President Lincoln actually thought that the Wade-Davis Bill was far too draconian (meaning, went too far in its punishment) and thus pocket-vetoed the bill. Technically speaking, a pocket-veto is less confrontational than an actual veto (the President simply refuses to act—sign or veto—on a bill for ten days after Congress has adjourned), but Lincoln’s pocket veto infuriated the Radical Republicans in Congress, who viewed the bill as just desserts for the rebellious southerners.

Sherman is best known for his famous “march to the sea” where he implemented the brutally effective “scorched earth” policy and quite literally burned Atlanta (GA) to the ground while marching to Savannah. This was, of course, depicted in both Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind (1936), and the movie based off of the novel. This answer (about Gone with the Wind) is not correct, however, because the actual event happened in real life, and it is for that real even that Sherman is known. The Help had nothing to do with Sherman’s march to the sea, and John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln. For these reasons all of the other answers are incorrect.

This should have been a relatively easy question. Jackson absolutely hated the National Bank—he was convinced that it was an unconstitutional expenditure of Congress’ power (regardless of what the Supreme Court said). In fact, he hated the bank so much that he actually vetoed the bill that attempted to recharter the bank in 1832. Thus, clearly, he did not favor the bank in any sense. 

This was a relatively straightforward question—so long as you remembered the names of the actors involved. The nullification crisis, weirdly enough, set up two states’ rights activists against each other: John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson, as president, lined up behind the Tariff of 1828 (the South called this the “Tariff of Abominations” they hated it so much). John C. Calhoun, Jackson’s vice president, was infuriated by this exercise of federal power (which, in his and many southerners’ eyes, hurt the south disproportionately) and eventually resigned from his post as vice president to return to South Carolina and fight the Tariff. For this reason, all of the other answers are correct.

This should have been an easy question.  collectively are called the Civil War Amendments, as they were all passed directly in the wake of the civil war. If you remember what these amendments do, it actually makes a lot of sense: the  Amendment freed the slaves, the  Amendment granted citizenship to all born on American soil (with some other bells and whistles), and the  Amendment granted the right to vote to all men.

Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one—in this question, that is the case. The Free Soil Party ran under this slogan. The Liberty Party may have been a tempting answer—and for good reason—as the Free Soil Party formed out of the former Liberty Party supporters. The same goes for the anti-slavery faction of the Whigs.

This is true, and it led to much grief in between classes. Both the north and the south allowed for a special dispensation for those who could afford it. In other words, so long as you (or your family) could pay X amount (it was set by the Confederacy or the US Government—depending on the side) you could buy your way out of service. This, of course, led to the complaint that the Civil War was a “rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight.” 

The Battle of Antietam, which took place in September 1862, was a one day war during which over 23,000 people died. This battle was fought in Maryland, and was therefore the first battle of the civil was that was fought in Union territory.

William Jennings Bryan delivered this incredible speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (1896). The quoted portion is the very last line of the speech, and purportedly caused the crowd to go absolutely wild.

The speech, of course, was about the gold standard (or more accurately, the dilution of the gold standard). From the inception of the USA until relatively recently, the US adhered to a gold standard—that is, our currency (the dollar) was backed by gold. There are advantages and disadvantages to having a metallic standard (or any standard, for that matter), but, given that this is US History and not Economics, that discussion is beyond the scope of this question. 

The “Crime of ‘73” refers to the Coinage Act of 1873. The Coinage Act of 1873 was (or at least, came to be) an extraordinarily controversial law (hence the moniker “Crime of ‘73”). Essentially, the law ended the free coinage of silver, and placed the US firmly on the gold standard. This, like most laws, infuriated some people while it greatly pleased others.

Those advocating deflation were happiest with the bill, because the gold standard is a deflationary measure for currency; those advocating inflation were incredibly displeased with the bill, because the gold standard is a deflationary measure.

Those agitating for inflation wanted the free coinage of silver, because injecting silver into the monetary supply created inflation (along with more currency in circulation).