HIST-043-T003: United States History from
1877 with correct answers 2025/2026
Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Slaves learned to sing and dance.
The Republican party elected Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate.
Preston Brooks caned Charles Sumner on the Senate chamber floor. - correct answersHarriet
Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
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.
Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Five hundred thousand slaves left the South and some joined the Northern military.
No slaves were actually freed.
Andrew Johnson became president of the United States.
Great Britain and France started supporting the North. - correct answersAndrew Johnson
became president of the United States.
,How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution? - correct answersSlavery
was a necessary evil.
How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision? - correct answersThey were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more quickly and efficiently? -
correct answerssteamboat
Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Liberator? - correct
answersWilliam Lloyd Garrison
Why was the South so dependent on cotton? - correct answersFarmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
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
Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere? - correct answerssteam engine
What is a cash crop? - correct answersany crop that is sold for money
Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement? - correct answersSome
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
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.
Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
, Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850?
It admitted California as a free state.
It banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
It upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
It established the Fugitive Slave Act. - correct answersIt upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas
and Nebraska.
What does civil war mean? - correct answersa war between people from the same country
What does popular sovereignty mean? - correct answersallowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party? - correct answersThe
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful? - correct answersThe South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history? - correct answersMany
lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?
different political and moral issues on slavery
the sectional division between the North and the South
the attack of Fort Sumter
the invention of the cotton gin - correct answersthe invention of the cotton gin
1877 with correct answers 2025/2026
Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Slaves learned to sing and dance.
The Republican party elected Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate.
Preston Brooks caned Charles Sumner on the Senate chamber floor. - correct answersHarriet
Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
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.
Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
Which of the following was not a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Five hundred thousand slaves left the South and some joined the Northern military.
No slaves were actually freed.
Andrew Johnson became president of the United States.
Great Britain and France started supporting the North. - correct answersAndrew Johnson
became president of the United States.
,How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution? - correct answersSlavery
was a necessary evil.
How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision? - correct answersThey were shocked
because blacks could not be citizens.
Which invention helped the North and the South transport goods more quickly and efficiently? -
correct answerssteamboat
Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Liberator? - correct
answersWilliam Lloyd Garrison
Why was the South so dependent on cotton? - correct answersFarmers made a lot of money
growing cotton.
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
Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere? - correct answerssteam engine
What is a cash crop? - correct answersany crop that is sold for money
Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement? - correct answersSome
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
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.
Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"? - correct answersAbraham Lincoln
, Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850?
It admitted California as a free state.
It banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
It upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
It established the Fugitive Slave Act. - correct answersIt upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas
and Nebraska.
What does civil war mean? - correct answersa war between people from the same country
What does popular sovereignty mean? - correct answersallowing the people of a region to vote
on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case
Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party? - correct answersThe
Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful? - correct answersThe South
returned to their old traditions and social order.
Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history? - correct answersMany
lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.
Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?
different political and moral issues on slavery
the sectional division between the North and the South
the attack of Fort Sumter
the invention of the cotton gin - correct answersthe invention of the cotton gin
