UIL Study Set #2 (Grade 5-6)

Which cause best completes the chart?

• Free enterprise

• Progressivism

• States’ rights

• Nationalism

How did differences between the two regions increase so dramatically?

• Politicians tried to pass laws in the best interest of the nation

• Southerners lived a mostly rural way of life

• Trade agreements between the two sections brought them closer together

• A dominant religion in both sections brought them together

Which crop brought a greater demand for slavery in the South?

• Cotton

• Corn

• Wheat

• Hay

How were African American lives more difficult after the end of Reconstruction?

• A public school system was established

• Many industries expanded to the South

• Families were able to stay together

• Jim Crow Laws restricted where they could go

Which novel, that describes the cruelties of slavery, was able to win many people over to the abolitionist cause?

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Pride and Prejudice

• Red Badge of Courage

• Lincoln

Who was the abolitionist leader, in the picture, that planned to steal weapons from the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia to use in an attack on slave owners in Virginia?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Joseph Cinque

Which battle, as part of the Anaconda Plan, called for Union troops to gain control of the Mississippi River to weaken the Confederacy?

• Chickamauga

• New Orleans

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

Who was best known for these political actions?

• James Garfield

• Sam Houston

• Henry Clay

• Winfield Scott

Which individual is best described in this diagram?

• Jane Addams

• Clara Barton

• Mary Hayes

• Lucretia Mott

What new industry created a growing demand for products made from oil?

• Electric light bulb

• Typewriter

• Automobile

• Mechanical reaper