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DSST Civil War and Reconstruction - Question List

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31. The Southern response to Northern demand for abolitionism-put forward by notable politicians like George Fitzhugh-included all of the following arguments EXCEPT:
  1. Slaves were child-like and incompetent; therefore, they could not take care of themselves.
  2. Given a choice, most slaves expressed a desire to remain in slavery.
  3. Owners were not all abusive and generally viewed slaves with a benevolent paternalism.
  4. All great societies had been built on slavery, so it was the price of success.
  5. Northern factory owners were equally abusive to their employees, if not more so.
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32.

In terms of Southern Reconstruction, President Lincoln's assassination was ironic because:

  1. Lincoln didn't want to facilitate meaningful Reconstruction policies anyway.
  2. John Wilkes Booth perpetrated the assassination to "redeem" the South, but Lincoln would have treated the former Confederacy much more favorably than his successors, had he lived.
  3. Lincoln wanted to reunify the nation but would not have promoted racial integration, thus preserving the culture of white Southerners as it existed before the war.
  4. Lincoln was terminally ill and would have died soon of natural causes anyway.
  5. The former Confederacy was planning a second war against the Union, but the assassination united so many people that the advocates for renewed war feared they would be defeated quickly.
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33. Mob attacks against prominent abolitionists, such as the one that killed abolitionist editor Elijah P. Lovejoy in 1837, had what effect on the abolitionist movement?
  1. It caused attendance at abolitionist meetings to decline.
  2. It drew attention to the cause and increased support.
  3. All abolitionists became suspect and were followed by authorities.
  4. It made the South reconsider the price of slavery as white lives were lost.
  5. Pro-slavery advocates blamed slaves for the violence, weakening the movement.
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34. The Second Great Awakening helped spread abolitionism because of which core belief?
  1. The betterment of the common man
  2. The desire to create social equality and end discrimination
  3. The emphasis on established religions, such as the Episcopal and Catholic Churches
  4. Advocacy of equality between the sexes
  5. The need for religious tolerance
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35. Which of the following events was turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union?
  1. The burning of the Shenandoah Valley
  2. The Battle of Gettysburg
  3. First Bull Run
  4. The issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation
  5. The Battle of Antietam
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