suggest about lincoln’s plan for ending the war and reuniting the nation?

answer → lincoln desired peace and sought to rejoin the states into one nation as smoothly as possible while also ending slavery.

4) how did the unions capture of port hudson and the confederates’ surrender at vicksburg harm the confederacy?

answer → the confederacy could no longer get supplies from western states

5) lincoln cites “unfinished work” in his gettysburg address. how did he attempt to finish that work following the bloody battle of gettysburg?

he put the “unconditional surrender” grant in charge of the union armies

6) what change in the south during reconstruction most likely resulted in the rise of organizations such as ku klux klan?

answer → african americans gained more rights and influence in society.

7) which of the following were causes of johnson’s impeachment?

answers → johnson broke the law when he fired secretary of war edwin stanton without congressional approval & johnson vetoed the civil rights and refused to support other reform legislation that granted african americans more rights.

8) answer → sharecropping, sharecropper, landowner, merchant.

9) which of the following contributed to the industrialization of the u. s in the late 1800’s?

answer → there were many immigrant workers willing to work long hours for low wages.

10) which of the following inventions contributed to the increase of industry in cities in the late 1800’s?

answer → electric power.

11) laissez-faire → supported lack of government intervention in business affairs.

interstate commerce act → regulated railroads

sherman anti-trust act → banned business practices that supported monopolies.

12) what happened as a result of j. p. morgan’s work in the financial industry?

answer→ he form some successful businesses that are still in existence today.

13) what was like like for factory workers during the industrial revolution?

answer → urban workers wages were very low and made it difficult to live

14) how did industrialization improve life for many americans?

answer→ advances in technology led to more conveniences and a higher standard of living for a growing middle class.

15) what struggle in the western frontier are the lines in the poem most likely describing?

answer→ cowboys could not access enough grass and water for their cows after ranchers sectioned it off with barbed wire.

16) how did mining contribute to western migration in the 1800’s?

answer → a few miners found gold and other valuable metals, leading many people to establish stores and other businesses near the newly rich.

17) what were the consequences of the long walk?

answers → the navajo returned to their homeland after the reservation was deemed a failure & many american indians died from poor living conditions

18) what motivated the mass migration of many african americans to kansas in the 1800’s?

answer → benjamin ‘pap’ singleton encouraged african americans to move to kansas for better opportunities.

19) what major problem did the hispanic americans in the southwest face?

answer → white settlers taking their land from them.