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YISD MS SS 8th Civil War STAAR Released Part 2

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

General Lee's troops received necessary reinforcements.

b)

General Grant's supply lines were completely cut off.

c)

General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

d)

General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

2.

One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the South was-

a)

widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming

b)

drought caused by overuse of river water to irrigate farmland

c)

air pollution caused by the use of cotton gins

d)

widespread contamination caused by fertilizer runoff

3.

Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Why were these tactics effective?

a)

Confederate states were unable to collect tariffs on manufactured goods.

b)

Union forces were able to use the blockade to gain international support.

c)

Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue.

d)

Union forces were able to earn money for supplies by selling confiscated bales of cotton.

5.

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

a)

1) Large farms; 2) Slaves used for labor

b)

1) Cottage industry; 2) Mild Weather that attracted immigrants

c)

1) Mining; 2) Metal ores and minerals

d)

1) Ranching; 2) Railroads to transport cattle to market

6.

Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South?

a)

Western territories had limited land and a large immigrant population.

b)

Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers.

c)

Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave labor.

d)

Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

7.

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

a)

The right of citizens to choose representatives

b)

The power of states to organize militias

c)

The unalienable rights of citizens

d)

The legal ability of states to secede

8.

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

a)

The Dawes Act

b)

The Fourteenth Amendment

c)

The Compromise of 1877

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

9.

These headlines refer to the decision in which Supreme Court case?

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

10.

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states.

b)

It provided financing for canal construction.

c)

It rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.

d)

It temporarily relieved sectional tensions.

11.

A biography of the military career of general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson would include his involvement in which Civil War events?

a)

The First Battle of Bull Run and the Confederate victory at Fredericksburg

b)

The Union capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea through Georgia

c)

The Virginia Peninsula campaign and the Union victory at Gettysburg

d)

The campaign in northern Virginia and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House

12.

The New York City riots of 1863 were partly a result of-

a)

the economic uncertainty faced by the working class

b)

strong local opposition to federal taxes

c)

housing shortages affecting recent immigrants

d)

the meager wages paid to military recruits

13.

Who made this statement?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Phillis Wheatley