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Semester II Final PRACTICE TEST

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following's MAIN purpose was to find a permanent solution to the 'slavery question'?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Tariff of Abominations

d)

Black Codes

2.

Which of the following are advantages the Union had over the Confederacy?

a)

The North had a larger population

b)

The North had more resources

c)

The North had better generals

d)

The North was fighting a defensive war

3.

Which of the following are advantages the Confederacy had over the Union?

a)

The South had a larger population

b)

The South had more resources

c)

The South had better generals

d)

The South was fighting a defensive war

4.

Which of the following caused a 'Cycle of Debt'?

a)

sharecropping

b)

Tariffs

c)

Black Codes

d)

13th Amendment

5.

Which of the following people was a slave turned abolitionist and women's rights pioneer?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Martha Washington

6.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Cotton Gin?

a)

it made cotton production much cheaper

b)

it encouraged the growth of the plantation system westward

c)

it increased the need for slaves on cotton plantations

d)

it decreased the need for slaves on cotton plantations

7.

What was a consequence of the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion?

a)

harsher slave codes were passed

b)

slavery was banned in the South

c)

slavery become more popular in the North

d)

it became more difficult to buy and sell slaves

8.

When new states joined the Union what question became important?

a)

Would the new state allow slavery?

b)

Did the new state have valuable minerals?

c)

Would the new state allow settlers?

d)

Would the area's Spanish speakers learn English?

9.

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?

a)

House Divided Speech

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Second Inaugural Address

d)

First Inaugural Address

10.

When were African Americans able to join the Union Army?

a)

after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

after the passage of the 13th Amendment

c)

after the passage of the 14th Amendment

d)

after the Civil War was won

11.

The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves where?

a)

in the South

b)

in the North

c)

in the Border States

d)

in Western States

12.

What were the states that stayed in the Union but still allowed slavery called?

a)

border states

b)

Union states

c)

Confederate states

d)

Western states

13.

What unit was the FIRST all-black Regiment in the Union Army?

a)

54th Massachusetts

b)

54th New York

c)

54th Californian

d)

1st Rhode Island Volunteers

14.

At what fort did the first all-black regiment in the Union Army gain it's 'Glory'?

a)

Fort Wagner

b)

Fort Sumter

c)

Fort Moultrie

d)

Battery Smith

15.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Wagner

c)

West Point

d)

Fort Smith

16.

After nearly four years of war, Robert E Lee finally surrendered to Ulysses S Grant at...

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Richmond Court House

c)

Bull Run

d)

Fairfax County Court House

17.

Whose economy was almost completely destroyed after the Civil War?

a)

North

b)

South

18.

Who used fear and violence to attempt to restore Democratic control to the South?

a)

KKK

b)

Republicans

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Scalawags

19.

Which of the following was a Northerner that moved South after the Civil War?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scalawag

c)

KKK

20.

Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Henry Knox

21.

What issue was Alexander Hamilton most concerned with after the Revolutionary War?

a)

paying off debt

b)

becoming President

c)

getting Jefferson out of office

d)

creating a new capital city

22.

Who shot Alexander Hamilton? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

23.

Which of the following is NOT one of the names of George Washington's dogs? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)

a)

Sweet Lips

b)

True Love

c)

Tipsy

d)

Zeus

24.

Which of the following was the FIRST professional baseball team in America? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST!)

a)

Cincinnati Red Stockings

b)

Boston Red Sox

c)

New York Yankees

d)

New York Giants

25.

Which of the following was NOT a specific example of an attempt by Southern states to stop African Americans from voting?

a)

literacy tests

b)

poll taxes

c)

grandfather clauses

d)

black codes

26.

This amendment officially banned slavery

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

27.

This amendment contained the words "equal protection of the laws"

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

28.

This amendment said you could not stop somebody from voting based on "race, color or previous condition of servitude"

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

29.

What is the mascot of Vail Ranch MS? (FYI... THIS IS NOT ON THE TEST... probably...)

a)

Grumpy Cat

b)

Buford the Bulldog

c)

Bobcats

d)

Wolfpack

30.

Which of the following describes John Brown?

a)

martyr

b)

Democrat

c)

Radical Republican

d)

tributary

31.

Who did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Spain

c)

Britain

d)

Ireland

32.

What was Sacagawea hired by Lewis and Clark to do?

a)

translate

b)

hold supplies

c)

buy horses

d)

feed the dog

33.

Which of the following was NOT a technology developed in the 1800s in America?

a)

Steel Plow

b)

Telegraph

c)

Steam Locomotive

d)

Metal Rake

34.

Which of the following is NOT a Pull Factor that caused people to immigrate to America?

a)

Freedom

b)

Economic Opportunity

c)

Abundant Land

d)

Crop Failure

35.

Which political party wanted stricter immigration laws?

a)

Know Nothing Political Party

b)

Republican Party

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Federalist Party

36.

All of the following were cash crops grown in the South before the Civil War EXCEPT...

a)

Cotton

b)

Rice

c)

Indigo

d)

Oats

37.

Which of the following would help escaped slaves?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Domestic Slave Trade

c)

Yeoman

d)

Morse Code

38.

An armed conflict between citizens of the same country.

a)

Civil War

b)

Arsenal

c)

Secede

d)

Martyr

39.

What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most hated by Northerners?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

CA became a free state

d)

slave trade banned in Washington DC

40.

What was the ruling on the Dred Scott case?

a)

Dred Scott was property and could not sue

b)

Dred Scott was property but would remain free

c)

Dred Scott should be able to sue his owner for freedom and win

d)

Dred Scott was to be executed for Treason