USHC 3 Review (Civil War & Reconstruction)

Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. It sold 10,000 copies inits first week and 300,000 copies in its first year. What best explains the importance of Stowe’snovel?

• It encouraged more people to settle the West.
• It inspired many people to support abolitionism
• It helped to increase literacy rates in the country.
• It was the first book written by an American woman.

The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that

• The power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
• Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property
• A national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
• The economic well-being of the western states depended on slave labor

The strife in ‘Bleeding Kansas’ was associated with a conflict between ______and ______

• Slaves and masters
• Immigrants and nativists
• Settlers and Native-Americans
• Free-Soilers and slavery supporters

Which of the following correctly identifies advantages enjoyed by the North over the South?

• The North enjoyed an advantage over the South in terms of military leadership.
• The North could rely on fighting a defensive war from invading Southern troops
• he North had profits from the sale of “King Cotton” to bolster its economy.
• The North’s access to industrial factories, railroads, and a navy.

During the American Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts regiment is most noteworthy for

• Defeating the Union troops at Fort Sumter.
• Defending “Little Round Top” at Gettysburg
• Being massacred by Confederates at Fort Pillow.
• Being the first all-black regiment in the US Army.

What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on foreign involvement in the Civil War?

• It encouraged Mexico to become a safe haven for freed slaves
• It brought the Spanish in on the side of the Union.
• It kept the British from providing aid to the Confederacy
• It convinced Canada to participate in the Underground Railroad.

What long term impact did secession and the Civil War have on democracy?

• The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution guaranteeing states’ rights was repealed infavor of more stringent federal laws
• The Union was preserved and an enslaved population freed
• Jefferson Davis and leaders in the South were executed as an example of what wouldhappen to people guilty of treason
• The national bank was established and the disputes of nullification, westward expansion,statehood, and slavery were settled due to the Northern victory.

Which item would best complete the list?

• Inexperienced military leaders
• Lack of Industries
• Larger Population
• Lack of agricultural land

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The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --

• allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
• broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

Which number on the map labels the state that first seceded from the Union?

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• 2
• 3
• 4