U.S. History Semester Review (Fall 2020)

Which of the following is not a reason the Battle of Gettysburg was important?

• It was a turning point in the war.
  
  
• It was the site of the Gettysburg Address.
• It was a key victory for the Confederate Army.
• All of the above are reasons the Battle of Gettysburg was important.

Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.

• freed slaves in the Confederate states
• ended slavery in the entire country
• freed slaves in the border states
• ended the Civil War

What event led to Southern sates seceding from the Union?

• Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
• the election of Lincoln as President
• The Missouri Compromise
• the annexation of Texas

At the start of the Civil War, what was the primary goal of the Union?

• end slavery

• increase taxes

• expand American territory

• preserve the Union

Which of the following best describes how the Emancipation Proclamation addressed the issue of slavery effective January 1, 1863?

• It freed enslaved people in all United States territories.

• It freed enslaved people in the border states.

• It freed enslaved people in all territories in rebellion against the Union.

• It freed all enslaved people in the world.

This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. even if they were previously a slave.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 4th

This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd

This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd

This amendment granted suffrage (the right to vote) to men who are black.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 9th

The major causes of the __________________________ were disputes between the French and British over _______________ of the Ohio River Valley.

• British, money
• French war, trade
• French and Indian War, trading
• Native American War, bonds