Unit 8 Review Civil War

This image illustrates how the demand for cotton most likely— 

• decreased the need for slave labor

• had little effect on the textile industry

• expanded the plantation system in the South

• forced farmers to treat their workers fairly

One reason the song “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” was popular during the American Civil War was because —

• enslaved people were able to escape from the South

• men were needed to keep the factories running

• families were separated for a long time during the war

• immigrants came to America to serve in the Union Army

How was the event in the headline important to settlement of the western United States?

• A physical divide was created between the North and the South

• The largest cities in the United States would now be in western states.

• Travel across the United States was now easier and cheaper.

• Spanish leaders could no longer claim parts of the American West.

Following the Civil War, which action was taken to ensure the rights of formerly enslaved people?

• Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Ratifying new amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• Readmitting the former Confederate states

• Creating the Freedman's Bureau

The events to the left contributed to —

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the start of the American Civil War

• the creation of the Missouri Compromise

This image illustrates the contributions of which individuals on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Farmers

• Immigrant groups

• Indigenous

• Factory workers

Which political change came about in the United States as a result of the Civil War?

• Immigrants were granted voting rights.

• A system of federalism was established.

• The union of states was reconstructed.

• A new federal constitution was created.

How were Omaha and Sacramento most likely impacted by the event illustrated in the map?

• They became state capitals

• They declined in population

• They profited economically

• They experienced earthquakes

By delivering the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln demonstrated the leadership quality of

• being a decision-maker

• being religious

• being honest

• being inspirational

In 1861 a civil war began between northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about —

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

• the admission of free states into the union