Review For SS final

Who were Peninsulares?

• People who provided labor.

• Owners of a certain land.

• People born in Spain who held government or church jobs.

• People born in America who helped establish the 13 colonies.

Answer explanation

Peninsulares were individuals born in Spain who occupied important roles in colonial administration and the church, distinguishing them from other social classes in the Americas.

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• A change from machine made goods to hand made goods.

• A change from hand made good to machine made goods.

• A revolution where people created I phones.

• The Revolution that banned slavery

Answer explanation

The Industrial Revolution marked a significant shift from hand-made goods to machine-made goods, transforming industries and economies. This change increased production efficiency and led to urbanization.

True or False: Urbanization was the change from city's to farms.

• True.

• False.

Answer explanation

False. Urbanization refers to the process of people moving from rural areas to cities, not the change from cities to farms.

Who was most likely to win the war?

• The North

• The South

What was a major controversial question that arose with the rapid expansion of American territory between 1803 and 1854?

• Whether new territories should become free or slave states.

• How to manage the administration of these new lands.

• The economic impact of acquiring vast new territories.

• The establishment of new trade routes to the Pacific.

In 1861, how did the economies and populations of the North and South compare?

• The North had a booming, industrialized economy and a much larger population, while the South relied on farming and slavery with a smaller population.

• Both the North and South had similar populations and economies, but differed on political ideologies.

• The South had a booming economy due to agriculture and a larger population, while the North was struggling.

• The North's economy was struggling, and its population was smaller than the South's.

What event served as the final trigger for the secession of several slave states, leading to the formation of the Confederacy?

• The Compromise of 1850.

• The First Battle of Bull Run.

• The election of Abraham Lincoln as president.

• The Trent Affair.

What was a significant outcome of the Battle of Antietam?

• It was the first major Union victory.

• It led to the immediate end of the Civil War.

• It was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history.

• It resulted in the Confederacy gaining European recognition.

What was a key effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It immediately freed all enslaved people in the United States.

• It encouraged European powers to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy.

• It changed the main purpose of the Civil War to fighting for the abolition of slavery.

• It led to a decisive Confederate victory in the war.

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass

Answer explanation

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, while Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States. Robert E. Lee was a general, and Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist.