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USHC Unit 3 Review - Wilson HS

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“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

a)

Sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union.

b)

Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately.

c)

The Southern states should be allowed to secede.

d)

To save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery.

2.

What is the most accurate title for this map?

a)

Closing the Frontier

b)

Results of Reconstruction

c)

A Nation Divided

d)

Compromise of 1850

3.

Which of the following is a cause of the Civil War?

a)

States' Rights

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Slavery

d)

All of these factors led to the Civil War

4.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Population

b)

Military leadership

c)

Well-balanced economy

d)

Factories and railroads

5.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

a)

Money

b)

They were fighting to preserve their way of life

c)

They did not need to win the war, just needed to not lose the war

d)

Cotton

6.

Which of the following was not an aspect of the Union's military strategy the "Anaconda Plan"?

a)

Control the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico

b)

Control the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two

c)

Forge a military alliance with Great Britain

d)

Capture Richmond, Virginia

7.

What was the Confederate military strategy during the Civil War?

a)

Defensive War

b)

Target industrial centers in the North

c)

Cripple the Union Navy

d)

Capture California to gain control of the Union's gold supply

8.

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Ended slavery in the United States

b)

Provided a moral purpose to the Civil War

c)

Influenced African Americans into assisting the Union

d)

Inspired European countries to remain out of the Civil War

9.

Which of the following best identifies African Americans in the Union military during the Civil War?

a)

African American soldiers served in integrated units with white soldiers

b)

African Americans were treated equally as white soldiers, many even serving as officers

c)

African Americans were poorly equipped, poorly payed, and served in segregated units

d)

African Americans were not permitted to enlist in the Union military

10.

What was the first significant unit of African American soldiers in the Union during the Civil War?

a)

54th Massachusetts

b)

Harlem Hellfighters

c)

Redtails

d)

Buffalo Soldiers

11.

Which battle of the Civil War demonstrated that African American soldiers were just as brave and trained as white soldiers, dispelling the untrue beliefs of African American soldiers?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Vicksburg

c)

Attack on Fort Wagner

d)

Antietam

12.

What is the military strategy in which not only does an army attack its enemy's troops, but also the economic and civilian resources that support them?

a)

Mutually Assured Destruction

b)

Total War

c)

Détente

d)

Blitzkrieg

13.

What battle of the Civil War proved to be the first shots of the war, starting the Civil War?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

e)

Sherman's March to the Sea

14.

What battle of the Civil War proved that the war would not be short nor be easy?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

e)

Sherman's March to the Sea

15.

What battle of the Civil War gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, successfully cutting the Confederacy in half, key to the Anaconda Plan?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

e)

Sherman's March to the Sea

16.

What battle of the Civil War proved to be the turning point of the war, never again would the Confederacy have the manpower to invade the North again?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

e)

Sherman's March to the Sea

17.

What famous document reminded the American people why they were fighting the Civil War: preserve the union, uphold freedom and equality, and to promise the birth of a new nation?

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Freeport Doctrine

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Emancipation Proclamation?

18.

What action of the Civil War was designed to destroy Southern moral and their willingness to support the war?

a)

Attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Vicksburg

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

e)

Sherman's March to the Sea

19.

What was the lasting impact of the Civil War?

a)

Upheld the theory of nullification

b)

Demonstrated the weakness of the national government

c)

Reinforced the political strength of the states in the United States

d)

Cemented federal authority in the United States

20.

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

a)

Rebuild the South following the Civil War

b)

Politically restoring the Confederate states to the Union

c)

Rebuild the North following the Civil War

d)

Make internal improvements throughout the nation after the Civil War

21.

What were the laws passed in the Southern States during Reconstruction to restrict the rights of African Americans?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Blue Laws

22.

What organization was founded in the South following the Civil War, designed to limit the power of the Republican Party and the rights of African Americans?

a)

Free Masons

b)

KKK

c)

Anti-American League

d)

Knights of Labor

23.

What government agency was created to provided assistance to those displaced after the Civil War, this included food, health care, and education?

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

NAACP

c)

Black Panthers

d)

Daughters of Liberty

24.

Which amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

25.

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed all citizens "equal protection" under the law?

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

26.

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote for all men, regardless of race, color, or previous servitude?

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

27.

Whose Reconstruction plan hoped to restore the Union as quickly and peacefully as possible?

a)

Confederate States of America

b)

President Johnson

c)

President Grant

d)

Congress and the Radical Republicans

28.

Whose Reconstruction plan punished the South for their role in the Civil War?

a)

President Lincoln

b)

President Johnson

c)

President Grant

d)

Congress and the Radical Republicans

29.

What does it mean to charge a public official with a wrongdoing?

a)

Impeach

b)

Filibuster

c)

Censure

d)

Recall

30.

Andrew Johnson was impeached for impeding Congressional Reconstruction and violating the Tenure in Office Act.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

During Reconstruction, African Americans politically prospered with the power to vote and hold political offices.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What was the system of farming in which a farmer tends some portion of a landowner's land and receives a share of the crop at harvest time as payment?

a)

Tenant Farming

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Putting Out System

d)

Vertical Consolidation

33.

What is the negative term used to describe a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, thought to be taking advantage of the poor economic conditions of the South?

a)

Scalawag

b)

Robber Baron

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Pirates of the Prairie

34.

What is the negative term used to describe a white Southern Republican, believed to be traitor to the South and what it stands for?

a)

Scalawag

b)

Robber Baron

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Stormtroopers

35.

What brought about an end to the Reconstruction?

a)

The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

b)

The Credit Mobilier Scandal

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Passage of the 15th Amendment

36.

