Topic 8 Test

8.10.4 | Look at the two charts regarding voter turnout in the Election on Slavery in Kansas, 1855. What explains the data in the two charts?

• Only certain people were required to register before voting.
• Abolitionists voted in large numbers to make Kansas a slave state.
• Kansas settlers were not required to register before voting.
• Thousands of pro-slavery advocates crossed into Kansas from Missouri and voted illegally.

8.11.1 | Southern states began to secede largely because they felt that

• the North was going to invade the South.
• Lincoln as President was a threat to their way of life.
• the Constitution no longer protected their way of life.
• seceding would improve their economy.

8.11.1 | How, where, and when, does the Civil War begin?

• The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, when Confederate General Beauregard fired upon Ft. Sumter.
• The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1860, when Confederate General Beauregard fired upon Ft. Sumter.
• The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, when Union General Beauregard fired upon Ft. Sumter.
• The Civil War began at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1860, when Union General Beauregard fired upon Ft. Sumter.

8.11.1 | Which eleven states formed the Confederate States of America?

• Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
• Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
• Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
• Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Delaware, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia

8.11.1 | Look at the electoral map of the Election of 1860. What explains Lincoln's victory?

• Lincoln received majority of the electoral college votes.
• Lincoln won the popular vote and the electoral vote.
• Since 60% of voters chose a candidate other than Lincoln, he didn't win the Election of 1860.
• Lincoln won the territories.

8.10.4 | Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many northerners?

• They reasoned that it unfairly challenged the Compromise of 1850.
• They were convinced the new act would lead to violence in the West.
• They suspected it was a political move enacted to increase property taxes in the West.
• They thought it went against the Missouri Compromise's promise to keep slavery from spreading.

8.11.3 | What contribution to the war effort is shown in this image?

• medical and surgical technique development
• women accompanying their wounded husbands to a field hospital
• women's involvement as nurses
• the creation of the American Red Cross

8.11.4 | The Union's strategy for the war included, among other plans,

• employing the cordon defense and later shifting to an offensive-defensive strategy.
• blockading southern ports and dividing the South.
• employing the cordon defense.
• controlling the Mississippi River and seizing Boston.

8.11.7 | Read the excerpt from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Which of the following best summarizes Lincoln’s meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg Address?

• Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
• Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
• Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
• Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.

8.11.4 | Toward the end of the Civil War, how did General Grant’s actions affect southern civilians?

• He allowed those living in the South to keep ownership of their land.
• He ordered his generals to impose a "total war" strategy on the South.
• He ordered his army to rebuild rural areas in the South damaged by the war.
• He made sure that slavery was allowed to continue in the South.