SS8H3 Test Prep

Who was the president of the US during the Civil War?

• Alexander Stephens

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglas

Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It granted US citizenship to all freedmen and freedwomen.

• It granted all freedmen and freedwomen the right to vote.

• It outlawed the practice of slavery in the United States.

• It freed all slaves in states rebelling against the Union.

What strategic objective contributed to President Abraham Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• By freeing all slaves in the United States, Lincoln caused the Southern economy to collapse due to a shortage of labor on Southern farms.

• By freeing all slaves in the United States, Lincoln shifted the war's focus from slavery to the economic imbalance between the North and South.

• By freeing all slaves in the Northern states, Lincoln allowed thousands of African Americans from the North to serve as soldiers in the Union Army.

• By freeing all slaves in the Southern states, Lincoln made the war about slavery and caused European nations to resist aiding the Confederacy.

What was the main purpose of the Union blockade of Georgia's coast during the Civil War?

• to prevent the British troops sent to support the Confederacy from reaching land

• to prevent Georgia's shipyards from deploying their warships to the Atlantic Ocean

• to prevent Confederate leaders from escaping after General Sherman entered the state

• to prevent the state from shipping goods to Europe in exchange for weapons and supplies

Which development signaled that some portions of the country were unwilling to accept the results of the 1860 presidential election?

• the adoption of the Morrill Tariff

• the secession of South Carolina from the Union

• violent confrontations known as Bleeding Kansas

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and his execution

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• raise taxes on the rich

• end government corruption

• nationalize major industries

• prevent the spread of slavery