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DSST Civil War and Reconstruction - Question List

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6. Which of the following is a work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that sparked public interest in abolitionism in 1852?
  1. A Member of the Third House
  2. The Yellow Wallpaper
  3. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  4. The Scarlet Letter
  5. The Awakened Age
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7. Which of the following statements about William Lloyd Garrison's paper The Liberator is true?
  1. Many of subscribers were African American.
  2. It was widely circulated in the South.
  3. It encourage African Americans to resort to violence.
  4. Other members of the abolitionist movement objected to his position.
  5. It only published stories by white abolitionists.
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8. All of the following states entered the Union in the flood of migration after the War of 1812 EXCEPT:
  1. Indiana
  2. Illinois
  3. West Virginia
  4. Mississippi
  5. Alabama
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9.

President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies differed radically from President Lincoln's because:

  1. Johnson didn't respect Lincoln and wanted to undo as many of his policies as he could.
  2. Congress did not recognize Johnson as a "legitimate" president and forced him to enact policies that did not match his personal values.
  3. Johnson was a Southerner who favored policies that would change as little about the South as possible, legally favoring white citizens over freedmen.
  4. Johnson supported the "Back to Africa" movement rather than promoting integration and legal equality.
  5. Johnson thought the South deserved to be punished severely for its rebellion.
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10. Which of the following statements is true of the Southern economy before the devastation of the Civil War?
  1. Westward expansion was threatening Southern economic dominance.
  2. It was gradually declining as machinery replaced a lot of manual labor.
  3. It could have easily replaced slave labor with free labor.
  4. It had consistently lagged behind the industrializing North.
  5. It was the third largest in the world.
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