UIL Social Studies Review

Which of the following is NOT a Southern cause of the Civil War

• slavery

• defend homeland and way of life

• states rights

• preserve the Union

Which was the most important crop in the South during the Civil War?

• cotton

• corn

• wheat

• hay

How were African American lives more difficult after the end of Reconstruction?

• a public school system was established

• many industries expanded to the South

• families were able to stay together

• Jim Crow laws restricted where they could go

What is a Jim Crow law?

• restricted where Native Americans could go and what they could do

• restricted where white Americans could go and what they could do

• restricted where African Americans could go and what they could do

• restricted where Mexican Americans could go and what they could do

What does "abolition" mean?

• to capture

• to set free

• to leave and never come back

• to starve

Who was the abolitionist leader that planned to steal weapons from the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia to use in an attack on slave owners in Virginia?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Joseph Cinque

Which Civil War battle called for Union troops to gain control of the Mississippi River to weaken the Confederacy?

• Chickamauga

• New Orleans

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?

• to slither through the south

• to feed the people rats and mice

• to squeeze the life out of the south

• to sit in a cage like a pet

Which of the following was Henry Clay NOT known for?

• nicknamed "The Great Compromiser"

• ended the Civil War in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

• Helped create the Missouri Compromise in 1820

• created the Compromise of 1850

Clara Barton was know for all of the following EXCEPT...

• created the first American Flag

• volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War

• nicknamed "Angel of the Battlefield"

• Founded the American Red Cross