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U.S. History Sem. 2 Review (Part 1)
Test Description: Includes important terms, events, and people from the Nationalism, Westward Expansion, Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction Units
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the term for a strong belief (or pride in) your country?
A
Nationalism
B
Industrial Revolution
C
Sectionalism
D
Urbanization
2) What does the word 'suffrage' mean?
A
Pride in your region
B
The right to vote
C
Slavery
D
Terrible agony
3) Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
A
The East Coast and West Coast were connected by rail.
B
The buffalo herds grew and flourished
C
New towns popped up along the railroad tracks
D
Native American hunting grounds were disturbed
4) What is sectionalism?
A
A strong belief in your family
B
A strong belief in abolition
C
A strong belief in your region
D
A strong belief in your country
5) How were the Slave Codes and the Black Codes similar?
A
They both caused the Civil War.
B
They were passed by Congress in the same year.
C
They both came during the presidency of Andrew Johnson.
D
They both restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans in the South.
6) Which of the following is NOT true of the Border States during the Civil War?
A
They were slave states.
B
They seceded in 1861.
C
They included Maryland and Kentucky.
D
They stayed loyal to the Union.
7) What is another name for the South during the Civil War?
A
Yankee Land
B
The Confederacy
C
The Border States
D
The Union
8) During the Civil War, the draft law required some men to:
A
swear allegiance to the Confederacy.
B
free their slaves.
C
leave the country.
D
join the military.
9) General Grant's strategy of targeting civilian targets as well as military targets is called:
A
Segregation
B
The Draft
C
Total War
D
Inflation
10) All of the following statements about the Freedmen's Bureau are true EXCEPT:
A
It gave food and clothing to freed slaves.
B
It was a branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
C
It established schools in the South.
D
It was Abraham Lincoln's idea.
11) The Jim Crow laws are a good example of:
A
Total War
B
Segregation
C
Inflation
D
Secession
12) What do we call the big change in our nation when people switched from hand tools to machines and many moved from farms to factories?
A
The Industrial Revolution
B
Manifest Destiny
C
The Revolutionary War
D
The Middle Passage
13) The Indian Removal Act directly led to which event:
A
The Trail of Tears
B
The Fugitive Slave Act
C
The Alamo
D
The Battle of Bull Run
14) 'Manifest Destiny' was an American belief that:
A
Slavery should be immediately ended in the U.S.
B
America's culture was no better than any other culture.
C
The U.S. had a right and a duty to settle the land from East Coast to West Coast.
D
The Native American way of life should be protected.
15) What was the significance of the fight at the Alamo?
A
It ended slavery in America.
B
It was an overwhelming Texan victory.
C
It was the first major battle of the Civil War.
D
It gave the Texan army the time it needed to sucessfully build up its forces against Mexico.
16) Which of the following elements best describes the Underground Railroad?
A
A network of people and safehouses who helped runaway slaves.
B
A very long railroad that secretly carried slaves into Canada.
C
None of the above.
D
A system of underground tunnels that slaves could hide in.
17) How did the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin affect sectionalism in America?
A
It made slavery look innocent and harmless.
B
It spread abolitionist ideas in the North.
C
It pointed out injustices made to Native Americans.
D
It told the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
18) The most significant part of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision was:
A
...that Dred Scott was a free man!
B
...that African Americans would be able to vote!
C
...that African Americans were not citizens!
D
...that Dred Scott would be executed!
19) What do we call the 'freedom annoucement' that Lincoln made in 1862?
A
The Fugitive Slave Act
B
Manifest Destiny
C
The Emancipation Proclamation
D
The Gettysburg Address
20) Fought in July 1863, this 'turning point' battle of the Civil War included a Confederate disaster at Pickett's Charge.
A
Atlanta
B
Antietam
C
Gettysburg
D
Bull Run
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