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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
John Browns Raid ..then... Missouri Compromise
B
Compromise of 1850 ...then...Dred Scott decision
C
Kansas Nevraska Act ...then...Admission of California to statehood
D
'Bleeding Kansas' ...then...Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood
2) Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first Southern states in 1861/
A
the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter
B
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
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 promote doemstic industries in the South
C
to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
D
to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union
4) Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North's advantages?
A
The South would invade and capture major Union cities
B
The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain
C
The South would use it's pool of talented military experience
D
The South would conscript troops and print its own paper money
5) What was the significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A
African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army
B
Slaves of the Northern States were freed
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
an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation
B
the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
C
the abolition of slavery in all Northern sates and in all federal territories north of 36 degrees north
D
recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws
7) Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
A
Southerners feared that the Northerners intended to abolish slavery
B
Norhterners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain
C
Southerners wanted a free hand in supressing local slave revolts
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
Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
B
Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
C
Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.
D
The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
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
North
B
South
C
East
D
West
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
D.
B
A.
C
C.
D
B.
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
D.
B
C.
C
A.
D
B.
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
While Lincoln objected to the decision, Stephen Douglas supported it
C
The Supreme Court held that the practice of slavery was unconstituional
D
The Supreme Court overruled attempts by congress to limit the spread of slavery
13) What was the main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War?
A
The Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops from reaching Confederate troops
B
The main southern fleet was stationed in ports along the FLorida Coast
C
Robert E. Lee, the Southern commander, owned land in FLorida
D
Northern commanders planned to divide the South by marching right through Florida
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
Jim Davis, the allied commander of the confederacy at the battler of Bull Run
B
Jefferson Davis, the elected president of the Confederacy
C
Frederick Davis, a political writer of the time
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
Secession is a difficult and treacherous political situation
B
Secession has many different heads
C
Thoguh necessary, Secession is a difficult beast to tame, but it is possible for someone with enough will power and might
D
There are many different viewpoints from which to consider secession, centering around northern ideals verse southern ideals
16) After the United States was torn in 2 during the Civil War, the next major part of US history is called
A
The 2nd Industrial Revolution
B
Reconstruction
C
Imperialism
D
Neoclassicism
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