WorksheetsQuarter 1 Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Read the excerpt: “A new world had opened upon me… I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.” What central problem is highlighted by this reflection from Frederick Douglass after reaching free soil?
A threat to independence from foreign powers
The need to preserve the rule of law nationwide
The survival of slave families in the South
A nation divided between slave and free states
How did the Kansas–Nebraska Act intensify tensions that eventually led to the Civil War?
It let enslaved people in Kansas buy their freedom
It halted the spread of slavery into new territories
It emancipated all slaves in Kansas and Nebraska
It reopened whether slavery could exist in new territories
The diagram shows: Bleeding Kansas (1855) → Dred Scott Decision (1857) → John Brown’s Raid (1859) → ?. Which event most logically completes the sequence of escalating conflicts leading to the Civil War?
Mexican–American War concludes
Kansas–Nebraska Act is passed
Election of Abraham Lincoln occurs
Missouri Compromise is adopted
What was the strategic outcome of the Battle of Vicksburg for the Union?
Confederate ability to halt any Union southern advance
Promotion of General McClellan to overall command
Lee’s forces trapping Union troops for a major victory
Control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy
Which title best completes the diagram showing slavery, states’ rights versus federal rights, economic and social differences, the abolitionist movement, and Lincoln’s election?
Individual rights during the Civil War period
Causes of the Civil War in the United States
Key events of the Civil War battles list
Reconstruction Era overview in postwar years
A New York convention in 1851 condemned the Fugitive Slave Law as unjust and a threat to liberties. Which group would most likely have supported this resolution?
Slaveholders favoring property claims
Abolitionists opposing slavery and the law
Southern Democrats supporting enforcement
Factory owners prioritizing industrial policy
Which law required officials in free states to assist in returning escaped slaves to their owners?
Homestead Act incentives for settlers
Kansas-Nebraska Act provisions on sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Law mandating slave rendition
Morrill Tariff protecting Northern industries
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin influence tensions that led to war?
It defended slavery as kinder than factory labor
It created the Underground Railroad network directly
It depicted slavery’s cruelty, stirring Northern conscience
It demanded equal rights for women nationwide
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1860s and 1870s?
to help freedmen to register to vote in state and federal elections
to terrorize freedmen so that they would not exercise their new rights
to collect contributions for white Southerners about to lose their farms
to provide an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties in the South
How did the Radical Republican program for Reconstruction differ from the plans of President Lincoln and President Johnson?
Radical Republicans wanted to pardon former Confederate leaders.
Radical Republicans imposed a civil rights act and military occupation.
Radical Republicans denied that freedmen should be given equal rights
Radical Republicans wanted freedmen to migrate to Canada or Liberia.
Why did Radical Republicans disagree with President Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction?
Johnson gave the freedmen property confiscated from former plantation owners.
Johnson demanded that Southern states pay a large indemnity to the North.
Johnson wanted the Union army to remain in occupation of the South.
Johnson readmitted Southern states to Congress on lenient terms.
Which issue divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction era?
whether slavery should be abolished
what conditions to impose on Southern States for readmission into the Union
whether to allow the circulation of Confederate money
how much to raise tariffs on manufactured goods from abroad
Which phrase best completes the diagram showing: Abolished slavery in the United States; Prevented a return to Pre–Civil War economy in the South; Gave African-American men the right to vote; Women were still not permitted to vote?
Effects of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Consequences of the 5th Amendment
Effects of the 10th Amendment
Influence of the Bill of Rights
The Emancipation Proclamation created uncertainty over whether President Lincoln could lawfully free enslaved persons. How was this issue resolved?
General Sherman announced he was setting free all enslaved individuals in the South
The U.S. Attorney General proposed a bill to Congress to end slavery
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited slavery
Southern States signed a document promising to end slavery
The excerpt states, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges of citizens… nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” What was the primary purpose behind these provisions?
to grant the right to vote to women
to protect the rights of American Indians in the West
to establish federal reservations for Native Americans
to limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” In which amendment is this excerpt found?
18th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
1st Amendment
The decision excerpt reads: “If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically… the constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.” What was the impact of this reasoning?
State governments had to ensure the economic and social equality of all individuals
Racial segregation remained in the South for another half century
Southern state governments were forced to end their practice of racial segregation
State governments no longer had to require equal facilities for members of different races
Which federal policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans by encouraging individual land ownership and breaking up tribal structures?
Indian Removal Act relocating tribes eastward
Morrill Act funding land-grant colleges
Dawes Act allocating allotments to individuals
Homestead Act promoting western farm settlement
Which outcome best represents how Reconstruction and later western policies affected economic life in the South and West?
Buffalo herds expanded to support tribal hunting
Supreme Court ended all racial segregation policies
Sharecropping tied many freedpeople to landowners
States were readmitted without new constitutional changes
Which demand of American farmers was included in the 1892 platform of the Populist Party?
lower income taxes on individuals
unrestricted immigration into the United States
unlimited coinage of silver
an end to racial segregation in Southern states
The excerpt below is from a party platform in 1892, which expressed the demands of many American farmers. Which party adopted a platform containing all these demands? “We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1… We demand a graduated income tax… [W]e demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections… [W]e favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people….”
Populist Party
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Which innovation made it possible to provide cheaper steel for railroad tracks, bridges, and buildings in the late 19th century?
internal combustion engine
assembly line production
steam engine
Bessemer process
How were the First and Second Industrial Revolutions similar?
Both depended on skilled craftsmen to produce most goods.
Both were primarily focused on increasing textile production.
Both relied on animal power to drive manufacturing machinery.
Both led to innovations in the ways in which goods were produced.
How did the experience of Asian immigrants to the American West differ from that of European immigrants to the East during the late 19th century?
They faced greater discrimination, including laws blocking citizenship
Most of them spoke no English
Most usually arrived with their families
They avoided processing centers for admission
