USH Unit 4 Assessment Sectionalism, Civil War, Reconstruction

Which conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration?

• The North and South had equal percentage of railroads.

• The North had fewer manufacturing plants than the South.

• The North had a major advantage in railroad mileage, manufacturing and industrial production when compared to the South

• Most of the nation’s railroads ran through the South.

The first shots fired during the Civil War are associated with which location?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Vicksburg

• Bull Run

How did Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan contribute to the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Vicksburg during the U.S. Civil War?

• It ended smuggling across the Appalachian Mountains

• The Confederacy was split in half along the Mississippi River and cut off from supply lines.

• It weakened border defenses along the Great Lakes

• It prevented foreign aid from arriving on the West Coast

Which of the following statements best describes the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Lincoln freed the slaves in all states

• The focus of the war shifted from restoring the union to abolishing slavery.

• The practice of slavery was ended in the border states only

• All slaves who joined the Union army would be freed.

The President of the Confederate States of America was

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Which Union military leaders are correctly paired?

• Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

• Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

• Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis

• William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant

John Brown was an important figure prior to the Civil War because he was a

• former slave who conducted many slaves escapes along the Underground Railroad

• Union officer who defended the Harpers Ferry arsenal against Nat Turner’s rebellion

• slaveholder of South Carolina who urged Southern states to secede

• radical White abolitionist who led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia to incite a rebellion against slavery.

In the end, the South could not defeat the Union because

• The South never won any battles.

• The North had too much manpower and industry.

• The North did not have to worry protecting railroads.

• The South had too many railroads and factories to keep manned with labor.

Confederate leader, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union leader, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at _________

• Fredericksburg, Virginia.

• Bull Run.

• Savannah, Georgia.

• Appomattox Court House.

States’ rights is BEST defined as the belief that

• the federal government should tell the states what to do.

• states should not have slaves

• states should oppose tariffs.

• states should be able to nullify federal laws that violated the powers granted to states in the Constitution