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Civil War STAAR Practice

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  • Which idea does Lincoln express in this excerpt?
    J
    G
    H
    F
  • What do the events have in common?
    Expansion of Slavery
    States Rights
    taxation without representation
    Popular Sovereignty
  • Which outcome completes the diagram?
    H
    J
    F
    G
  • What is "this interest" referring to?
    F
    J
    G
    H
  • Which of these directly resulted from the event in the headline?
    U.S. senate sought to end Black Codes in the South
    Abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North
    Federal Government allowed expansion of slavery
    Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid the law
  • An environmental consequence of the growth of cotton was
    C
    A
    B
    D
  • Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on both escaped slaves and freedmen
    F
    H
    G
    J
  • Both McClellan and Grant were generals of the
    Union Army
  • What made the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg different from the other battles on the map?
    G
    J
    H
    F
  • Why were these tactics effective?
    F
    J
    G
    H
  • Which statement described how the Kansas-Nebraska Act increased sectionalism
    d
    C
    B
    A
  • Which condition did both slaves and free blacks experience during the Antebellum period
    Both groups were denied citizenship rights
    Both groups were forced to pay taxes
    Both groups were able to vote in elections
  • Which was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
    J
    G
    H
    F
  • How did Lincoln react to the idea expressed in Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address?
    F
    G
    H
    J
  • What was one effect of the Compromise of 1850?
    Tension between the N and the S increased
    The Republican Party lost influence
    Immigrants were forced to relocate to the west
    Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional
  • What statement most contributed to the difference in the population?
    A
    c
    B
    D
  • This data could be used to support which conclusion
    B
    A
    C
    D
  • Which era is being represented by this photograph?
    Early Republic
    Civil War
  • Which accomplishment could be added to the diagram?
    H
    F
    G
    J
  • Which region grew cotton
    1
    2
    3
    4
  • One advantage of the Confederacy was
    G
    J
    H
    F
  • Where did the events in this painting occur?
    A
    B
    C
    D
  • What had the greatest impact on the outcome of the Civil War?
    D
    A
    B
    C
  • What statement best explains the table
    J
    G
    H
    F
  • Which event completes the diagram?
    B
    C
    D
    A
  • What human geographic factor helped the North win/
    H
    G
    J
    F
  • How was the event in this image significant to the Civil War
    A
    B
    D
    C
  • Which statement best describes the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg?
    H
    G
    F
    J
  • What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these acts?
    Should slave labor be allowed in new states
    should states be allowed to nullify federal law
    Should the U.S. Expand Westward
    Should states be able to secede from the Union
  • What was the result of the events on the map
    G
    H
    J
    F
  • Why did the siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?
    F
    H
    G
    J
  • How did the loss of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy
    A
    B
    C
    D
  • The main priority after Lee's Surrender was to
    F
    G
    J
    H