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Social Studies
11th
grade
Civil War, Reconstruction, Westward Expansion Review
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to a fight over
popular sovereignty
13th Amendment
Admission of California as a free state
Admission of Missouri as a slave state
- 2. Multiple Choice
The final cause of the Civil War was
Compromise of 1850
Election of Abraham Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation
The passage of the 13th amendment
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Anaconda Plan
was the Confederate plan to obtain foreign aid in the Civil War
was the catalyst for the Civil War
was the Union plan to cut off supplies from the South and control the Mississippi River
shutoff railroads that ran to the south to eliminate movement of products and affect the Southern economy
- 4. Multiple Choice
The strengthening of the federal government and ending slavery were
the causes of the Civil War
events of the Civil War
consequences of the Civil War
why the Confederacy lost the war
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these changed the motivation of the Union and caused the war to be a moral fight
Compromise of 1850
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these are an examples of states rights?
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave at any time.
The federal government has power over the states
Revolution is never justified when officials are properly elected
Secession is a bad idea and should be the last resort
- 7. Multiple Choice
Ended slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
- 8. Multiple Choice
Provided citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all born in the United States.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
- 9. Multiple Choice
Radical Republicans
Wanted Southern states to rejoin the Union quickly
Persuaded President Johnson to pardon Confederate leaders
Opposed the 14th Amendment
Wanted to punish the South for seceding
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the nickname for a white Southerner who supported Radical Reconstruction?
Carpetbagger
Freedman
Scalawag
Sharecropper
- 11. Multiple ChoiceA Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).FreedmenCarpetbaggerKu Klux KlanAmnesty
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?It set up "return to Africa" trips for former slaves.It helped transition Native Americans to city and industrial life.It created jobs for newly arrived immigrants to the United StatesIt established schools for newly-freed slaves
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA tax that had to be paid before a citizen was able to votePoll taxVote taxLiteracy taxSegregation tax
- 14. Multiple Choicelaws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.RacistPrejudiceDiscriminationJim Crow Laws
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is true about sharecroppingMost southern states outlawed sharecroppingMany freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecroppingMost sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of povertyMany state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the relationship between Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson?
Jim Crow segregation laws compelled Plessy to protest segregated trains.
Jim Crow segregation laws were made possible by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
Plessy v. Ferguson hoped to end the segregation common during Jim Crow.
Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws widely accepted, but not officially legal.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceRailroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the citiesthey needed more people to build railroad tracksthey needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroadssettlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an example of a push factor?religious freedoma drought or faminejob opportunitiesa fair government
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis image represents a push factor of pull factor?push factorpull factor
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?Homestead ActDawes ActMorril ActReconstruction Act
- 22. Multiple Choice
The main goal of the Dawes Act was to
Americanize Native Americans
Give Native Americans free land
Give Native Americans freedom
Create free land for settlers
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