Mid-Year Review US History

Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because

• the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states
• Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North
• Northern states passed affirmative action legislation
• geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

Early in his presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
• preserve the Union
• end slavery throughout the entire country
• encourage sectionalism

The Civil War stimulated the Northern economy by

• causing a severe depression
• increasing unemployment rates
• decreasing demand for agricultural products
• stimulating industrialization

Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

• The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher number of injuries and fatalities
• The Union army had better generals during the Civil War
• The Civil War had more casualties than any other war
• More soldiers died from disease than from wounds

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• guarantees African Americans free speech
• Outlawed slavery in the United States
• gave African Americans the right to vote
• rejoined the South and the North

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Freed the slaves
• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Forced African Americans back into slavery

Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877.  These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities. 

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee
• The Freedmen's Bureau
• The Welfare Committee
• The Salvation Army

Which two were the immigration stations into the United States?

• Angel and Long Island

• Alcatraz and Liberty Island

• Ellis and Angel Island

• Ellis and Jekyll Island