Standard 3: Civil War and Reconstruction

Standard 3: Civil War and Reconstruction

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Standard 3.1

1. ____ Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?

A. Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River.

B. Unorganized territories would be governed by the United States and Great Britain.

C. The balance between free and slave states was maintained.

D. The 36°30' line formed a new boundary between the United States and Canada.

Use your knowledge about social studies to answer the question below.

2. ____ Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists reacted to the situation described in the poster above by:

A. supporting the Underground Railroad

B. opposing the Emancipation Proclamation

C. banning freed slaves from Northern states

D. proposing a stricter fugitive slave law

3. ____ In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to:

A. allow northern states the power to ban slavery

B. deny southern states the legal right to own slaves

C. allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

D. overturn previous Supreme Court decisions on slavery

4. ____ Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

A. Foreign Policies of the United States

B. Government Policies Toward Native American Indians

C. Consequences of Manifest Destiny

D. Causes of Sectional Conflict

5. ____ One way that “Bleeding Kansas,” the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events:

A. ended conflict over slavery in the territories

B. eased tensions between the North and the South

C. contributed to the formation of the Whig Party

D. made sectional compromise more difficult

The United States in 1821 Free and Slave states

6. ____ What is the most accurate title for the map shown above?

A. Closing the Frontier

B. A Nation Divided

C. Results of Reconstruction

D. Compromise of 1850

7. ____ The map above illustrates the impact on the United States of the

A. Great Compromise

B. Dred Scott decision

C. Missouri Compromise

D. Emancipation Proclamation

8. ___ Information on the map supports the conclusion that congressional leaders in 1820 and 1821 wanted to

A. maintain an equal number of free and slave states

B. ban slavery west of the Mississippi River

C. bring slavery to the Oregon Country

D. open territories in the North to slavery

9. ____ Which issue is reflected in these headlines?

A. status of slavery in the territories and states

B. growth of agriculture on the Great Plains

C. clash of federal and state powers

D. conflicts with foreign nations over the West

10. ____ In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln stated his main goal for the nation was to

A. use the vote to resolve the conflict over slavery

B. free all slaves in the United States

C. uphold the Dred Scott decision

D. preserve the Union

11. ____ Which issue is most closely associated with above headlines?

A. status of slavery in new states

B. negotiation of the Oregon Treaty

C. expansion of land for reservations

D. influence of political parties on economic development

12. ____ Which statement about the United States in the 1850s is best supported by the headlines above?

A. The nation had grown increasingly divided over the future of slavery.

B. Americans had lost confidence in the plan for Reconstruction.

C. Northern and Southern voters were united in support of popular sovereignty.

D. Support for the abolitionist movement decreased during this period.

13. ____ Abolitionists in the pre–Civil War period were most likely to support the

A. removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

B. passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

C. activities of the Underground Railroad

D. use of popular sovereignty in the territories

14. ____ How did the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin contribute to the start of the Civil War?

A. exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

B. intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

C. pressuring the president to support emancipation

D. convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

15. ____ In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between:

A. proslavery and antislavery groups

B. Spanish landowners and new American settlers

C. Chinese and Irish railroad workers

D. Native American Indians and white settlers

16. ____ Which Constitutional principle gives government its power?

A. limited government

B. popular sovereignty

C. separation of powers

D. individual rights

17. ____ In the 1800s, the growth of the populations of California and western territories was a result of the:

A. discovery of gold and silver

B. opening of the Panama Canal

C. migration of freedmen after the Civil War

D. secession of the Southern states

18. ___ The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to:

A. end fighting between midwestern farmers and Native American Indians

B. encourage manufacturing in the West

C. increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

D. settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

19. ____ During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they

A. feared the admission of new slave states

B. wanted to limit the power of the national government

C. were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians

D. supported an isolationist foreign policy

20. ____ The principle expressed in this statement was also reflected in

A. Thomas Jefferson’s call for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts

B. Federalist Party threats during the War of 1812

C. John Calhoun’s defense of States rights

D. Abraham Lincoln’s attitude toward Southern Secession

21. ____ The Supreme Court ruling, Dred Scott v. Sanford increased sectional conflict because the result:

A. denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories

B. allowed for the importation of enslaved persons for ten years

C. prohibited slavery in lands west of the Mississippi River

D. gave full citizenship to all enslaved persons

22. ____ What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?

A. Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.

B. New inventions led to an increase in cotton production.

C. Most early textile mills were built in the South.

D. The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.

23. ____ Which person’s action was most closely associated with the abolitionist movement?

A. William Lloyd Garrison’s publication of The Liberator

B. Booker T. Washington’s commitment to African American education

C. Thurgood Marshall’s legal argument in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

D. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the Birmingham march

24. ____ Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860?

A. Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states.

B. A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery.

C. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

D. Several Southern States seceded from the Union.

25. ____ Which refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

A. nullification

B. sectionalism

C. popular sovereignty

D. southern secession

26. _____ The publication of what book stimulated anti-slavery feeling in the North?

A. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

B. John Brown’s Body

C. Moby Dick

D. Walden

27. _____ Why did The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford outrage Northerners?

A. it required blacks to be separated from whites as long as they were treated equally

B. it said that slaves were free once they lived in a free state

C. it ruled that the slave trade outside the southern states was illegal

D. it overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery

28. _____ What was the primary reason why seven states seceded from the Union in 1860 and 1861?

A. to condemn the caning of Charles Sumner in the Senate

B. to protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President

C. to protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act

D. to express their opposition to the Dred Scott decision

29. _____ What was a major result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A. slavery was extended into some parts of the Kansas Territory

B. slavery was banned in all parts of the Kansas Territory

C. slave catchers were allowed in the Nebraska Territory

D. the people were to decide the issue of slavery in the Kansas Territory

30. _____ What 1856 Supreme Court case declared slaves as property and not U.S. citizens?

A. McCulloch v. MarylandB. Gibbons v. OgdenC. Plessy v. Ferguson D. Dred Scott v. Sanford

31. _____ Why did Abolitionists fear westward expansion?

A. extend slavery into western territories

B. balance sectional power in Congress

C. promote the economic development of New England

D. lead to war with Spain or France

32. _____ The two major issues that divided the North and the South during the Pre-Civil War Era were what?

A. immigration policies and westward expansion

B. welfare reform and income tax rates

C. states' rights and the expansion of slavery in the west

D. loyalty to Great Britain and taxation without representation

Use this information to answer the next question.

33. _____ What is Lincoln referring to when he says “all one thing or another”?

A. Industrial or agricultural C. Free or slave

B. Democratic or RepublicanD. Protestant or Catholic

34. _____ In the Presidential election of 1860. Lincoln carried all free soil states at the same time the Republicans won a majority in the House. Republicans could be said to be what?

A. above sectionalism, appealing to principles of humanity

B. like Southern Democrats, a sectional party

C. carrying all free-soil states, New England, Midwest and West

D. able to carry states in every section of the country

35. ____ What was the compromise made during 1850?

A. Missouri was admitted as a slave state; Maine was admitted as a free state

B. Maine was admitted as a slave state; Missouri was admitted as a free state

C. California was admitted as a slave state and Fugitive Slave Laws were abolished

D. California was admitted as a free state and Fugitive Slave Laws were enacted

Standard 3: Civil War and Reconstruction

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Standard 3.2

1. ____ What was a major result of the Civil War?

A. The judiciary became the dominant branch of the federal government.

B. Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators.

C. The power of the central government was strengthened.

D. States were given the right to secede from the Union.

2. ____ As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

A. end slavery

B. set new national boundaries

C. increase congressional powers

D. preserve the Union

3. ____ The Civil War affected the northern economy by

A. causing a severe depression

B. increasing unemployment rates

C. decreasing demand for agricultural products

D. stimulating industrialization

Confederate Army Casualties

4. ____ Which statement is best supported by the data in the table above?

