Gr5 SS CBA 7 (24-25)

In 1861 a civil war began between northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about —

• the admission of free states into the union

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery

• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

• the extension of citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people

Study the diagram. Which event best completes this diagram?

• Civil War

• Manifest Destiny

What was the most significant cause of the division shown on this map?

• the Civil War

• popular sovereignty

• westward expansion

• the expansion of slavery

What was the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It gave Congress the power to legalize slavery.

• It allowed the U.S. president to legalize slavery.

The Republican candidate who won the presidential election of 1860 was —

• A) Abraham Lincoln

• B) Stephen A. Douglas

• C) John C. Breckinridge

• D) John Bell

What song composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett is this excerpt from?

• Dixie Land

• Yankee Doodle

• The Southern Soldier Boy

• The Star-Spangled Banner

Which political change came about in the United States as a result of the Civil War?

• A) A new federal constitution was created.

• B) Immigrants were granted voting rights.

• C) The union of states was reconstructed.

• D) A system of federalism was established.

Which social change was brought about by the Thirteenth Amendment?

• Formerly enslaved African Americans were granted land.

• Enslaved African Americans were made United States citizens.

• African Americans living in the South were given the right to vote.

• The practice of enslaving people was outlawed in the United States.

The Transcontinental Railroad helped the economy to grow because —

How were Omaha and Sacramento likely impacted by the event illustrated in the map?

• They profited economically

• They became state capitals

• They declined in population

• They experienced earthquakes