USH Semester 1 Exam Review

Which of the following was NOT a cause for the Civil War?

• Slavery issues as the country expanded West
• Continued arguments over protective tariffs
• States’ rights issues to include the right of secession
• Falling prices of farm products

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South at the beginning of the war?

• Number of miles of railroads
• Better marksmen
• Better officers
• Knew the terrain where the fighting took place

Which of the following is a correct list of war strategies of the North?

• Building a defensive wall to separate the North and South and waiting to be attacked
• Blockade of the South, capture the Mississippi River, capture Richmond
• Control over mountain passes, invading the South through Florida, capture Atlanta
• Burn all southern fields, capture the Missouri River, assassination Jefferson Davis

What impact did President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation have on the course of the Civil War?

• It made the abolition of slavery a primary goal of the war.
• It caused the desegregation of the Union Army.
• It brought the British into the war on the side of the Confederacy.
• It established the first wartime draft.

The information above is most closely associated with which group?

• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers
• KKK members
• Know-Nothing Party

As Sherman made his famous March to the Sea, he promised slaves that joined him or helped him

• 160 acres so long as they develop it within 5 years
• voting rights
• free passage to Liberia
• 40 acres and a mule

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish

• Abolished Slavery

• Granted people citizenship

• Allowed men to vote

• Allowed for equality

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

• Granted citizenship

• Abolished slavery

• Gave all men the right to vote

• Allowed unreasonable searches

What is due process?

• Allows for unethical searches

• Allows people to gather peacefully

• Allows Congress to tax income

• Allows everyone to have an equal and fair trial

What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

• To fix buildings that were damaged because of the war

• To rebuild the Southern economy and society

• To rebuild the depleted military

• To unify both Northern and Southern states