Gateway to US History

Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tensions, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict?

• John Brown’s raid + Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850 + Dred Scott decision
• Kansas-Nebraska Act + Admission of California to statehood
• “Bleeding Kansas” + Admission of Maine and Missouri to statehood

Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven Southern states in 1861?

• passage of a higher protective tariff
• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
• the shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

Why did the Union impose a naval blockade on the South during the Civil War?

• to promote domestic industries in the South
• to strangle the shipment of supplies to the Confederacy
• to motivate enslaved African Americans to migrate to the North
• to encourage Union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the Union

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Slaves in Northern states were freed.
• The war became a moral contest over slavery.
• Slaves in border states were immediately freed.
• African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.

What were the major consequences of the Civil War?

• the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government
• recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws
• an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation
• the abolition of slavery in all Northern states and in all federal territories north of 36°30' N

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Southerners feared that Northerners intended to abolish slavery.
• Southern states wanted a free hand in suppressing local slave revolts.
• The Dred Scott decision led Northern state officials to defy federal law.
• Northerners opposed the shipment of Southern cotton to Great Britain.

Which view was held by most Southerners of the secession crisis of 1860–1861?

• Revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
• Since the Union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
• The Union was formed by the American people, and not by individual states.
• Because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous.

Which amendment guaranteed the “equal protection” of the laws to all American citizens?

• 1st Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

• They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
• They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.
• They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.
• They prevented President Johnson from sending federal troops to the South.

Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?

• Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers
• Northern Democrats and Ku Klux Klan members
• Southern Democrats and supporters of the Black Codes
• Confederate veterans and supporters of President Andrew Johnson