Causes of the Civil War

Civil War

STAAR Review

Multiple Choice

Which era is represented by this photograph

• The early republic

• The age of Jackson

• Westward Expansion

• Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court

• Both groups were able to vote in elections

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights

Multiple Choice

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts

• Tensions among the populations of norther and southern states increased.

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories

Multiple Choice

What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

Multiple Choice

Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in this headline?

• The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North

• Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states

• The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into al new western territories

• Abolitionist moved to the South to avoid living under the new law.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

• They were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter.

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksbur

• They were Union generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysbur

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased Sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who seetled in the territories

Multiple Choice

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

Draw

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

Multiple Choice

Which statemen BEST describes the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River

• It was the opening engagement of the Civil War in the South

• It was described as the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War

• The Confederacy captured military supplies from the North

Multiple Choice

Where did the events shown in this painting occur?

• A private home in Appomattox County Virginia

• The U.S. Capitol building

• A public church near Ford's Theatre

• The Governor's mansion in Richmond, Virginia

Multiple Choice

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

• Several important Confederate generals were killed

• Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River

• The Confederate territory was divided in half

• Severe Casualties were inflicted on Union forces

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

• General Lee's troops received necessary reinforcements

• General Grants supply lines were completely cut off

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant

• General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

Multiple Choice

Which human geographic factor helped the Union win the Civil War?

• A network of railroads in the North allowed Union soldiers to be moved quickly over long distances

• The Oregon Trail allowed Union military supplies to be moved quickly to the West

• Northern farms started producing cotton used to make Union military uniforms

• Canals in the Midwest allowed food for Union soldiers to be moved quickly to the front lines.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the outcome of the Civil War?

• Economic differences between the Union and the Confederacy

• The amount of military training given to Union forces and Confederacy forces

• Religious differences between the Union and the Confederacy

• The alignment of foreign allies with the Union or with the Confederacy

Multiple Choice

Which issue do the events in these headlines have in common?

• Expansion of slavery

• States' Rights

• Taxation without representation

• Popular Sovereignty

Multiple Choice

Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

• Disagreement over the boundaries of teh Oregon Territory

• Growing Support for limiting female suffrage and immigration

• The limits on free speech and press included in the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Debate over the expansion of slavery into the west.

Multiple Choice

Which statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• The compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senat

• The compromise allowed slaves to be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress

• The compromise enabled Southerners to pursue fugitive slaves into the North

• The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

Open Ended

What were TWO contributions of African Americans to the Union effort in the US Civil War?

Think about the question carefully, then answer in the space provided.