U.S. History Final Exam Study Guide 2025

South Carolina seceded from the Union after which of the following occurred?

• a major tax increase from the federal government

• Lincoln freeing slaves in the South

• the election of 1860 where Abraham Lincoln became the official 16th President of the U.S.

• Charleston's port being blockaded by Lincoln

What were Grant's surrender terms to Lee?

• Confederate soldiers had to go to prison camps.

• All southerners had to give up their weapons and their land.

• All southern officers had to go to jail.

• The Confederates had to surrender their weapons and go home peacefully.

What amendment ended slavery?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What is the judicial branch responsible for?

• interpreting laws and hearing court cases

• control the population

• divide the country

• pass laws

What is the 2nd amendment?

• Freedom of speech

• To keep and bear arms

• A speedy and public trial

• Freedom to peacefully assemble

What is the responsibility of the Legislative Branch?

• Make Laws

• Enforce/Execute Laws

• Interpret Laws

How many branches of government are set up in the articles of the Constitution?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 10

What was needed to get the Constitution to go into effect?

• 9 out 13 states to ratify it

• 2/3 of population to vote yes

• all 13 states to ratify it

What are the three branches of government in the US Constitution?

• parliment

• executive

• monarch

• legislative

• judicial

What are the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution called?

• Article I

• the Preamble

• the Bill of Rights

• the Federalist Papers