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American Civil War
Test Description: Test covers content under SC standards 8-4.4, 8-4.5 and 8-4.6.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which political group favored remaining a part of the U.S. as sectionalism and thoughts of secession intensified?
A
Cooperationists
B
Nullifiers
C
Unionists
D
Fire-eaters
2) Which political group was in favor of seceding from the Union, but only with the support of other southern states?
A
Fire-eaters
B
Unionists
C
Federalists
D
Cooperationists
3) What argument did the fire-eaters, also known as radicals, make in regards to leaving the Union?
A
They should wait and see what other states were going to do.
B
It was not an option as the Constitution protected South Carolina's way of life.
C
It was the only option for South Carolina.
D
It should be a last resort and based on the support of other states.
4) What encouraged most South Carolinians to support the fire-eaters?
A
The events of the 1850s and Lincoln's election as president.
B
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry Arsenal.
C
Lincoln's election as President.
D
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision.
5) What political idea was at the heart of the Ordinance of Secession?
A
Federalism
B
Popular sovereignty
C
State's rights
D
Republicanism
6) Why did the South's strategy to buy supplies from Europe via the sale of cotton fail?
A
The focus of the war changed with the Emancipation Proclamation.
B
New international cotton markets were found.
C
The northern blockade prevented them from selling it.
D
The Confederacy initially withheld the crop to increase demand and raise the price.
7) Which battle in South Carolina occurred first?
A
The battle at Fort Wagner in Charleston harbor.
B
The capture of areas surrounding Port Royal Sound.
C
The siege of Charleston.
D
The attempt to defend Fort Sumter.
8) Which of the following was not an accomplishment of Robert Smalls?
A
He helped draft South Carolina's first Constitution following the Civil War.
B
He provided the Union with valuable information regarding fortifications around Charleston.
C
He piloted a Confederate ship and escaped with it to the Union blockade.
D
He served in the South Carolina militia during the Civil War.
9) Why was it difficult to bring about change in the South after the Civil War?
A
There was a shortage of men to fill political jobs in the South.
B
The war resulted in the deaths of many who were willing to consider change.
C
Most of the post-war male population consisted of Confederate veterans.
D
The majority of African-Americans left the South, so there was little need for change.
10) Why is the Civil War often described as a 'rich man's war and a poor man's fight?'
A
Many of the wealthiest slave owners volunteered and served as officers in the Confederate army.
B
Men from the lower classes served and died in greater numbers than their wealthier comrades.
C
Men from the lower classes fought alongside the elite.
D
Many slave owners were excluded from the fighting under the '20 slave' law.
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