Unit 2 - Topic 3 (Civil War) Post Assessment

Which problem is being discussed in the excerpted document above?

• Different perspectives on states rights prior to the United States Civil War

• Different perspectives on the abolition of slavery during the 1850s

• Different perspectives on states ratifying the Constitution in 1787

• Different perspectives on the expansion of slavery during the mid 1800s

The circumstances outlined in the document contributed to which of the following turning points?

• Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865

• Election of Rutherford B Hayes as President of the United States  in 1876

• Emancipation Proclamation freeing all enslaved peoples issued in 1863

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States in

Both the black and white abolitionists mentioned in this document were fighting against which policy

• Enslavement of African Americans in the United States prior to the Civil War

• Desegregating the United States military during World War I and World War II

• The practice of indentured servitude used to settle American colonies in the early 1600’s

• Jim Crow laws implemented after the Civil War that were meant to segregate America

According to this excerpt, what was one key difference between black and white abolitionists?

• Black abolitionists relied only on existing political tactics such as voting and amending the Constitution

• White abolitionists felt that a variety of tactics were necessary, including armed rebellion

• Black abolitionists were more willing to engage in armed rebellion than white abolitionists

• White abolitionists did not participate in the Underground Railroad

Which of the following claims is supported by both documents 1 and 2?

• The Missouri Compromise allowed citizens to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state

• The Missouri Compromise divided the nation into Northern free states and Southern slave states.

• The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine to be admitted as a slave state, and Missouri as a free state.

• The Missouri Compromise settled the debate over expanding slavery into the territories until the U.S. Civil War in 1861.

Which generalization is supported by the information in the chart?

• The South exported more manufactured goods than the North

• The North would have more difficulty supplying an army than the South

• The North had greater economic strength than the South

• The South would be better able to transport an army than the North

A historian would find this document most useful for...

• Attempting to prove that the South had an economic advantage over the North at the start of the Civil War

• Studying the economic and social differences between the North and South at the start of the Civil War

• Investigating the outcomes and impact of the American Civil War on both the North and the South

• Predicting whether the North or the South would lose the first battle of the Civil War

Which government action most directly prompted the publication of this poster?

• The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act

• Rejection of the Wilmot Proviso

• Adoption of the Missouri Compromise

The intended audience of this poster was most likely...

• Enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy

• Free African Americans in the North who wanted to join the Union in the Civil War

• Citizens of all races in the Confederacy and the Union during the Civil War

• Congressmen voting on the Emancipation Proclamation in the Confederacy government

Which key event influenced the writing of the document above?

• Mass casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg

• Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run

• Mass casualties at the Battle at Antietam

• The surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee