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WorksheetsSemester II Final PRACTICE TEST
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which of the following's MAIN purpose was to find a permanent solution to the 'slavery question'?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Tariff of Abominations
Black Codes
Which of the following are advantages the Union had over the Confederacy?
The North had a larger population
The North had more resources
The North had better generals
The North was fighting a defensive war
Which of the following are advantages the Confederacy had over the Union?
The South had a larger population
The South had more resources
The South had better generals
The South was fighting a defensive war
Which of the following caused a 'Cycle of Debt'?
sharecropping
Tariffs
Black Codes
13th Amendment
Which of the following people was a slave turned abolitionist and women's rights pioneer?
Sojourner Truth
Dorothea Dix
Frederick Douglass
Martha Washington
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Cotton Gin?
it made cotton production much cheaper
it encouraged the growth of the plantation system westward
it increased the need for slaves on cotton plantations
it decreased the need for slaves on cotton plantations
What was a consequence of the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion?
harsher slave codes were passed
slavery was banned in the South
slavery become more popular in the North
it became more difficult to buy and sell slaves
When new states joined the Union what question became important?
Would the new state allow slavery?
Did the new state have valuable minerals?
Would the new state allow settlers?
Would the area's Spanish speakers learn English?
In which speech of Lincoln's did he express the feeling that the US would have to be either all slave or all free, but not both?
House Divided Speech
Gettysburg Address
Second Inaugural Address
First Inaugural Address
When were African Americans able to join the Union Army?
after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation
after the passage of the 13th Amendment
after the passage of the 14th Amendment
after the Civil War was won
The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves where?
in the South
in the North
in the Border States
in Western States
What were the states that stayed in the Union but still allowed slavery called?
border states
Union states
Confederate states
Western states
What unit was the FIRST all-black Regiment in the Union Army?
54th Massachusetts
54th New York
54th Californian
1st Rhode Island Volunteers
At what fort did the first all-black regiment in the Union Army gain it's 'Glory'?
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie
Battery Smith
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
West Point
Fort Smith
After nearly four years of war, Robert E Lee finally surrendered to Ulysses S Grant at...
Appomattox Court House
Richmond Court House
Bull Run
Fairfax County Court House
Whose economy was almost completely destroyed after the Civil War?
North
South
Who used fear and violence to attempt to restore Democratic control to the South?
KKK
Republicans
Radical Republicans
Scalawags
Which of the following was a Northerner that moved South after the Civil War?
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
KKK
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Henry Knox
What issue was Alexander Hamilton most concerned with after the Revolutionary War?
paying off debt
becoming President
getting Jefferson out of office
creating a new capital city
Who shot Alexander Hamilton? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)
Aaron Burr
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Which of the following is NOT one of the names of George Washington's dogs? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)
Sweet Lips
True Love
Tipsy
Zeus
Which of the following was the FIRST professional baseball team in America? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Which of the following was NOT a specific example of an attempt by Southern states to stop African Americans from voting?
literacy tests
poll taxes
grandfather clauses
black codes
This amendment officially banned slavery
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
This amendment contained the words "equal protection of the laws"
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
This amendment said you could not stop somebody from voting based on "race, color or previous condition of servitude"
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
What is the mascot of Vail Ranch MS? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST... probably...)
Grumpy Cat
Buford the Bulldog
Bobcats
Wolfpack
Which of the following describes John Brown?
martyr
Democrat
Radical Republican
tributary
Who did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
Napoleon
Spain
Britain
Ireland
What was Sacagawea hired by Lewis and Clark to do?
translate
hold supplies
buy horses
feed the dog
Which of the following was NOT a technology developed in the 1800s in America?
Steel Plow
Telegraph
Steam Locomotive
Metal Rake
Which of the following is NOT a Pull Factor that caused people to immigrate to America?
Freedom
Economic Opportunity
Abundant Land
Crop Failure
Which political party wanted stricter immigration laws?
Know Nothing Political Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Federalist Party
All of the following were cash crops grown in the South before the Civil War EXCEPT...
Cotton
Rice
Indigo
Oats
Which of the following would help escaped slaves?
Underground Railroad
Domestic Slave Trade
Yeoman
Morse Code
An armed conflict between citizens of the same country.
Civil War
Arsenal
Secede
Martyr
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most hated by Northerners?
Fugitive Slave Act
Underground Railroad
CA became a free state
slave trade banned in Washington DC
What was the ruling on the Dred Scott case?
Dred Scott was property and could not sue
Dred Scott was property but would remain free
Dred Scott should be able to sue his owner for freedom and win
Dred Scott was to be executed for Treason
