History Review grades 6-8

The Fourteenth Amendment defined who could be considered a U.S. citizen. Which group did the amendment exclude from U.S. citizenship?

• Confederacy supporters

• African Americans

• antislavery supporters

• Native Americans

What was the objective of the Freedman’s Bureau during Reconstruction?

• To provide relief to freed slaves and poor white southerners including, education and food.

• To punnish former rebel fighters for their actions during the Civil War.

• To register former slaves to vote in southern states.

• To establish laws that would limit the freedoms of former slaves and other minority southerners.

After Reconstruction, southern governments passed the Black Codes to

• limit the civil rights of freed African Americans.

• show the federal government that the South could not be controlled.

• provide work opportunities for freed African Americans in the South.

• take steps to integrate African Americans into southern culture.

Which choice correctly identifies the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Abolishes Slavery

• Ensures that all persons born in the United States, excluding Native Americans, are given full and equal benefit of the law.

• Males of color shall enjoy full voting rights.

• Freedom speech.

Sojourner Truth could accurately be described as a(n)...

• former slave who became well known abolitionist. She gave many public speeches and even successfully challenged the illegal sale of her son in court to win his freedom.

• militant abolitionist who led an attack in the Western slave state of Kansas that resulted in the

• abolitionist who was instrumental in the creation of the nation of Liberia for freed slaves who returned to Africa.

• former slave who founded a school in Alabama for freed slaves and other African Americans.

What did major river systems provide early civilizations?

• Protection from predators

• Isolation

• Communication with the Gods

• Resources to help grow crops

What is a real-world example of religion as a factor of cultural diffusioin?

• As the Roman empire conquered large sections of Europe they made many many improvements to the infrastructure those lands.

• Strict practices of dress and diet associated with Islam spread accross northern Africa and the Middle East as a result of Arab conquests.

• The use of iron for tools and weapons spread in Northeastern Africa, in part, as a result of fighting between the Egyptians and the Nubians.

• Belief in many Gods spread throughout Europe during the reign of Constantine because of increased trade with the Indian subcontinent.

For what reasons was the Great Wall of China significant?

• It helped China secure an extremely long portion of its border and provide relatively quick responses to military threats.

• It gave the people of China a way show their dedication to the Emperor and improve their status in the next life.

• It made China more attractive to foreign trade by making it look more impressive to its neighbors.

• It became a source of national pride for the ancient Chinese people, and fostered a sense of trust in the emperor amongst the people.

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States - 1863

The quote above is from President Abraham Lincolns 1863 Emancipation Proclemation. What is an accurate statement about the immediate effect of this historic document?

• The Emancipation Proclemation convinced all states west of the Mississippi River to fight for the Union, rather than the Confederacy.

• The Emancipation Proclemation angered residents of northern states who felt that the war was never about slavery.

• The Emancipation Proclemation had virtually no effect on Confederate states as they ignored its commands.

• The Emancipation Proclemation made it nearly impossible for Confederate soldiers and sympathizers to be reintegrated into the Union once the war was over.

Identify the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

• The Act made it more expensive for the south to buy foreign manufactured products.

• The Act made it easier for southern states to export their crops to other countries.

• The Act increased tensions between the anti-slavery north and the pro-slavery south.

• The Act fostered a period of cooperation between northern and southern states. It proved to many that the two regions had more in common than differences.