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Semester 2 - US History - Inspire
Test Description: Semester 2 Final Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What were the South's important military advantages during the Civil War?
A
Confederate guerillas
B
All of the above
C
Tredegar Iron Works and Josiah Gorgas many factories
D
Geography
2) What were the Homestead Acts?
A
Granted ownership of 160 acres of public land to a settler after five years of residence on his claim
B
Gave settlers a home to live and 40 mules
C
Gave settlers 25 acres of land and 30 cows
D
None of the above
3) After the Civil War, the period of rebuilding the South was called
A
Reformation
B
Rebuilding
C
Reorgranization
D
Reconstruction
4) What type of society did Southern states form by passing the Jim Crow laws following the Civil War
A
a segregated society
B
an economic society
C
a healthy society
D
an integrated society
5) What impact did the Fifteenth Amendment have on American Society?
A
Women were given equal rights
B
Prohibition was repealed
C
Slavery was abolished
D
African American men got the right to vote
6) To many freed men and women, what reestablished slavery in disguise?
A
literacy tests
B
black codes
C
slave codes
D
poll taxes
7) What event in South Carolina marked the beginning of the fighting in the Civil War?
A
Fort Sumter attack
B
Lincoln inauguration
C
Lincoln-Douglas debates
D
South Carolina seceding
8) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act help bring about the start of the Civil War?
A
The government forcefully seized private property; owners protested by starting the Civil War
B
Kansas and Nebraska seceded from the Union, the war was started to stop the secession of the two states
C
Thousands of women's rights activists were jailed, which led to the Civil War
D
Violence broke out between proslavery and antislavery groups, led by John Brown
9) What was an impact of the invention of the cotton gin in 1793?
A
Cotton was transported more quickly
B
More people were required to produce thread
C
Intricate fabric designs could be created
D
The production of cotton became profitable
10) In 1863, Abraham Lincoln gives a speech that is 272 words long. In his speech he was able to honor the soldiers and the cause for which they had fought and died, as well as state his vision for the country. What was the name of this famous speech?
A
Shiloh Address
B
Antietam Address
C
Vicksburg Address
D
Gettysbury Address
11) For the South, the primary goal of the Civil War was to win
A
recognition as an independent nation
B
restore the union
C
as a wealthy area
D
to invade and conquer the north
12) On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the _________ which freed all the slaves in the rebel states.
A
Fourteenth Amendment
B
Emancipation Proclamation
C
Free Slave Bill
D
Thirteenth Amendment
13) How did the Mississippi River affect the economic develoopment of the United Stated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
A
Native American Indians prevented Americans from sailing on the river.
B
It provided a way to transport goods to and from markets
C
It served as a barrier for keeping the French colonists in the West
D
Frequent flooding kept people from buidling towns near it.
14) The forceful removal of Native Americans from their lands by making them go west, in which many died, was called what?
A
Forced March
B
Great Indian Move
C
Trail of Tears
D
Naturalization Act
15) What was found out west that led to large migration to California in 1849?
A
Copper
B
Silver
C
Gold
D
Oil
16) What idea stated God wanted America to stretch from sea to shining sea, from East coast to West coast?
A
Popular Sovereignty
B
Manifest Determination
C
Manifest Destiny
D
Trail of Tears
17) Between 1754 and 1801, how did life in the southern and northern states differ?
A
The southern states had a larger shipbuilding industry
B
The southern states had a larger banking industry
C
The southern states had more schools and churches
D
The southern states had more cotton plantations
18) How did Dred Scott case help bring about the start of the Civil War?
A
People living in slave states were outranged that Dred Scott was punished for fleeing from his master.
B
People living in free states were outraged that the courts declared Dred Scott a slave.
C
People living in slave states were outraged that Dr. Emerson granted freedom to Dred Scott.
D
People living in slave states were outraged that Dred Scott got a job as a porter in a hotel.
19) Which is a key idea of Jacksonian Democracy?
A
People should have the power to decide on public policies.
B
Slavery should be illegal.
C
The United States should trade with other countries
D
Women should have the right to vote
20) Which was an outcome of the War of 1812?
A
The United States became an important ally to Canada in their fight for independence.
B
The United States abolished slavery throughout all of its states and territories.
C
The United States became the weakest nation in the world.
D
The United States began a period known as the Era of Good Feelings
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