American History - Mixed Bag 2

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1. Which of these was NOT considered a part of the Great Triumvirate in the Congress of 1850? Henry Clay Daniel Webster John C. Calhoun Stephen Douglas

2. What was the first state to allow women's suffrage? Utah Colorado Nevada Wyoming

3. What was President Lincoln's goal at the beginning of the Civil War? To end slavery To force the repeal of tariffs Tp crush the South To preserve the Union

4. Who did the Emancipation Proclamation actually free? All slaves Nobody Slaves in the Confederacy Wage Slaves

5. Who became president as a result of the "Corrupt Bargain"? Grover Cleveland Rutherford B Hayes John Quincy Adams John Tyler

6. Who invented the steel plow? Eli Whitney John Deere Thomas Edison Cyrus McCormick

7. Which was not a part of the Anaconda Plan? To capture Jefferson Davis To divide the South To take Richmond To blockade the coast

8. What was the type of journalism that was pioneered by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst in the 1880s? Yellow Journalism Red Journalism Green Journalism Purple Journalism

9. Secretary of State John Hay sent out the "Open Door Notes" to ask the great powers to respect fair competition with which Asian nation? Japan India The Philippines China

10. In 1817, Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York commissioned an engineering marvel. What was it? Statue of Liberty The Empire State Building The Erie Canal Central Park

11. Which of these positions was NOT a part of the original 1789 Cabinet? Secretary of War Secretary of Treasury Secretary of State Secretary of Defense

12. Eli Whitney is famous for the cotton gin and what other manufacturing marvel of the late 18th century? Wheat baler Sewing machine Interchangable parts Mechaniclal reaper

13. Who was the only southern Congressman to keep his seat in Congress during the Civil War? Clement L. Vallandingham Henry Clay Jefferson Davis Andrew Johnson

14. General William Sherman had an Indian middle name. He shared it with a prominant Indian chief. Who was this chief? Tecumseh Geronimo Chief Joseph Sitting Bull

15. What was the single bloodiest day in American history? October 19, 1781 December 7, 1941 September 17, 1862 September 11, 2001