STAAR Civil War Questions

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?

• Both groups were allowed to testify in court.

• Both groups were able to vote in elections.    

• Both groups were forced to pay taxes.

• Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

• They were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter.

• They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

• They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg.

• They were Union Generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysburg

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

•   It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

•    It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

• The battle opened the way for a full-scale Union attack on Atlanta.

•      The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

• The battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North.

• The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Identify the significance of the 13^th Amendment to American society in the 19^th century.

• African American males now have suffrage, therefore gaining equality with other Americans

• African Americans were able to earn wages for their labor

•    Women had the right own property and inherit family money

• Citizens from the South and North regardless of race were able serve on juries

Which amendment declared under law that African Americans had all the rights of a citizen?

• 13^th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which statement best describes the differences between the North and South in the period just after the Civil War?

• The South’s economy and transportation routes were ruined

• More European immigrants went to the South than to the North

• Transportation was far more developed in the South than in the North

• The North suffered economically, while the South prospered

Despite the North having many advantages, the Civil War lasted 4 years.  Which might help to explain these developments?

• The North was more dependent on foreign aid than the South

• The Underground Railroad was important to the Southern cause

• The South, guided by capable leaders like Robert E. Lee, was fighting to preserve their way of life

• Personal wealth was a key in determining the outcome of the war

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian Era

• The antebellum era

• The Federalist era

• The Reconstruction Era

This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the -

• ratification of the fifteenth Amendment

• Second Great Awakening

• emergence of Manifest Destiny

• expansion of the factory system into the South