US I Final Review 2024

Which of the following was not one of the North's key advantages over the South in the Civil War?

• Larger population

• More factories

• Better generals

Which of the following was not a part of the Anaconda Plan?

• capture the Confederate capital of Richmond

• gain strategic alliances with European countries

• blockade the Confederate coastline

What was the importance of the first Battle of Bull Run?

• it showed that the Confederacy's forces were superior and the war would be short

• it demonstrated that the war would be far longer and costlier than expected

• it proved that Richmond was impenetrable and the Confederates had an unbeatable home field advantage

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

• It forced Lee to surrender his army to the Union

• It allowed the Union to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond

• It was a Union victory that boosted Northern morale after over 50,000 casualties

What was Lincoln's primary motivation for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free all slaves nationwide under his constitutional powers

• To allow Black soldiers to enlist in the Union army

• As a military policy to weaken the Confederacy

What were the Democratic Republicans' thoughts on the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• They supported the acts as necessary for national security

• They believed the acts violated the freedom of speech and press

• They sought to expand the reach of the acts to include more immigrants

What was manifest destiny?

• The belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• The idea that all of Mexico should belong to the United States

• The idea that Canada should belong to the United States

What was one major reason that the Republic of Texas declared independence in 1836?

• Disagreement with Mexico over the legality of slavery

• Tension with the United States government over federal taxes; "taxation without representation"

• The American army's loss to the Spanish at the Battle of the Alamo

The law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them was known as...

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Compromise of 1850

Which of the following was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California admitted as a slave state

• Stricter Fugitive Slave Law

• Popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico