Topic 8 Test Sectionalism & Civil War

FIRST---Read the excerpt from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. “[T]hat we here highly resolve [decide] that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Which of the following best summarizes Lincoln’s meaning in this last sentence of his Gettysburg Address?

• Soldiers must be given more power in the government because of their actions in the war.
• Americans should honor the sacrifice of soldiers by continuing democratic government.
• Presidents should decide important issues, including the debates over slavery.
• Government of the people, by the people, and for the people is no longer important.

Toward the end of the Civil War, how did General Grant’s actions affect southern civilians?

• He allowed those living in the South to keep ownership of their land.
• He ordered his generals to impose a “total war” strategy on the South.
• He ordered his army to rebuild rural areas in the South damaged by the war.
• He made sure that slavery was allowed to continue in the South.

Beginning with the earliest, which of the following shows the correct order of events related to Gettysburg and Vicksburg?

• Siege of Vicksburg begins; Union forces win the Battle of Gettysburg; Union forces gain control of the Miss. R , Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Addesress.
• Union forces win the Battle of Gettysburg; Union forces gain control of the Miss. R; President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address; Siege of Vicksburg begins
• Union forces gain control of the Miss. R; President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address; Siege of Vicksburg begins; Union forces win the Battle of Gettysburg
• President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address; Siege of Vicksburg begins; Union forces win the Battle of Gettysburg; Union forces gain control of the Miss. R.r

First--- Study the document. The document shown in this image freed enslaved African Americans in

• the Union slave states.
• the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
• both the Union states and the Confederate states.
• the Confederate states that were under Union control.

The main reason the Confederacy eventually began drafting soldiers from ages 17 to 50 was because

• many soldiers deserted the Confederacy in favor of the Union.
• the rising death tolls forced the Confederacy to enlist more soldiers.
• Confederate leaders thought the key to victory was a large infantry.
• over half of the Confederate soldiers were imprisoned by the Union.

Select the answers that best complete the statement below. As part of the Missouri Compromise, __________ was admitted to the Union as a free state and __________ was admitted as a slave state.

• Missouri; Maine
• Missouri; Kentucky
• Kentucky; Missouri
• Maine; Missouri

Which of the following were advantages held by the Confederacy as the war began? Select the TWO correct answers.

• a larger population
• defending their way of life
• more manufacturing
• fighting mostly on home territory
• more railroads to transport troops and supplies

FIRST---Look at the photograph of Vicksburg. Based on the photograph, why was the capture of Vicksburg so important for Union forces?

• the city’s industries
• the city’s location on a river
• the city’s distance from other battlefields
• the city’s large civilian and military population

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act anger many northerners?

• They reasoned that it unfairly challenged the Compromise of 1850.
• They were convinced the new act would lead to violence in the West.
• They suspected it was a political move enacted to increase property taxes in the West.
• They thought it went against the Missouri Compromise’s promise to keep slavery from spreading.

FIRST---Look at the image What contribution to the war effort is shown in this image?

• medical and surgical technique development
• women accompanying their wounded husbands to a field hospital
• women’s involvement as nurses
• the creation of the American Red Cross