Standard 2 Test

After Southern States seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, who did they choose to become president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

What occurred during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

More rights were given to the Common Man

The _______ Amendment to the US Constitution officially abolished slavery.

13th

How did the government policies based on Manifest Destiny affect American Indians?

Forced to move- settlers encouraged to take land

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

Fort Sumter, SC

While in office, President Andrew Jackson was an opponent of the ___________

14th Amendement

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

"Dred Scott was the property of his owner and that the owner's rights were protected by the Constitution- Dred Scott was not free"

Black Codes were an attempt to __________

suppress the rights of freed slaves

In the decades before the Civil War, the southern economy was based on agriculture. What was the region's main export crop during the period?

Cotton

Southern States began seceding from the Union shortly after which event?

Abraham Lincoln's election

Which of the following best explains the Emancipation Proclamation?

All slaves in Confederate states should be free

What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?

Anaconda Plan

The Indian Removal Act, the legislation that led to the Trail of Tears, was signed into law by which individual?

Andrew Jackson

How did President Polk acquire the land that would become the states of California and New Mexico?

Bought land from Mexico

Which of these contributed to the growing economic disparity between the North and South prior to the Civil War?

Construction of railroads

What do the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 reveal about the US during the decades before the Civil War?

Deep political divides resulted from the growth of sectionalism

How did the death of Abraham Lincoln impact the Reconstruction effort following the Civil War?

Empowered Radical Republicans, who favored punishing the South

Which of these people was an escaped slave who frequently gave speeches about his experience as a slave in an effort to have slavery abolished?

Frederick Douglas

Which of the following laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

Fugitive Slave Acts

Which former slave helped other slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

How did Henry Clay's American System bring the various regional economies of the US closer together?

He supported the creation of roads and infrastructure

Which of the following contributed to the North's steady population growth in the years prior to the Civil War?

Increase in # of factories and jobs

Leading up to the Civil War, the South had an economy based on agriculture and slave labor while the North had an economy based on ________

Industry and wage labor

Which was a significant successful outcome of the Freedman's Bureau?

It created over a thousand schools to educate freed African Americans

The Compromise of 1850 dealt with territory that the US had acquired because of which event?

Mexican American War (Mexican War)

What was the main reason that large numbers of Americans immigrated to Texas after 1824?

Mexican government offered grants of cheap land to settlers

Under the Compromise of 1850, which territories were able to chose by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery?

New Mexico and Utah

President Jackson handled _________ by asking Congress for the right to use military force against a state by gradually lowering a controversial tariff.

Nullification Crisis

The Republican Party was formed in 1854. One of the issues that led to the creation of the Republican Party was the Kansas-Nebraska Act. What was the Republican Party's stance on this issue?

Opposed the act b/c they were against the expansion of slavery into new states

What did the passage of the 15th Amendment during the Reconstruction Era accomplish?

Outlawed voting discrimination based on race

In what way did the introduction of interchangeable parts change labor productivity?

Parts were replaced rather than the whole item replaced

What was one social impact that the discovery of gold in California had on the US?

People moved from the East Coast to the West.

In 1832, the US Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia had no right to force the Cherokee from their native lands. Why did this ruling have little positive effect?

President Jackson overruled the Supreme Court ruling

In the 1850's, why was the territory of Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"?

Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces battled for control of the state

What was the significance of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?

Provided territory for the southern transcontinental railroad

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

The Nullification Crisis started when _________ passed a resolution declaring federal tariffs unconstitutional.

South Carolina

How was the constitutionality of Georgia law challenged as a result of the 1832 case of Worcester v. Georgia?

Supreme Court ruled the state did not have power to enforce laws on Native American lands

Kentucky politician Henry Clay became known as the "Great Pacificator" because of his ability to negotiate compromises in Congress. Clay played an important role in which of the following compromises?

The Compromise of 1850

Which of the following acts of Congress contributed to an increase in settlement in the West by granting free land to individuals after they lived on it for five years?

The Homestead Act

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed the people in those territories to decide on the issue of slavery for themselves. Previously, slavery had been abolished in this area as a result of which legislation?

The Missouri Compromise

What region benefitted most from the early 19th century economics policies in the US such as the Tariff Act of 1816?

The North

On July 4, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the Union took control of this city. Why was this an important victory for the Union?

Union had control of all the Mississippi River

What statement is true about the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and their impact after the Reconstruction Era ended?

Virtually ignored in the South and did not contribute to the equal status of blacks until the mid 20th century

In 1864, which Civil War general captured the city of Atlanta, Georgia and then led his army to the Atlantic Coast on a campaign known as the March to the Sea?

William T Sherman

As part of a compromise following the election of 1876, the Republicans agreed to....

Withdraw federal troops from the South

How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin affect the way people interacted with the land in the 19th century?

cotton production was much easier and more profitable/ Southern plantation owners were able to specialize in cotton

In the early 1800s, the manufacturing capability of many industrial areas of the US, particularly New England, skyrocketed following the introduction of the ____________

factory system

After the Civil War, the Freedman's Bureau was set up primarily to help which group of people?

former slaves

Manifest Destiny can be summed up as __________

the belief that the US was meant to expand over all the land in North America

The "Trail of Tears" refers to which event?

the forced resettlement of the Cherokee Indians

Why was the Free Soil Party formed?

to keep slavery out of the western territories

As it relates to the end of slavery and reconstruction, what was one of the actions taken by members of the Ku Klux Klan?

used violence to keep African Americans from voting

Which statement best describes the Confederate economy?

was primarily agriculture