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Civil War
Test Description: Spring Break Boot
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in the tensions, brining the nation closer toward armed conflict?
A
'Bleeding Kansas' ...then...Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood
B
John Browns Raid ..then... Missouri Compromise
C
Kansas Nevraska Act ...then...Admission of California to statehood
D
Compromise of 1850 ...then...Dred Scott decision
2) Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first Southern states in 1861/
A
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
B
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
C
passage of a higher protective tariff
D
issuance of the Emancipation Proclomation
3) Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?
A
to strangle the shipment of supplies to the COnfederacy
B
to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union
C
to promote doemstic industries in the South
D
to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
4) Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantages?
A
The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money
B
The South would invade and capture major Union cities
C
The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain
D
The South would use it's pool of talented military experience
5) What was the significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A
Slaves of the Northern States were freed
B
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army
C
Slaves in border states were immediately freed
D
The war became a moral contest over slavery
6) What were the major consequences of the Civil War?
A
the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
B
recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws
C
the abolition of slavery in all Northern sates and in all federal territories north of 36 degrees north
D
an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation
7) Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
A
Southerners wanted a free hand in supressing local slave revolts
B
Norhterners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain
C
Southerners feared that the Northerners intended to abolish slavery
D
The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law
8) Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
A
Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
B
The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
C
Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.
D
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
9) Look at the map in the blue book on page 6. At the time just before the Civil War, most of the land in the (????) was still not part of the U.S. yet.
A
West
B
North
C
East
D
South
10) Look at the cartoon on page 22 of the blue book. Read the captions, look at the bottom of both sides, consider what you know and answer question 11 in the book.
A
A.
B
C.
C
B.
D
D.
11) Look at the cartoon on page 22 of the blue book. Read the captions, look at the bottom of both sides, consider what you know and answer question 12 in the book.
A
B.
B
C.
C
A.
D
D.
12) What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision?
A
Dred Scott and his wife spent the rest of their lives in slavery
B
The Supreme Court held that the practice of slavery was unconstituional
C
The Supreme Court overruled attempts by congress to limit the spread of slavery
D
While Lincoln objected to the decision, Stephen Douglas supported it
13) What was the main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War?
A
Robert E. Lee, the Southern commander, owned land in FLorida
B
The main southern fleet was stationed in ports along the FLorida Coast
C
Northern commanders planned to divide the South by marching right through Florida
D
The Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops from reaching Confederate troops
14) Open up a new tab and look at the cartoon at (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/e4/54/a4/e454a4ac00075714a6438cf8b45a1f64.jpg.) Who is the snakehead 'Davis' depicted in the cartoon?
A
Jefferson Davis, the elected president of the Confederacy
B
Frederick Davis, a political writer of the time
C
Jim Davis, the allied commander of the confederacy at the battler of Bull Run
D
Thurman Davis, the Senator of Virginia and well known secessionist
15) Open up a new tab and look at the cartoon at (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/e4/54/a4/e454a4ac00075714a6438cf8b45a1f64.jpg.) What do you think the cartoonist is saying about seccesison?
A
Thoguh necessary, Secession is a difficult beast to tame, but it is possible for someone with enough will power and might
B
Secession is a difficult and treacherous political situation
C
There are many different viewpoints from which to consider secession, centering around northern ideals verse southern ideals
D
Secession has many different heads
16) After the United States was torn in 2 during the Civil War, the next major part of US history is called
A
Reconstruction
B
Imperialism
C
The 2nd Industrial Revolution
D
Neoclassicism
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