US History Semester 1 Test review

What event was the result of the election depicted in the map above?

• the Missouri Compromise

• the outbreak of the Civil War

• the Crittenden Compromise

• the Compromise of 1877

How is the 13th Amendment different than the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The 13th amendment freed the slaves in the South

• Lincoln announced the 13th amendment to the whole country

• The 13th amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States

• The 13th amendment was a temporary solution to gain support for the war

Which statement best describes the status of African Americans immediately after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

• Most African Americans held factory jobs in urban areas

• Most African Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities

  at colleges

• Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments, African Americans

  found that gaining equal rights was very difficult.

• Political rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but

  restrictions and discrimination increased in the North.

Many

former slaves entered into this type of labor after the Civil War:

• building the railroads

• sharecropping

• steel making

• Ship-building

The literacy test and the poll tax were devised mainly to...

• eliminate fraudulent voting practices

• establish uniform national voting requirements

• limit the number of African Americans qualified to vote

• raise money for political campaigns

Black codes were meant to...

• force the newly freed slaves to migrate North

• help former slaves adjust to their new status as freed people

• allow Southerners to maintain control over former slaves

• use the freedmen to aid in the economic and political revival of the South

What is the purpose of the 15th Amendment

• To make slavery illegal

• To protect the voting rights of African Americans

• To allow US citizens the right to vote in other countries

• To make it easier for immigrants to come to the US

Which of the following correctly completes the following statement? The Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, and 15)...

• enacted limits on presidential power

• increased legal protection for African Americans

• nullified certain provisions of previous amendments

• extended extra rights to former Union soldiers

What is the MAIN purpose of the 14th amendment?

• to prohibit racial discrimination

• to guarantee the rights of immigrants

• the increase the political rights of women

• to assist in the effort to settle the west

These laws enacted by Southern states were designed to keep whites and blacks separate:

• Black codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Tenement Codes

• Railroad Acts