9 February 2012, 8:42 pm
Texas remained an independent republic, becoming the _____ state in 1845 A. 25th B. 26th C. 28th D. 27th E. 29th Which of the following is not a result of the Compromise of 1850? A. California be admitted as a state with a free-soil (slavery-prohibited) constitution B. the remainder of the new annexation be divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery C. the claims of Texas to a portion of New Mexico be satisfied by a payment of $20 million D. more effective machinery be established for catching runaway slaves and returning them to their masters E. that the buying and selling of slaves (but not slavery) be abolished in the District of Columbia On ______ , Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president of the United States. A. May 4 1861 B. March 4, 1861 C. May 4, 1867 D. March 4, 1867 E. May 4, 1868 The Union and Confederate Armies met at Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on ________________, in the bloodiest single day of the war: more than 4,000 died on both sides and 18,000 were wounded. A. September 16, 1862 B. September 17, 1862 C. September 18, 1862 D. September 27, 1862 E. September 28, 1862 The final Emancipation Proclamation was issued ________________. A. January 7, 1862 B. January 1, 1863 C. January 11, 1862 D. January 7, 1863 E. January 1, 1862 On ____________, surrounded by huge Union armies, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. Although scattered fighting continued elsewhere for several months, the Civil War was over. A. April 9, 1865 B. April 9, 1864 C. April 9, 1866 D. April 9, 1867 E. April 9, 1868 Under the Military Reconstruction Act, Congress, by _________, had readmitted Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, to the Union. A. June 1868 B. June 1869 C. July 1868 D. July1868 E. January 1868 William Lloyd Garrison, a young man from Massachusetts, who on January 1, ______, produced the first issue of his newspaper, The Liberator, which bore the announcement: "I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.... On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation.... I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch AND I WILL BE HEARD." A. 1830 B. 1831 C. 1832 D. 1833 E. 1834 ______________ published Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel provoked by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law. A. Frances Wright B. Susan B Anthony C. Harriet Beecher Stowe D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton E. Lucretia Mott... Read More »
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