SS.912.A.2.1

Front

Which of these statements best summarizes how the Civil War changed life in the North and South?
Options:
Both regions suffered equal damage.
The South’s way of life was almost destroyed.
Life in the North was not changed by the war.
Slavery still supported the Southern economy.

Back

The South’s way of life was almost destroyed.

Front

How did the Civil War and Reconstruction influence the balance of power between the states and the federal government?

Back

The federal government became more powerful.

Front

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

Back

the expansion of slavery into new territories

Front

Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?
Options: the disintegration of the Whig Party, the addition of new states to the Union, the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, the extension of voting rights to African American men

Back

the extension of voting rights to African American men

Front

Which of these events sparked southern recession?
Options: the Missouri Compromise, the Crittenden Compromise, the 1860 Democratic convention, the election of Lincoln as president

Back

the election of Lincoln as president

Front

Which point of view on the cause of the Civil War would have been held by a Northern Republican?

Back

Southern slaveholders were so devoted to the immoral system of slavery that they betrayed the nation to preserve this practice.

Front

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

Back

the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

Front

What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan described in General Scott’s letter?

Back

To suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports.

Front

Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

Back

To strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy

Front

Which of these strategies was NOT used by the South to counter the North’s advantages in resources shown in the graph? The South would fight a defensive war on its own terrain., The South would use its pool of talented military experience., The South would surround and capture several major Union cities., The South would keep fighting until Northerners became discouraged.

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The South would surround and capture several major Union cities.