U.S. History ~1st Sem Exam {FL ~ 2.1/2.2/2.7/3.1/3.2/4.1/4.5

Which amendment abolished slavery? {2.1 & 2.4}

• 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

Who was president of the Union during the Civil War? {2.1}

• Jefferson Davis
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Fredrick Douglas

On March 3rd, 1845, Florida joined the Union as a slave state, while Iowa became a free state. This entrance into the Union as a pair was required under what document?

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Adam-Onis Treaty
• Fillmore Agreement

Which of the following statements is true concerning the map pictured below?

• The Union thought that by blockading the southern ports they could easily win the war.
• The Union wanted to shut the south off from all possible help in an attempt to squeeze the Confederacy into submission.
• The snake’s head begins in the Union’s capital and tail ends in the Confederate capital to mark the journey the soldiers would face during the war.
• The Union knew that the Confederacy had the industrial advantage so they were attempting to cut off any exportation of goods.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

• The right of Northerners to own slaves 
• The sale of federal lands to slave owners
• The expansion of slavery into new territories
• The return of slaves who had escaped from the South

This Supreme Court case further angered Northerners ruling that slaves were property and had no rights?  {2.1}

• John Brown V Dorthea Dix
• Dred Scott V Sanford
• Brown V Board of Education

To entice new settlers Congress created the _________________ Act granting 160 acres of free land to anyone who would live on it for 5 years. Greatly expanding the population of the Western Territories.  {2.1}

• Housing
• Lincoln
• Homestead
• Kansas-Nebraska

Who won the Civil War?  {2.1}

• Union
• Confederacy

______ became the most famous battle of the Civil War and represented the largest number of casualties of the entire war, close to 50,000 dead, wounded, or missing. {2.1}

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Bull Run

Which condition in society was primarily responsible for the change in urban population?

• absence of agriculture employment in Southern communities
• lack of political representation in Southern communities
• availability of job opportunities in Northern cities
• prevalence of racial equality in Northern cities