Civil War TEST

What event was the catalyst for the secession of the first seven southern states in 1861? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• Passage of a higher tariff on southern cotton

• Insurance of the emancipation proclamation

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The shipment of Union supplies to Fort Sumter

James McPherson wrote in *The Battle Cry For Freedom*, “What were the rights and liberties for which Confederates contended? The right to own slaves; the liberty to take property into the territories; freedom from the coercive powers of a centralized government.” What contradiction does James McPherson find in the secession of the Southern States? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• Confederates outnumbered Northerners

• Confederates demanded the freedom to enslave others

• Confederates believed that the states had the right to leave the Union.

• Confederates felt that slaves were better treated than Northern factory workers.

Which sequence of events correctly identifies a rise in tension, bringing the nation closer toward armed conflict? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• John Brown's Raid -> Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850 -> Dred Scott decision

• Kansas Nebraska Act -> California is admitted as a Free State

• Bleeding Kansas -> Maine and Missouri are granted statehood together

General Winfield Scott described the purpose of the Anaconda Plan, “[S]o as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms with less bloodshed than by any other plan.” What was the main objective of the plan General Scott described? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• To attack and bring under control a few key southern cities

• To disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South

• To sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South

• To suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports

What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• Slaves in the Northern states were freed.

• The war became a moral contest over slavery.

• Slaves in border states were immediately freed.

• African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army.

Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens? (SS.912.A.2.4)

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

What is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"? (SS.912.A.2.2)

• a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen's Bureau

• a Northern who came to the South after the Civil War

• a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

• a freedman entitled to vote

What were the major consequences of the Civil War? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• the end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

• recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and to nullify federal laws

• an end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation

• the abolition of slavery in all northern states and in all federal territories north of 36 Degrees 30'N

Which best expresses the viewpoint of the artist in the cartoon above? (SS.912.A.2.1)

• Farm life is healthier than city living

• Slavery is a moral evil that should be abolished

• Factory owners should use slave labor in factories

• Southern slaves are better treated than factory workers

What was a positive long-term impact of Reconstruction on the South? (SS.912.A.2.2)

• Women were given the right to vote

• Confederate leaders never again held elected offices

• Public education systems were established for students of all colors

• The South remained divided into five districts governed by martial law