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Civil War and Reconstruction - STAAR test
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8th grade U.S. History practice for STAAR test
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1
The bloodiest one-day battle and the first battle to be photographed in the United States was
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fort Sumter
2
Which of the following leaders are correctly matched with the side they fought for?
Phillip Bazaar - South
Ulysses Grant - South
William Carney - North
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson - North
3
Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The Dawes Act
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Compromise of 1850
4
Congress established THIS federal assistance organization to help freed slaves known as ---
Black Codes
Jim Crow laws
Civil War Amendments
Freedman's Bureau
5
What did Lincoln issue after the Battle of Antietam to weaken the Confederacy?
13th Amendment
Appomattox Court House Surrender
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
6
Which military leader led the Union Army to victory at the end of the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
7
What caused south Carolina to secede from the Union followed by six other states?
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
Lincoln is elected President
8
The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted ---
states' rights
spiritual revival and need for social reform
mercantilism
use of reason and scientific theory
9
Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the Civil War?
secession of South Carolina
Creation of the Klu Klux Klan
sectionalism
state's rights to secede
10
Which of the following was NOT known to be an abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Horace Mann
11
The Battle of Fort Sumter was significant in the Civil War because:
Marked a turning point in the war
Confederate Army was dealt a strong defeat
Marked the beginning of the war
The Confederate fort was attacked by the Union army
12
The 13th Amendment affected the lives of millions of African-Americans by --
guaranteeing freedom of speech
providing them access to courts
proving them with voting rights
guaranteeing freedom from slavery
13
The North had all of the following advantages during the war EXCEPT ---
Financial and industrious strength
Railroads
Superior military leaders
Number of soldiers
14
Which event helped Lincoln become known throughout the United States prior to his election?
Emancipation Proclamation
Passage of the 13th Amendment
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15
Which of the following greatly influenced abolitionism to spread throughout the North?
Taxation after the war
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
Secession of South Carolina
Missouri Compromise
16
One advantage of the Confederacy during the Civil War was ---
numerous factories
large number of military troops
extensive railroad system
knowledge of the terrain
17
The Dred Scott Decision set the stage for what two major causes of the Civil War?
Slavery and states' rights
Secession and temperance
taxation and free trade
sectionalism and tariffs
18
The Gettyburg Address was issued by Lincoln in 1863 in order to ----
Control the Mississippi River
Encourage the Union to finish strong
Warn the South that they would soon be destroyed
Free the slaves in Confederate states
19
The Declaration of Independence and the 14th Amendment both address the right to ---
bear arms
Unalienable rights of life and liberty
trial by jury
freedom of speech
20
In 1861, President Lincoln's focus was on ---
Freeing the slaves throughout the United States
Freeing the slaves in Confederate States
Creating a new constitution
Preserving the Union
21
Which of the following events occurred first?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
John Brown's Raid
Election of Abraham Lincoln
22
Which of these describes a result of the 13th Amendment?
African-Americans in the South could move elsewhere
States were required to protect citizenship rights
Slavery remained in the border states
African-Americans in the North could vote
23
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was made famous during the Battle of ---
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Vicksburg
24
The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first ---
African-American to win popular vote in Mississippi
Hispanic to serve as a member of Congress
African-Americans to serve as member of U.S. Senate
Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient
25
Which individual was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
26
In order to limit the effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, southern states passed -
Missouri Compromise
Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes
Sharecropping
27
Which reform movement was largely influenced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lecretia Mott?
Education
Prisons and Mental Health
Transcendentalism
Women's Suffrage
28
Which of the following amendments best explains why blacks were eventually elected to Congress
Amendment 1
Amendment 14
Amendment 15
Amendment 8
29
Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the Civil War?
economic differences between North and Southern states
state's rights to secede
sharecropping
slavery in the South
30
Victory at the Battle of Vicksburg allowed the Union to successfully ---
End the Civil War
Free slaves in the south
Gain control of the Louisiana Purchase
Cut the Confederacy in half
31
John Wilkes Booth is best known as ---
the man who assassinated President Lincoln
the man who began the abolitionist movement
the man who reformed education
the man who became the first black senator
32
Which of the following was a major defeat of General Robert E. Lee on northern territory?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
33
Which individual was known for his/her work to help mentally disabled persons receive treatment
Dorothea Dix
Susan B. Anthony
Horace Mann
Harriet Tubman
34
The Emancipation Proclamation was given REAL power by the passage of the ---
15th Amendment
Black Code laws
13th Amendment
Freedman's Bureau
35
Which of the following existed in the southern states
immediately
after the Civil War?
Crop failures, businesses bankrupt, destruction
Freed slaves were protected by civil rights laws
Freed slaves finding rewarding job opportunities
South's economy was growing
36
All of the following were characteristics of the Hudson River Art Movement EXCEPT ---
Human beings are small
Hope and optimism exist
Find truth in nature
Seek God through religion
37
In order to deal with the South's economic problems, plantation owners developed a system of --
Klu Klux Klan
sharecropping
Black Codes
carpetbaggers
38
Who among the following were notable transcendentalists during the 1800s?
Horace Mann
William Lloyd Garrison
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry David Thoreau
39
What doc was Lincoln referring: "Four score and seven years ago... all men are created equal"?
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
Dred Scott Decision
Bill of Rights
40
The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to ---
gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons
decrease the consumption of alcohol
create a Utopian society
ban the spread of slavery
41
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was in response to ---
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott Decision
Battle of Fort Sumter
Election of Abraham Lincoln
42
What was one long-term consequence of sharecropping system?
former slaves trapped in cycle of debt
urbanization
economic success of freed slaves
labor unions organized