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Worksheets2nd Semester Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
The first political parties resulted from arguments between _________________ and Jefferson.
Washington
Madison
Burr
Hamilton
The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it --
allowed the Confederate army to seize Washington D.C.
broke the Union blockade along the Gulf of Mexico
enabled the Confederate army to seek French assistance
gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River
What presidential doctrine warned European nations that the USA would protect the Western Hemisphere?
Jefferson decree
Monroe Doctrine
Alien & Sedition Act
Washington Address
What date did the Civil War begin?
April 12, 1860
April 12, 1861
April 12, 1862
April 12, 1863
What happened at Appomattox Court House?
Union forces lay siege to the town in the effort to control the Mississippi River.
General Sherman destroyed everything of value, including houses, farm fields, and food supplies.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant and brought the Civil War to an end.
In two days of fierce fighting against Lee's army, General Grant lost 18,000 men.
What was an effect of the writing and distribution of the novel above?
It convinced some southern states to pass legislation on the treatment of slaves.
It escalated the tensions between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.
It influenced the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott ruling.
It allowed for the establishment of the first National Temperance Party.
Which are effects of the War of 1812?
US Manufacturing growing, Increased American Patriotism (Nationalism), and weakened Native American resistance
Impressment of US citizens and interference with American shipping
Impressment of sailors and US manufacturing growth
The Embargo Act of 1815 after the British burned the White House
Thomas Jefferson was the figurehead of this political party?
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Libertarian
Anti-Federalist
Practice of rewarding government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.
Bureaucracy
Mudslinging
Spoil System
Plurality
Alexander Hamilton was the leader of which political party?
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Libertarian
Anti-Federalist
Which of the following is true about the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina wanted to secede from the United States and start their own country
Even though Andrew Jackson was against the Doctrine of Nullification, he still asked Congress to lower tariffs.
South Carolina was not happy with the high tariffs
All of the above
Why were the southern states so upset with the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860?
He had not campaigned fairly.
He had not won the majority of the Electoral College vote.
He had not won any electoral votes from southern states.
He was committed to an aggressive policy of ending slavery.
According to the bar graph, the greatest difference between resources of the North and South is in which category?
exports
manufactured goods
number of farms
population
Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?
The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
The election of President Abraham LIncoln
The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown
John Brown
"With malice toward none, with charity for all...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds...to do us all which may achieve and cherish a just and everlasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
The excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address summarizes his belief that the --
process of Reconstruction would be a slow and arduous journey
North needed to forgive and work towards reunification of the nation
South needed to be punished for their treasonous action of secession
government needed to amend the Constitution now that the war was over
Henry Clay composed the idea for which compromise?
Missouri
Kentucky
California
Frankfort
In declaring its intention to secede from the Union in 1860, South Carolina was affirming its position on
civil rights
states' rights
individual rights
unalienable rights
Issues that divided the United States in the 1850's were ____.
War with Mexico
Industrial Revolution
Slavery and States' Rights
Railroads and Ships
The result of the Dred Scott decision was that (select all correct answers)
slaves are property, not citizens
slaves are free if living in a free state
slavery can be outlawed in the territories
slavery can spread anywhere (North or South)
The invention of the cotton gin led to ___________________________________ in the South.
the decrease of slavery and no need for slave labor
the expansion of slavery and the dependence on slave labor
freeing of slaves and their families
What was the Compromise of 1850? Select all that apply.
California would enter the Union as a free state.
Texas would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
The slave trade would end in the nation’s capital.
What did the South threaten to do if Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?
Start a war
Secede (leave the Union/country)
Free their slaves
All of the above
Who was referred to as "Moses" and the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Phillis Wheatley
What was the main issue during the nullification crisis?
voting rights
westward expansion
slavery
states' rights
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...that we are here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
This excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address expresses the idea that --
the war was too costly in the amount of human lives lost
nothing was more important than the preservation of slavery
secession was a right guaranteed by the Constitution
the Civil War was a struggle for the equality of all people
In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was the belief that
America should extend the franchise (right to vote) to everyone
It was America's fate to expand west and spread democracy
It was America's fate to embrace religious diversity
White people were superior to other groups
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
the Souther states should be allowed to secede
to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery
All of the following were results of the war between the United States and Mexico EXCEPT —
Mexico was paid $15 million for the 500,000 acres of land that the US received.
the US was granted control over Texas.
the Rio Grande River was established as the border between the US and Mexico.
Mexico was granted control over California.
Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___________ was to the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
