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- Q1How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q2What was one result of these regional differences?Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms.Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills.Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded.30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q3What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?It provided financing for canal constructionIt temporarily relieved sectional tensionsIt rapidly expanded railroad construction in southern states.It increased the number of immigrants settling in northern states30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q4What was one major impact of this novel?Support grew for the abolitionist movement.Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves.The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations.The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws.30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q5Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?State governments were required to protect individual rightsAfrican Americans in the South could move elsewhere.Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.African Americans in the North could vote.30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q630 After General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, the main priority of the United States was to —elect a new president and vice presidentcomplete construction of the Capitolestablish Union forts in the former Confederate statesimplement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q7Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?The Union matters more than current disagreements between states.The Union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.The Union will be preserved through military force if necessary30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q8Where did the events shown in this painting occur?A public church near Ford’s TheatreThe Governor’s mansion in Richmond, VirginiaA private home in Appomattox County, VirginiaThe U.S. Capitol building30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q9This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by —writing Uncle Tom’s Cabinbecoming the first African American senatororganizing the Underground Railroadpublishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q10How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon?By helping abolitionists fund the Underground RailroadBy encouraging an armed rebellion of slaves in the SouthBy promoting the passage and ratification of the Thirteenth AmendmentF By ordering the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q11What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?Should states be able to secede from the Union?Should slave labor be allowed in new states?Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?Should the U.S. expand westward?30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q12Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?Union troops were pushed back across the Ohio River.Several important Confederate generals were killed.The Confederate territory was divided in halfSevere casualties were inflicted on Union forces.30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q13Why were these tactics effective?Confederate states were unable to collect tariffs on manufactured goods.Union forces were able to earn money for supplies by selling confiscated bales of cotton.Union forces were able to use the blockade to gain international support.Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue.30s8.8.B: Social Studies - History
- Q14The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —guaranteeing their freedom of speechproviding them with access to the court systemguaranteeing their permanent freedom from slaveryproviding them with voting rights30s8.8.A: Social Studies - History
- Q15In the excerpt above, what does “this interest” refer to?Protective tariffsThe U.S. ConstitutionSlaveryThe Confederate States of America30s8.8.A: Social Studies - History
