History Assessment

QUESTION 1

Going into the 1858 elections, all of the following are true about Stephen Douglas EXCEPT:

		he proposed the Compromise of 1850.
		he voted controversially in the Kansas Nebraska Act.
		he was beloved by Southern Democrats.
		he championed the platform of popular sovereignty.

QUESTION 2

As the war became inevitable, the “Five Civilized Tribes” threw their support towards:

QUESTION 3

QUESTION 4

All of the following were measures imposed by the North to benefit the war effort EXCEPT:

5 points

QUESTION 5

The strategies of the Crittenden Compromise included all of the following EXCEPT:

		restoration of the Missouri Compromise border.
		prohibition of slavery abolition in areas where it existed.
		instituting felony charges to uprisings.
		refusal to interfere with slave trade.

5 points

QUESTION 6

5 points

QUESTION 7

Fort Sumter was intended as a pro-Confederate stage for all of the following EXCEPT:

		a sign of the Confederacy’s resolve.
		attracting European support.
		securing a strategic port.
		setting up a naval base.

QUESTION 8

What prominent fear about former slaves was even shared by European immigrants in the North?

5 points

QUESTION 9

How many Southern electoral votes did Abraham Lincoln receive in the 1860 Presidential Election?

5 points

QUESTION 10

		1860 Presidential election
		1858 Illinois US Senate election
		Kansas-Nebraska Act vote
		The decision to go to war against the South

Support your opinion: could the Civil War have been avoided? After reading this unit’s materials, be sure to include the influence of at least one cultural, political, economic, or social movement on whether or not the Civil War was avoidable.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

All cited sources and references must be in APA format.