Civil War STAAR REVIEW

According to Garrison’s observations, how were slaves and free blacks treated similarly in both the North and the South?

• Both slaves and free blacks could travel without restrictions.

• Both slaves and free blacks experienced discrimination.

• Both slaves and free blacks often owned businesses.

• Both slaves and free blacks were not paid for their work.

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.

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature.

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.

• Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased.

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.

What was the fundamental question addressed in each of the congressional acts: The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, The Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Which statement correctly matches a historical event with one of its immediate results?

• The Nullification Crisis led to South Carolina seceding from the United States over slavery.

• The Missouri Compromise led to Missouri being admitted to the union as a free state.

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to Kansas being allowed to decide whether it would permit slavery.

• The Compromise of 1850 led to California being admitted to the union as a slave state.

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.

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

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.

What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles illustrated on this map?

• They were victories for the Confederacy.

• They were battles fought in Union territory.

• They were attempts to keep Virginia in the Union.

• They were battles defending the Confederate capital.