Social Studies Unit 5 Review

Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

How did many people in the North try to improve their lives during the 1800s?

• They moved to large cities and started plantations.

• They moved to large cities and specialized in a trade.

• They moved away from cities and started plantations.

• They moved away from cities and specialized in a trade.

What is states' rights?

• the idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government

• the federal government's plan to restore the south to the union after the civil war

• a nation at war within itself

• to withdraw from something, such as a nation

By the end of the Civil War, which of these states had the MOST physical damage from the war?

• Missouri

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

Which of the following statements accurately describes the public's reaction to Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Northerners viewed the book as nothing more than abolitionist exaggerations.

• Southerners felt the book did not accurately describe slavery.

• Abolitionists believed the book harmed their cause and tried to have it banned.

• The book was largely ignored by the public until after Reconstruction.

Which of the followings events during the Civil War was a major defeat for Robert E. Lee?

• the March to the Sea

• the Atlanta Campaign

• the Battle of Gettysburg

• the Battle of Fort Sumter

During the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign took place as a result of which turn of events?

• a Union victory in Florida

• a Union defeat in Alabama

• a Union victory in Tennessee

• a Union defeat in South Carolina

The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution expanded

• consumer rights.

• workers' rights.

• voting rights.

• women's rights.

What was the MAIN reason that the South built more factories following the Civil War?

• European demand for American cotton decreased.

• A lot of Southern farmland was destroyed during the war.

• Northern demands for manufactured goods increased dramatically.

• Reconstruction laws banned former slaveholders from owning farms.

How did specialization in the North or the South give one side an advantage in the American Civil War?

• The South specialized in shipbuilding, so they were able to easily defeat the North's navy.

• The North specialized in farming, so they were better able to provide food for their soldiers.

• The North specialized in manufacturing, so they were able to make weapons and ammunition.

• The South specialized in building railroads, so they were better able to transport their soldiers.