23-24 History Final Exam Review

Who served as president of the United States during the Civil War?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

To which book is President Lincoln referring in the excerpt above?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Wealth of Nations

• Democracy in America

• McGuffey's Eclectic Reader

Among the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment is the right to —

• the free exercise of religion

• keep and bear arms

• due process of law

• a speedy and public trial

According to the excerpt above, with which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree?

• Prisons should be reformed

• Women should have equal rights

• Men should work in agricultural jobs

• Women should pursue traditional occupations

Which of these is the best title for the timeline above?

• The Common Man in Jacksonian America

• Events Leading to the Rise of an Industrial United States

• The Creation of Middle-Class America

• Events Leading to the Territorial Growth of the United States

The 13 original colonies were primarily located along the —

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Great Lakes

Which of the following best explains one of the changes in immigration shown on this graph?

• Free housing was offered to immigrants arriving after 1855.

• A famine plagued Ireland between 1845 and 1850.

• The German National Assembly passed a constitution in 1850.

• Labor strikes occurred in Great Britain between 1840 and 1845.

Which conclusion can best be made by examining the map above?

• The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the United States.

• France gained control of much of the North American continent.

• The Louisiana Purchase was designated for Native American ownership.

• Both Spain and the United States would share control of the Louisiana Purchase.

Use the graph titled "Civil War Casualties" and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question: Which of these is a correct interpretation of the information shown in the graph?

• Total Confederate casualties were greater than total Union casualties.

• More Confederate soldiers died of wounds than of disease.

• More than twice as many Union soldiers died of disease than of wounds.

• Fewer soldiers fought for the Union than for the Confederacy.

Which of the following was included in the U.S. Constitution in order to deal with the grievance expressed in the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

• A) The process for amendment

• B) The establishment of a chief executive

• C) The process for territorial statehood

• D) The establishment of the Supreme Court