Unit 4 Civil War Test (Review)

Which statement concerning this territory is correct? (SSUSH8d)

• The U.S. acquired this territory from Spain in the Adams Onis Treaty.

• The U.S. acquired this territory as a result of the War with Mexico.

• President Polk’s campaign slogan “54-40 or Fight” refers to this territory.

• This this territory won its own independence from Mexico in the Texas Revolution.

Which issue is reflected in these headlines? (SSUSH8e)

• Enactment of protective tariffs

• Legislation regarding the extension of slavery

• Expansion of voting rights

• Universal public education

What did U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas propose in the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)?

• to uphold the Missouri Compromise of 18

• to make both Kansas and Nebraska slave states

• to allow slavery in Kansas but not in Nebraska

• to allow both Kansas and Nebraska to have popular sovereignty

Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of (SSUSH9a)

• Allowing states to secede from the Union

• Permitting voters to nullify federal laws

• Deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state

• Overturning unpopular decisions of the Supreme Court

How did the ruling on the Dred Scott case affect the slavery debate? (SSUSH9a)

• It protected the right of a freed slave to file a lawsuit

• It determined the authority of Congress to outlaw slavery in the territories

• It temporarily united antislavery and proslavery forces

• It reversed the Missouri Compromise and stated that the federal government could NOT limit or extend slavery-it was a state’s right to decide

“The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the

public safety may require it.” This provision of the Constitution allowed President Lincoln to do what during wartime.:

• Have unlimited power during wartime

• Using emergency powers to meet the needs of the nation

• Add additional justices to the Supreme Court

• Outlaw slavery in the border states.

What was the purpose of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry?

• To make the south “so sick of war that generations would pass away before they would again appeal to it”

• To secure enough ammunition from a federal arsenal to carry out a large scale operation against slavery in the South

• To kill Joseph Smith and end polygamy in the U.S.

• To redeem Texas for the slaughter on the Alamo

“…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” This excerpt from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address expresses Lincoln’s hope for

• Freeing the slaves

• Acquiring more western territory

• Preserving the nation

• Religions freedom

Which of the following did NOT happen at the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?

• The northern victory turned the tide of the war

• “Stonewall Jackson” motivated troops to drive back the Union

• It was the first major battle of the Civil War

• Southern forces were marching to attack Washington D.C.

What states were considered the Border States during the Civil War?

• New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada

• Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, & Delaware

• Texas, California, Virginia, Kansas

• Tennessee, West Virginia, Kansas, Nebraska