Test 4 Study Guide - 8th Grade

Identify the reason many landowners established plantations near rivers.

• Rivers protected plantations from foreign attacks.

• Rivers prevented loss of land for landowners.

• Rivers offered an easy mode of transportations to sell crops.

• Sediment created natural river crossings that made trade easy.

Which two statements best describe the economies of the northern and southern regions of the United States in the Antebellum Period?

• Northern economies were heavily industrialized, which led to densely populated cities while the southern economies were focused on large plantations with a dispersed population.

• Southern economies were heavily industrialized, which led to densely populated cities while the northern economies were focused on large

What was the ultimate political and social goal of Abolitionists?

• Abolitionists believed slavery was inevitable in the U.S. and attempted to increase slave’s rights.

• Abolitionists’ goal was emancipation and the end of the institution of slavery.

• Abolitionists were willing to work with slave owners to lower the number of slaves in the U.S.

• Abolitionists goal was the creation of laws to prevent the mistreatment of slaves.

Identify 1 political and 1 social impact The Dred Scott Decision had on Louisiana’s African American communities.

• The Supreme Court’s decision emancipated slaves in southern states.

• The decision stripped free people of color of their citizenship.

• The Supreme Court’s decision greatly reduced the number of slaves in Louisiana.

• The decision ruled slaves as property of their owners, therefore slaves had no constitutional rights.

• The decision supported the Missouri Compromise, which prevented the spread of slavery in western territories.

What was the driving force behind Louisiana’s decision to secede from the United States?

• Louisiana wanted to build factories that the federal government would not allow.

• Louisiana wanted to protect slavery from possibly being made illegal by the federal government.

• Louisiana did not actually secede from the United States.

• Louisiana wanted to ensure that they would be taxed less by the federal government.

What was the idea behind the Union’s “Anaconda Plan”?

• The U.S. navy would attack foreign ships trying to trade with the Confederacy.

• The Confederacy would surround northern port cities to stop trade.

• The U.S. Navy would block trade in and out of southern ports then take control of the Mississippi to divide the south and prevent trade and transport.

• The U.S. would allow southern ports to trade if they agreed to pay higher taxes.

What geographic reason explains why New Orleans and Baton Rouge were easily captured by Union Naval forces?

• Both cities were secretly hoping to join the Union.

• Both cities were able to defend themselves due to high elevation.

• Both cities were on the Mississippi, allowing Union gunboats to easily reach and capture both towns.

• The union army was able to easily march through Louisiana’s swamps to surround both cities.

What were the last confederates cities on the Mississippi River during the Union’s blockade and siege?

• Vicksburg, MS

• Chalmette, LA

• Port Hudson, LA

• Natchez, MS

Identify two ways Louisiana was affected by the Union’s Anaconda Plan?

• There would have been more trade opportunities.

• Farmers would have lost their ability to ship their crops.

• Farmers would have become rich from selling surplus crops to soldiers.

• Residents would have lost their crops and supplies from armies stealing/taking their crops

Which two specific amendments allowed the scene in “The First Vote” drawing?

• The 13th and 15th

• The 13th and 14th

• The 14th and 15th