Unit 8 SS

The application for statehood by the Missouri Territory was an important step towards civil war in the United States because it —

• delayed the admission of Kansas to the Union

• added electoral votes to the West

• facilitated the admission of Maine to the Union

• fueled the debate about states’ rights

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 admission of free states into the union

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

The expansion of slavery into western territories result in growing sectionalism because it —

• threatened to upset the balance of power in Congress

• pushed American Indians from their land

• increased the power of the federal government

• expanded federal control over public lands

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

• A new federal constitution was created.

• Immigrants were granted voting rights.

• 
  A system of federalism was established.

• The union of states was reconstructed.

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

• Creating the Freedman's Bureau

• Readmitting the former Confederate states

• Ratifying new amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Which social change was brought about by the Thirteenth Amendment?

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

 

—Section 1, Thirteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution

Which social change was brought about by the Thirteenth Amendment?

• Formerly enslaved African Americans were granted land.

• 
  Enslaved African Americans were made United States citizens.

• African Americans living in the South were given the right to vote.

• The practice of enslaving people was outlawed in the United States.

The Underground Railroad was a success because Harriet Tubman was a leader who was —

• generous with wealth

• courageous in action

• able to compromise

• skilled at diplomacy

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

• men were needed to keep the factories running

• families were separated for a long time during the war

• enslaved people were able to escape from the South

• immigrants came to America to serve in the Union Army

The Transcontinental Railroad helped the economy to grow because —

• railroad workers helped find new petroleum resources

• workers from California migrated to the East Coast

• goods were moved to markets more quickly and cheaply

• buffalo herds were located more easily and successfully

One way the building of railroads contributed to environmental change was by —

• depleting supplies of coal

• enclosing land into fenced areas

• polluting rivers on the Great Plains

• helping to wipe out large herds of bison