Sectionalism, Civil War, Reconstruction, Exploration&Colonize

Which U.S. Region was dominated by the economic growth of cotton?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Which of these correctly describes an EFFECT of the Compromise of 1850 on ESCAPED SLAVES AND FREEDMEN?

• Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

• Members of both groups could vote in the U.S.

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

Which was a direct result of U.S Congress passing the Fugitive Slave Act?

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

• The U.S. Government allowed slavery throughout the country.

• Members in U.S. Senate wanted to end Black Codes in the South.

• Abolitionist gained momentum in the North.

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state.

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and antislavery groups during the voting process in Kansas.

• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south.

• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas.

Ulysses S. Grant graduated from West Point, served in Army in U.S./Mexican War, and served as 18th POTUS. WHICH statement can be added regarding Grant?

• Became Andrew Johnson's vice president after Lincoln's Assassination.

• Led Radical Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction.

• Commanded the U.S. military in the West during the Indian Wars.

• Was appointed General in Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War.

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

• The Confederate territory was divided in half.

• Several important Confederate generals were killed.

• Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River.

• Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces.

Which event encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union, strengthened the Union military and politically, shifted the focus of the Civil War to freedom to all?

• President Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address

• Gettysburg Address

• 13th Amendment

• The Emancipation Proclamation

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had...

• a larger number of military troops in reserve

• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition

• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought.

After General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to...

• elect a new president and vice president.

• complete construction of the Capitol

• establish Union forts in the former Confederate states.

• implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union.

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott Case?

• 14th Amendment

• Dawes Act

• Compromise of 1877

• Kansas-Nebraska Act