BYU HIST 043 Final Exam Set
with correct answers
2025/2026
What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism? - correct answersNationalism is
pride in one's country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country.
What does civil war mean? - correct answersa war between people from the same country
How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution? - correct answersSlavery
was a necessary evil.
Which individuals were all abolitionists? - correct answersFrederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth,
William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart
Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more quickly and efficiently? -
correct answerssteamboat
What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War? - correct answersFreedmen's
Bureau
How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision? - correct answersThey were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
,Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Liberator? - correct
answersWilliam Lloyd Garrison
Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history? - correct answersMany
lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
What is a cash crop? - correct answersany crop that is sold for money
Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act? - correct
answersHarriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
What impact did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin have on America? - correct
answersThe book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was wrong.
Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful? - correct answersThe South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation? - correct
answersAndrew Johnson became president of the United States.
If Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what did the leaders of the South want the
Southern states to do? - correct answersleave the Union
Why was the South so dependent on cotton? - correct answersFarmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
What did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common? - correct
answersThey were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories.
, Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850? - correct answersIt upheld
popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party? - correct answersThe
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement? - correct answersSome
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere? - correct answerssteam engine
Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War? - correct answersthe invention of the
cotton gin
What does popular sovereignty mean? - correct answersallowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
Which of the following was not a difference between the North and the South? - correct
answersThe South welcomed new industry.
Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
What inspired Progressives to try and fix social and economic problems during the early
nineteen hundreds? - correct answersreligion and science
Which of the following was not a factor that forced the United States into World War I? - correct
answerspropaganda posters against the Central Powers
with correct answers
2025/2026
What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism? - correct answersNationalism is
pride in one's country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country.
What does civil war mean? - correct answersa war between people from the same country
How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution? - correct answersSlavery
was a necessary evil.
Which individuals were all abolitionists? - correct answersFrederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth,
William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart
Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more quickly and efficiently? -
correct answerssteamboat
What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War? - correct answersFreedmen's
Bureau
How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision? - correct answersThey were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
,Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Liberator? - correct
answersWilliam Lloyd Garrison
Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history? - correct answersMany
lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
What is a cash crop? - correct answersany crop that is sold for money
Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act? - correct
answersHarriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
What impact did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin have on America? - correct
answersThe book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was wrong.
Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful? - correct answersThe South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation? - correct
answersAndrew Johnson became president of the United States.
If Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what did the leaders of the South want the
Southern states to do? - correct answersleave the Union
Why was the South so dependent on cotton? - correct answersFarmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
What did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common? - correct
answersThey were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories.
, Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850? - correct answersIt upheld
popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party? - correct answersThe
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement? - correct answersSome
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere? - correct answerssteam engine
Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War? - correct answersthe invention of the
cotton gin
What does popular sovereignty mean? - correct answersallowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
Which of the following was not a difference between the North and the South? - correct
answersThe South welcomed new industry.
Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
What inspired Progressives to try and fix social and economic problems during the early
nineteen hundreds? - correct answersreligion and science
Which of the following was not a factor that forced the United States into World War I? - correct
answerspropaganda posters against the Central Powers
