Civil War & Sectionalism STAAR Questions.

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River Contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?

• The river provided direct access to the Union's base operation.s
• Losing control of the river removed the physcial barrier between slave and free states.
• The river provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.
• Losing control of the rivers divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.

What was an advantage the Confederacy had over the Union?

• Numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition.
• A larger number of military troops in reserve
• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies.
• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought.

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

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• 3
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Which economy and contributing factor helped the West Region?

• Large farms/Slaves used for labor.
• Cottage Industry/Mild weather that attracted immigrants.
• Mining/Metal Ores and Minerals
• Ranching/Railroads to transport cattle to market.

Why did the economies of the western territories develop differently from the Northeast and South?

• Western territories had limited land and a large immigrant population.
• Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers.
• Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave labor.
• Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

Major result of Missouri Compromise.

• Increases the # of immigrants settlingin northern states.
• Provided financing for canal construction
• Rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.
• Temporarily relieved sectional tensions.

Who made this statement about the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Harriet Tubman
• Phillis Wheatley.

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the 1850 Compromise one escaped slaves & freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.
• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.
• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C., slave markets.
• Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

Which statement best explains the table?

• Slaves from the Upper South were moved to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations.
• The Upper south experienced an agricultural labor shortage in the antebellum period.
• Slaves were transferred from the Lower South to the Upper South to work in newly built factories
• The Lower South lost population as settler migrated west to establish new plantations.

• Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods.
• States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations.
• Border states had to import needed raw materials.
• States in the upper South were heavily industrialized.