Reforms & Civil War Test

Which era is represented by this photograph

• The early republic

• The age of Jackson

• Westward Expansion

• Civil War

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• The republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts

• Tensions among the populations of norther and southern states increased.

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories

What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

• Should states be able to secede from the Union?

• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in this headline?

• The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North

• Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states

• The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into al new western territories

• Abolitionist moved to the South to avoid living under the new law.

Which statement describes how the passage of Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased Sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who seetled in the territories

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

• American Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

Which statemen BEST describes the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• The Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River

• It was the opening engagement of the Civil War in the South

• It was described as the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War

• The Confederacy captured military supplies from the North

Where did the events shown in this painting occur?

• A private home in Appomattox County Virginia

• The U.S. Capitol building

• A public church near Ford's Theatre

• The Governor's mansion in Richmond, Virginia

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

• Several important Confederate generals were killed

• Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River

• The Confederate territory was divided in half

• Severe Casualties were inflicted on Union forces

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

• General Lee's troops received necessary reinforcements

• General Grants supply lines were completely cut off

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant

• General Grant and General Lee combined forces.