Unit 2 Exam

The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it

• Allowed the Confederate Army to seize Washington DC
• Broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
• Enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
• Gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared

• United States' freedom from Great Britain

• an end to the Civil War

• freedom for slaves in rebellious southern states

• the beginning of Reconstruction

More factories, population, and a better navy were

• Confederate advantages
• Union advantages
• reasons for a Confederate victory
• causes of the Battle of Gettysburg

What are the first ten Amendments to the Constitution known as?

• Preamble
• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalism

What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott ruling?

• Slave owners could not move into a free territory with slaves
• Being in a free territory automatically made a slave free
• Slave owners could not travel through free territories with slaves
• Being in a free territory did not make a slave free

This is the term used to describe all the people in a particular area casting a majority vote:

• direct democracy
• popular sovereignty
• constitutional republic
• autocracy

The period of rebuilding of the South after the Civil War was known as:

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Gilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

• "Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.'"

• "The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

• "Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

• "The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 3rd

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms