Semester 2 Unit 3 Test

Which description best describes the geography or climate in the South?

• long, hot summers and mild winters

• Atlantic Ocean coastline full of bays and harbors

• rocky areas unsuitable for planting crops

• lacking any rivers for transportation

Which political party won the election of 1860?

• Southern Democratic Party

• Constitutional Union Party

• Republican Party

• Northern Democratic Party

How did the election of 1860 lead to the Civil War?

Responses

• Abraham Lincoln promised to end enslavement after winning the election, and southern states made plans to fight back.

• Abraham Lincoln won the election, causing southern states to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America.

• Abraham Lincoln promised to reduce tariffs after winning the election, which made southerners unhappy.

Which viewpoint did the North have during the Civil War?

• The Union must be saved, so people have to fight for it.

• The national government cannot override states' rights, so people have to preserve state governments.

• The Constitution allows enslavement, so people have to fight to create a new constitution.

Which Confederate victory stopped the Union from taking Richmond, making the war long and difficult?

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Atlanta

What was a Northern advantage during the Civil War?

• having more experienced soldiers and leaders

• fighting on home terrain

• having more mobile armies

• having more railroads and factories

Which advantage did the Anaconda Plan give the North?

• a method to cut off supplies to the Confederacy

• a coastline that was difficult to blockade

• a political system that gave more power to the leader

Which analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation is correct?

• It signaled to enslaved people in the South that they would be freed if they escaped to the North.

• It paved the way for African Americans in the North to be able to vote.

• It forced states in the Union to abolish enslavement, which made them live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

Which analysis of the Gettysburg Address is correct?

• It signaled to enslaved people in the South that they would be freed if they escaped to the North.

• It changed the original meaning of the Declaration of Independence to prevent states from seceding in the future.

• It made the purpose of the war greater than just reuniting the nation.

Which group joined exclusively with the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry

• Cherokee Nation

• Mexican Americans