Final Exam
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. A Potato Famine caused people from which country to immigrate to the United States?
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2. Arriving between 1820 and 1860, the second largest group of immigrants was from
____
3. What large group of Southerners owned small farms but no slaves?
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4. Who watched over the enslaved household workers and tended to them when they became ill?
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5. Who led a group of enslaved African Americans in a violent rebellion against their slaveholders in 1831?
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6. To put pressure on employers, workers staged
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7. What was the leading cash crop of the Southern economy?
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8. The largest group of whites in the South were
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9. Enslaved people needed an extended family because they
____ 10. What made it a crime to teach enslaved people to read or write?
____ 11.
In 1850, which two states produced the fewest bales of cotton?
____ 12. Who was the leader of education who lengthened the school year to six months?
____ 13. Writers Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau were what kind of reformers?
____ 14. In the 1800s, there was a wave of religious fervor known as the_________________.
____ 15. What movement called for drinking little or no alcohol?
____ 16. The network of escape routes out of the South for enslaved people was the
____ 17. Who was the most famous Underground Railroad conductor?
____ 18. Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through
____ 19. In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?
____ 20. The main topic of the Lincoln–Douglas debates was
____ 21. Who was not a presidential candidate in 1860?
____ 22. Southerners justified secession with the theory of
____ 23. What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe showed slavery as a brutal, cruel system?
____ 24. What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?
____ 25. What Confederate capital was only about 100 miles from Washington, D.C.?
____ 26. The bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of
“. . . 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. . . .”
____ 27.
This announcement by the President of the United States is a quotation from _____.
____ 28. For the South, the primary aim of the war was to win recognition
____ 29. What were 2 of the main advantages of the South?
____ 30. From the start of the war, the North's main goal was to
____ 31. What law did Abraham Lincoln formally sign on January 1, 1863, which freed enslaved African Americans in
the Confederacy?
____ 32. President Abraham Lincoln's address at what battlefield helped war-weary Americans focus on their shared
ideals and the American spirit?
____ 33. Sherman's plan to march to Savannah destroying everything in his path was called
____ 34. Who was the final General in command of the Union army at the end of the war?
____ 35. Who was the leader of the Confederate army?
____ 36. What was the first state to secede from the union?
____ 37. Which side had more resources going into the Civil War?
____ 38. What was the South’s main form of transportation?
____ 39. What reform movement wanted to free the slaves?
____ 40. At this first battle of the war, the over-confident Union ran back to Washington DC after hearing the terrifying
Rebel yell.
____ 41. What were the Monitor and Merrimack ?
____ 42. This battle, in which half of the Confederate soldiers died after going to find shoes, is considered to turning
point of the war.
____ 43. What border state was important for the Union not to lose due to its location by Washington DC?
____ 44. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
____ 45. What were African American religious songs that often contained a secret message called?
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. offensive
d. Richmond, Virginia
b. Yankees
e. blockade Southern ports
c. Rebels
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____
____
____
____
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
Confederate capital
Union's first strategy
to go on the attack
Confederate soldiers
Union soldiers
Final Exam
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
REF:
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the Active Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 2. For
additional practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and
visit this book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com. NAT: NCSS.II.B
STA: G-1B-M1-2
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 394, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.C
STA: G-1C-M4-6
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 402, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
STA: G-1B-M1-2
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 403, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.C
STA: G-1B-M4-4
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 405, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.IX.B
STA: H-1A-M3-47
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 392, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VII.D
STA: C-ID-M3-40
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 399, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VII.I
STA: G-1B-M1-2| G-1B-M2-3
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 402, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.V.A
STA: G-1C-M4-6
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 405, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.A
STA: G-1C-M4-6
10. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 405, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.IX.B
STA: G-1C-M4-6
11. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 398, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 13, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 13, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.III.C| NCSS.VII.I
STA: G-1A-M2-1 MSC: Document Based Question
12. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 413, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
STA: H-1A-M3-47
13. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 415, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.I.C
STA: H-1A-M3-47
14. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 413, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.B| NCSS.V.B
STA: H-1A-M3-46
15. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 413, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.V.B
STA: H-1A-M3-46
16. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 422, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.IX.B
STA: H-1A-M3-46
17. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 423, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 14, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 14, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.X.E
STA: H-1A-M3-47
18. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 442, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.C| NCSS.VI.E
STA: H-1A-M2-45
19. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 447, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.V.B
STA: H-1A-M3-46
20. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 448, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.A| NCSS.X.A
STA: H-1A-M2-45
21. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 450, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.E
22. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 451, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 4. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 4, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.V.E| NCSS.VI.C
STA: H-1B-M12-75
23.
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 442, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.I.C
STA: H-1A-M3-47
24. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, pages 446-447, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 15, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 15, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.I
STA: C-1A-M7-20
25. ANS: A
PTS: 1
DIF: Challenging
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, pages 460–461, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.B
STA: G-1A-M2-1
26.
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 472, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 2. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 2, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.B
STA: H-1B-M12-76
27. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 475, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.E| NCSS.X.A| NCSS.X.B
STA: H-1B-M12-77
28. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 463, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.V.F| NCSS.VI.F
STA: H-1B-M12-73
29. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 462, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.I.A| NCSS.VI.F
30. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 473, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.C| NCSS.VI.F
STA: H-1B-M12-73
31.
REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 475, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 3. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 3, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.II.B| NCSS.VI.E| NCSS.VI.I
STA: H-1B-M12-77| H-1B-M12-78
NOT: 475
32. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, pages 487–488, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 5. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 5, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.III.A| NCSS.VI.E
STA: H-1A-M3-47
NOT: 487–488
33. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 490, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 5. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 5, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.C| NCSS.VI.I
STA: H-1A-M3-46| H-1B-M12-76
MATCHING
46. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 461, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.III.A
NOT: 461
47. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 463, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.C| NCSS.VI.D
NOT: 463
48. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 463, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.VI.D
49. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 464, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.IV.C
STA: H-1A-M2-45
NOT: 464
50. REF: Learn more about this question in The American Republic To 1877, page 464, and in the Active
Reading Note-Taking Guide and Reading Essentials and Study Guide, Chapter 16, Section 1. For additional
practice, complete Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment CD-ROM, and visit this
book's Online Learning Center at tarvol1.glencoe.com.
NAT: NCSS.IV.C
STA: H-1A-M2-45
NOT: 464