A. The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher numbers of injuries and fatalities.

B. The Union army had better generals during the Civil War.

C. The Civil War had more casualties than any other war.

D. More soldiers died from disease than from wounds.

5. ____ The North’s rapid economic growth during the Civil War was stimulated by

A. the elimination of taxes on defense industries

B. a reduction in the number of immigrants

C. increased government demand for many products

D. enslaved persons filling industrial jobs

6. ____ Which statement is most clearly supported by these actions of President Lincoln?

A. Wartime emergencies led President Lincoln to expand his presidential powers.

B. President Lincoln was impeached for violating the Constitution.

C. Checks and balances effectively limited President Lincoln’s actions.

D. President Lincoln wanted to abolish the Bill of Rights.

7. ____ Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so important in the Civil War?

A. The high death toll caused riots in both the North and South.

B. It was a turning point which led to Lee's eventual surrender.

C. A stalemate occurred which meant neither side could win.

D. The Union was able to take complete control of the Mississippi River.

8. ____ The data shown in the graphs best support the conclusion that the North

A. was better prepared economically to fight the Civil War

B. lagged behind the South in bank deposits

C. produced more agricultural products than the South

D. lacked several important resources to fight the war

9. ____ The South won many battles and the Civil War lasted four years. These two facts support the conclusion that

A. the Underground Railroad was important to the Southern cause

B. factors other than those shown in the graphs were important

C. the North was more dependent on foreign aid than the South

D. personal wealth was a key factor in determining the outcome of the war

10. _____ The Confederate army surrendered to General Grant where?

A. Appomattox

B. Bull Run

C. Antietam

D. Gettysburg

11. _____ Which group was affected by the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. only slaves living in Confederate states

B. slaves living in the newly acquired territories

C. slaves living in the border states

D. only slaves living in the United States

12. _____ Which of the following is true about the economic effects of the Civil War on the south?

A. thousands of acres of farmland were turned over to the federal government

B. the percentage of national wealth held by the south greatly increased

C. slavery had ended as a labor system

D. the southern economy was now booming since it had to produce for the war effort

13. ____ What was not a term of the surrender of the Civil War?

A. The South kept their slaves

B. The South was not charged with treason

C. The South kept their horses

D. The South kept their weapons

14. ____ What was not an advantage of the North during the Civil War?

A. Access to national treasury

B. Better generals

C. Access to weapons manufacturing

D. More population

15. ____ What was not an advantage of the South during the Civil War?

A. Knew land

B. Expensive to transport troops to the battles

C. Access to raw materials

D. Better generals

Standard 3: Civil War and Reconstruction

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Standard 3.3

1. ____ The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the

A. Compromise of 1850

B. Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

C. creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865

D. ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

2. ____ Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment?

A. suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote

B. collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests

C. establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting

D. passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

3. ____ Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction were intended to

A. provide legal and political rights for African Americans

B. end property and religious qualifications for voting

C. correct problems with the electoral college system

D. limit the number of terms of the president

4. ____ This statement is part of the

A. Missouri Compromise

B. Kansas-Nebraska Act

C. Dred Scott decision

D. 13th amendment to the Constitution

5. ____ During the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877), the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans

A. educational opportunities

B. economic equality

C. freedom of speech

D. voting rights

6. ____ The Reconstruction plans of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson included a provision for the

A. resumption of full participation in Congress by Southern States

B. long-term military occupation of the Confederacy

C. payment of war reparations by Southern States

D. harsh punishment of former Confederate Officials

7. ____ The Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln

A. called for the imprisonment of most Confederate leaders

B. rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South

C. planned to keep Northern troops in the South after the war

D. demanded immediate civil and political rights for formerly enslaved persons

8. ____ The passage of Jim Crow laws in the South after Reconstruction was aided in part by

A. a narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment by the United States Supreme Court

B. a change in the southern economy from agricultural to industrial

C. the growth of Republican-dominated governments in the South

D. the rise in European immigration to the South

9. ____ This statement reveals President Lincoln’s support for