PMA 3 Review - Part 1

What are the key parts of the Compromise of 1850?

• Admission of Texas as a free state
• Expansion of slavery into all territories
• Abolition of slavery in all states
• Admission of California as a free state, organization of New Mexico and Utah territories with popular sovereignty on slavery, abolition of slave trade in Washington D.C., more stringent Fugitive Slave Law, settlement of Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• A law that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery based on popular sovereignty.
• A law that established a monarchy in Kansas and Nebraska
• A law that banned slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
• A law that granted statehood to Kansas and Nebraska

What was the Dred Scott decision?

• A Supreme Court ruling in 1865 that granted citizenship to all African Americans
• A federal law passed in 1830 that prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States
• A presidential executive order in 1870 that abolished slavery in all states
• A Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that declared African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court, also ruling that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

What was the Anaconda Plan?

• A military tactic to use guerrilla warfare in the Western theater
• A diplomatic strategy to gain European support for the Confederacy
• A Union strategy during the American Civil War to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.
• A Confederate plan to invade the North through Pennsylvania

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War to free enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
• A proclamation issued by President Jefferson Davis to free enslaved people
• A law passed by Congress to abolish slavery in the United States
• A treaty signed by the Confederate States to end slavery

What were the results of the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Union victory with high casualties on both sides, Confederate Army forced to retreat
• Union defeat with low casualties on both sides
• Confederate victory with high casualties on both sides
• Union victory with no casualties

What were the results of the Battle of Vicksburg?

• Stalemate, no impact on the Confederacy, no control over the Mississippi River
• Confederate victory, control of the Mississippi River, united the Confederacy
• Union victory, control of the Mississippi River, split the Confederacy
• Union defeat, loss of the Mississippi River, strengthened the Confederacy

What was a carpetbagger?

• A nickname for Union soldiers during the Civil War
• A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War to profit from the instability.
• A term used to describe a type of horse-drawn carriage
• A Southern politician who supported Reconstruction policies

After the Civil War, what was the system of sharecropping?

• Sharecropping was a system where tenants owned the land they worked on.
• Sharecropping was a system where landowners allowed tenants to use their land in exchange for a share of the crops produced.
• Sharecropping was a system where landowners paid fixed wages to the tenants.
• Sharecropping was a system where tenants were not required to share any of the crops produced.

During Reconstruction, why were Republicans divided over Reconstruction plans?

• Unified stance on federal vs. state power
• Agreement on treatment of Southern states
• Consensus on civil rights for freed slaves
• Differing opinions on treatment of Southern states, civil rights for freed slaves, and federal vs. state power