Benchmark 3 Review

Which amendment abolished slavery in the US?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which is NOT a cause of the Civil War?

• Sectional Disagreements over tariffs and the natural of States' Rights

• The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

• A series of successful compromises over the expansion of slavery into new territories

• Northern abolitionists versus Southern defenders of slavery

Which event damaged the southern economy and hurt southern morale?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• The Anaconda Plan

• The Battle of Antietam

Which group supported punishing the south for seceding and for increasing African American Civil Rights?

• Radical Republicans

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Federalists

Which of the following had the biggest impact on westward migration following the Civil War?

• The Cotton Gin

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Suez canal

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Which amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude?"

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which of the following inventors had the biggest impact on the growth and spread of slavery prior to the Civil War?

• Eli Whitney

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cyrus McCormick

• John Deere

Which group would have most likely supported secession?

• Northern abolitionists

• Southern plantation owners

• Free African Americans

• Radical Republicans

Which of the following statements, about the Reconstruction, is true?

• Andrew Johnson wanted to punish southern states

• The Radical Republicans wanted to pardon high ranking Confederate officials

• The Radical Republicans did not want to immediately allow states back into the Union

• Andrew Johnson wanted to protect the civil rights of African Americans in the south

Which of the following are territories that the US gained in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• California

• Utah Territory

• New Mexico territory

• All of the above