Inventing America

uestion: The "Young America" movement advocated: Student answered: a) a coordinated campaign of technological innovation Correct answer: b) the continued territorial expansion of the United States
Question: The chief architect of the Nebraska Act of 1854 was: Student answered: b) Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois Correct answer: b) Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois
Question: The presidential election of 1852: Student answered: b) resulted in the death of the Whig Party Correct answer: b) resulted in the death of the Whig Party
Question: “"The Great Reconnaissance" was the label applied to various American expeditions that: Student answered: c) surveyed the West to locate a route for a transcontinental railroad Correct answer: c) surveyed the West to locate a route for a transcontinental railroad
Question: Which of the following Mexican War commanders, nicknamed the "Pathfinder," mapped the Oregon Trail? Student answered: d) Captain John C. Frémont Correct answer: d) Captain John C. Frémont
Question: To capture the presidency in 1860, the Republican Party needed to win all of the following except: Student answered: a) the upper North Correct answer: d) one or more southern states
Question: The goal of John Brown’s raid on the Harpers Ferry national armory was to: Student answered: c) stimulate a rebellion among southern slavesCorrect answer: c) stimulate a rebellion among southern slaves
Question: The United States Exploring Expedition was commanded by: Student answered: c) Spencer Baird Correct answer: b) Charles Wilkes
Question: Which of the following was a private rather than government endeavor? Student answered: d) the Colt Patent Arms Manufacturing Company Correct answer: d) the Colt Patent Arms Manufacturing Company
Question: The first large-scale transfer of technology from America to Europe took place in: Student answered: a) firearms manufacturing Correct answer: a) firearms manufacturing
Question: The main focus of the American, or Know-Nothing, Party was: Student answered: a) antislavery Correct answer: d) nativism
Question: Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 with a vote of: Student answered: a) less than 40 percent Correct answer: a) less than 40 percent
Question: Roger B. Taney’s Dred Scott decision: Student answered: c) ruled that slaves had no right to sue in a federal court Correct answer: c) ruled that slaves had no right to sue in a federal court
Question: The most important of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in the Illinois town of: Student answered: b) Freeport Correct answer: b) Freeport
Question: The Gadsden Purchase of 1854 was designed to: Student answered: d) facilitate the building of a transcontinental railroad on a southern route Correct answer: d) facilitate the building of a transcontinental railroad on a southern route

Question: During the Fort Sumter crisis, Lincoln decided to: Student answered: b) resupply the fort with provisions on unarmed ships Correct answer: b) resupply the fort with provisions on unarmed ships
Question: In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln emphasized that his primary war aim was to: Student answered: b) preserve the Union Correct answer: b) preserve the Union
Question: The Battle of Antietam resulted in all of the following except: Student answered: d) the deadliest day of the entire Civil War Correct answer: a) a decisive military victory for the Union
Question: The most devastating "tool of war" during the Civil War was: Student answered: c) ironclads Correct answer: d) rifles
Question: The Union commander at Gettysburg was: Student answered: a) Ulysses S. Grant Correct answer: c) George Gordon Meade
Question: General Robert E. Lee led his army into the North only once, at the Battle of: Student answered: b) Gettysburg Correct answer: b) Gettysburg
Question: The Union blockade probably reduced the volume of southern shipping by: Student answered: b) 40 percent Correct answer: c) 60 percent
Question: The event that probably saved Lincoln from defeat in the election of 1864 was: Student answered: d) the fall of Atlanta Correct answer: d) the fall of Atlanta
Question: The most vocal proponent and effective practitioner of "total war" was: Student answered: d) General Robert E. Lee Correct answer: c) General William T. Sherman
Question: The most famous Confederate blockade runner was the:Student answered: a) Trent Correct answer: c) Alabama
Question: The proportion of Union soldiers who were draftees was: Student answered: c) 36 percent Correct answer: d) 6 percent
Question: The biggest riot of the Civil War, in fact the biggest riot ever in American history, was the antidraft riot that took place in: Student answered: c) Richmond Correct answer: b) New York City
Question: Among the eight states in the upper South: Student answered: c) six seceded and two stayed in the Union Correct answer: b) four seceded and four stayed in the Union
Question: The "March to the Sea" was led by: Student answered: c) William T. Sherman Correct answer: c) William T. Sherman
Question: Abraham Lincoln refused to consider any compromise that: Student answered: c) allowed slavery to spread Correct answer: c) allowed slavery to spread

Question: In Kansas, the proslavery government was located in Topeka, while the antislavery government was located in Lecompton. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: The Dred Scott decision of 1857 cut the ground out from under the Republican Party and led to a surge in support for the Democratic Party. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: b) False
Question: The American Association for the Advancement of Science was headquartered in Boston. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: Stephen Douglas denounced the proslavery government of Kansas Territory as fraudulent and broke with the Buchanan administration. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: Commodore Matthew Perry led an American sailing expedition to Japan in 1854. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: The Panic of 1857 hurt the party in power, the Democrats, and so helped the Republicans win votes by proposing a national economic program. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: a) True
Question: During the election of 1856, both the Republicans and the North Americans supported John C. Frémont for president. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: As the nineteenth century progressed, western expeditions shifted in emphasis from exploration to economic development. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: In 1852, both Democrats and Whigs nominated candidates who accepted the Compromise of 1850, including the Fugitive Slave Act. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: The goal of the Lazzaroni was to elevate American science from the province of amateurs to a more permanent and professional level. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: John Brown, an antislavery religious fanatic, massacred slave-state settlers at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: a) True
Question: The Nebraska Act of 1854 settled the slavery issue and boosted the popularity of the Democratic Party. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: During the election of 1860, southern Democrats nominated John Bell for president and demanded the protection of slave property in federal territories. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin provided a nostalgic look at southern slavery that glossed over its worst abuses and was therefore tremendously popular among southern readers. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: During the nineteenth century, the federal government never devoted more than a tiny fraction of its budget to scientific projects. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: b) False

Results:
Total number of questions: 15Percent correct: 67%
Question: Even in the lower South, a significant minority of voters opposed secession and supported the Union. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: The Union navy launched the world’s first combat submarine, the Hunley. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: More Americans died in the Civil War than in all other wars between 1776 and 1990 combined. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: Unlike the Confederacy, the Union managed to finance its war effort without resorting to paper money. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: After the stalemate between the Monitor and theVirginia, both the Union and the Confederacy abandoned the idea of building additional ironclad vessels. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: The Confederacy obtained most of its arms by capturing Union weapons and buying others from Europe. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: The four slaves states that remained in the Union were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: a) True
Question: During the Civil War, the Union conducted most of its trade on foreign vessels, which were immune to Confederate attacks. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: Even after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln refused to allow African Americans to join the Union army. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: b) False
Question: As a result of its excellent armories, the Union never resorted to buying arms from Europe. Student answered: b) False Correct answer: b) False
Question: During the Civil War, 190,000 African Americans served in the Union army and navy. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: Charleston, South Carolina, was the first capital of the Confederacy. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: b) False
Question: During the first wave of secession, seven slave states seceded, and eight stayed in the Union. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: The primary role of the Union navy during the Civil War was blockading the southern coastline. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True
Question: In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln promised not to attack the Confederacy unless the Confederacy attacked the Union first. Student answered: a) True Correct answer: a) True