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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did the South attempt to compensate for its disadvantages?
Southern military leaders devised the Anaconda Plan to end the war quickly.
Confederate troops remained within their own territory at all times.
Southern leaders approached foreign governments for aid
The South quickly began building factories and railroad lines.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Before the Civil War, why did slavery expand in the South rather than in the North?
the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states
Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because
the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality
economic conditions and interests in each region varied
only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention
early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas
- 4. Multiple Choice
Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of
allowing states to secede from the Union
permitting voters to nullify federal laws
deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state
overturning unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) heightened the sectional crisis because it
broke the Missouri Compromise
repealed the Fugitive Slave Act
made Kansas and Nebraska free states
signaled acceptance of the principle of the Wilmot Proviso
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between
proslavery and antislavery groups
Chinese and Irish railroad workers
Spanish landowners and new American settlers
Native American Indians and white settlers
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War?
as an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States
President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North
President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union
to keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865
ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860?
Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states
a constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state
several southern states seceded from the Union
- 10. Multiple Choice
Publication of The Liberator
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sanford decision
The events listed above contributed to the
outbreak of the Civil War
formation of the policy of Manifest Destiny
passage of the Missouri Compromise
annexation of Texas
- 11. Multiple Choice
The best evidence that the Civil War greatly increased the power of the federal government over the states was the
reelection of Abraham Lincoln in 1864
passage of the black codes
impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
ratification of the 14th amendment
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which situation was an immediate result of the United States Civil War?
women gained the right to vote as an acknowledgement of their role in the conflict
secession was no longer seen as an option to be exercised by the states
sectionalism disappeared as a force in American economic and political life
the South retained its pre-Civil War economic and social structure
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War
unified popular support for the war effort
superior military leadership
economic aid from Great Britain and France
more human resources and war materials
- 14. Multiple Choice
Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
“[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . .”
—Abraham Lincoln, 1st inaugural address, March 4, 1861
What is the “domestic institution” that Lincoln is referring to in his inaugural address?
slavery
seccession
the Civil War
the attack on Fort Sumter
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each state to control its own affairs in his inaugural address?
to assure the North that slavery would be abolished in all states
to affirm his belief in popular sovereignty
to assure the Confederate States of America that their decision to secede was valid
to assure the Southern states that they would make their own decisions about slavery
- 16. Multiple Choice
How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by Mexico?
Congress declared the territory free.
Residents exercised popular sovereignty.
The new states’ constitutions permitted slavery.
Mexico required that the territory remain free
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was one outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.
Stephen A. Douglas lost prestige.
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act
Northern and Southern tensions immediately increased.
- 18. Multiple Choice
“We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”
—Abraham Lincoln, 1858
To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?
Slavery helped unite states in the Union.
The Union could not continue with both free states and slave states
Compromise would continue to keep the issue of slavery at bay.
The Union would be dissolved over the issue of slavery.
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speeches?
He avoided slavery as a possible inflammatory topic
He advocated for compromise and the status quo.
He urged the gradual westward spread of slavery through popular sovereignty.
He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African Americans’ natural rights.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How could Northern advantages primarily be categorized?
martial
industrial
strategic
psychological
- 21. Multiple Choice
Why is this woman sitting with these wounded Civil War soldiers?
She is a nurse.
She is a guard.
She is a spy.
She is a doctor.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was the basis of the South’s economy after the Civil War?
factories
banks
agriculture
slave trade
- 23. Multiple Choice
How did the Civil War affect states’ rights?
The supremacy of the federal government over the states was firmly established.
States gained more power in determining their own laws.
The balance of power between federal and states governments was unchanged.
States lost all rights of self-determination.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why was Vicksburg a strategic location for a Union victory?
It was in the heart of the South.
Vicksburg borders Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg.
Vicksburg’s population was particularly high for a Confederate city
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which Northern battle in July of 1863 lasted three days and had 51,000 casualties?
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Antietam
Bull Run
- 26. Multiple Choice
Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
“February 9—We established a regular camp here. This last march has been a very hard one, and only a distance of thirty miles. But it took us from Wednesday to Sunday, through snow, rain, and mud ankle-deep and without rations. Kinston is a perfect ruin, as the Yankees have destroyed everything they could barely touch, but it must at one time have been a very pretty town—but now nothing scarcely but chimneys are left to show how the Yankees are trying to reconstruct the Union.”
—Louis Leon, The Battle of Gettysburg,
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier
What does Leon say about the town of Kinston?
The town has been severely damaged by Union troops.
Union soldiers have created a base there.
Kinston has been fighting for the Union.
During the war, the town has remained untouched.
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