African American rights continued to thrive in the years following the conclusion of the Reconstruction?

a)

True

b)

False

37.

What is the forced separation of the races?

a)

Segregation

b)

Integration

c)

Impeachment

d)

Unionization

38.

What were the intent of the Jim Crow laws that were instituted in the South following the Reconstruction?

a)

Maintain government efforts to ensure the equal rights of African Americans

b)

Establish separate public facilities for both whites and African Americans

c)

Establish affirmative action policies to guarantee economic opportunities for minorities

d)

Oversee voter registration and fraud in Southern governments

39.

What Supreme Court ruling established the "separate but equal" clause, legalizing segregation throughout the South?

a)

Scott v. Sanford

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

40.

Which of the following was NOT used to prevent African Americans from voting in the South in the decades following Reconstruction?

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Intimidation

41.

What 19th century civil rights activist promoted the need for African Americans to pursue a vocational education, focusing instead on economic well-being rather than political and social equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

42.

What 19th century civil rights activist promoted that all African Americans should pursue whatever education they choose, as well as those college educated, the "Talented Tenth," should lead the fight in demanding full equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

43.

Though different in their ideologies in regards to African American rights, what belief did both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois agree?

a)

Direct confrontation to demand greater rights

b)

The belief in nonviolent resistance

c)

Change will only occur as a result of foreign pressure to protect rights

d)

The need for an education

44.

What 19th century civil rights activist promoted the need for government to implement anti-lynching legislation in the United States?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

45.

What organization was established in the early 20th century to abolish segregation, oppose racism, and promote civil rights for African Americans?

a)

NAACP

b)

Niagara Movement

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

Black Panther Party

46.

What was name of the government program that provided 160 acres of land in return for the improvement of the land, the government hoped this program would escalate the settlement of the West?

a)

Pacific Railway Act

b)

Morrill Land Grant Act

c)

"40 Acres and a Mule" Program

d)

Homestead Act

47.

What federal legislation provided government support/aid for the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century?

a)

Pacific Railway Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Morrill Land Grant Act

d)

Headright Acts

48.

Which of the following was used by the federal government to help finance the construction of the transcontinental railroad during the 19th century?

a)

Government ownership of the railroads

b)

Land Grants

c)

Legislation making available the use of slave labor for construction of the railroad

d)

Government use of military funds were used to finance the railroad

49.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

a)

Great economic opportunities for Native Americans

b)

The creation of new towns and cities

c)

The establishment of a national marketplace

d)

Faster and more efficient means of transportation

50.

Reorder the following...

a)

Civil War

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

e)

NAACP

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
51.

What group of African Americans migrated westward after the Civil War, often to locations like Kansas, to seek a new life away from the South?

a)

Mormons

b)

Okies

c)

Exodusters

d)

Boomers and Sooners

52.

What is the only native American religion established in the United States, they would be persecuted and forced to migrate westward and settled in lands of the Great Salt Lake?

a)

Baptists

b)

Methodists

c)

Mormons

d)

Puritans

53.

Which immigrant group was highly recruited to construct the transcontinental railroad in the West?

a)

South Americans

b)

Italians

c)

Jews

d)

Chinese

54.

What was the "open range"?

a)

Millions of acres of public lands utilized for cattle grazing

b)

The lands set aside for the Native Americans

c)

Term used to identify the largely uninhabited areas of the Rocky Mountains

d)

Public land opened to citizens to acquire fossil fuels and other mineral resources

55.

Why did many consider the "frontier" to be closed at the end of the 19th century?

a)

The Native American threat had been finally resolved by the government

b)

The railroad now provided access to all parts of the United States

c)

There was no longer any large tracts of uninhabited land in the country

d)

Agricultural lands were no longer needed as the country focused only on industry

56.

What is the term for the lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government?

a)

Commune

b)

Internment Camp

c)

Reservation

d)

Open Range

57.

Which of the following was NOT a way in which the United States exploited the Native Americans in the West?

a)

Placed Native Americans in concentration camps

b)

Forced Native Americans to live on government created reservations

c)

Utilized the military to police and intimidate the Native Americans

d)

Frequently broke treaties previously established with the Native Americans

58.

The American destruction of what animal crippled the Native Americans in the late 19th century?

a)

Bear

b)

Bison

c)

Deer

d)

Moose

59.

Who were the African American soldiers who served in the West to control Native Americans, capture cattle thieves, and to protect people migrating westward?

a)

Black Panthers

b)

Guardian Angels

c)

Buffalo Soldiers

d)

Redtails

60.

What was the Native American battle in which the Sioux massacred the Colonel Custer's 5th Cavalry, increasing the tense relationship between the Native Americans and American military?

a)

Battle of Wounded Knee

b)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

c)

Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

61.

What banned Native American ceremony, that resumed in the late 19th century, was viewed as a threat by Native Americans to the people of the West?

a)

Vision Quest

b)

Ghost Dance

c)

Sun Dance

d)

Hopi Snake Dance

62.

What was the Native American battle in which the American military slaughtered dozens of innocent Native Americans, bringing about an end to the Indian Wars and demise of Native Americans?

a)

Battle of Wounded Knee

b)

Battle of Fallen Timbers

c)

Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

Battle of Little Bighorn

63.

What legislation passed by the federal government forced the assimilation of the Native Americans through the breaking up of the reservations and the establishment of citizenship of the Native Americans?

a)

Sherman Antitrust Act

b)

Pacific Railway Act

c)

Native American Exclusion Act

d)

Dawes Act