A Mississippi B Georgia C Texas * D New Mexico 5. What state became part of the United States as the result of a war with Mexico? A California * B Texas C North Carolina D Tennessee productivity of the American farmer? A Anderson and McCormick * B Whitney and Fulton C Jefferson and Adams D Washington and Henry 10. Who improved the steamboat that provided faster river transportation? A Robert Fulton * B Cyrus McCormick C Patrick Henry D Jo Anderson
14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Attachment F: Sample Assessment Items Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer. 1. Where was the first major battle of the Civil War? A Manassas. * B Richmond. C Gettysburg. D Antietam. 2. The industrialized North and the agricultural South was cause of the Civil War. A a social B an economic * C a political D a resource 3. Disagreements over new states being free or slave states were one cause of the _________. A Spoils System B Civil War * C Fugitive Slave Act D Emancipation Proclamation 4. The compromise that allowed for popular sovereignty was the _________. A Missouri Compromise (1820) B Compromise of 1850 C Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) * D Emancipation Proclamation (1862) 5. What document passed by Congress maintained a balance between free and slave states? A Dred Scott Decision B Declaration of Independence C Missouri Compromise * D Louisiana Purchase 6. Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War? A Zachary Taylor B James K. Polk 8. At the beginning of the Civil War, bringing the Southern states back into the Union was the main goal of _________. A the North * B Frederick Douglass C the South D Jefferson Davis 9. At the beginning of the Civil War, having the Southern states recognized as an independent nation was the main goal of __________. A the North B Ulysses S. Grant C the South * D Abraham Lincoln 10. Who served in regiments separate from white regiments in the Union Army? A American Indian (First American) soldiers B African American soldiers * C British soldiers D Female soldiers 11. What was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860? A South Carolina * B Maine C Virginia D Ohio 12. Which of the following was a border state, which had slaves but did not secede from the Union? A Virginia B Kentucky C Maryland * D Pennsylvania 13. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
C Abraham Lincoln * D Ulysses S. Grant 7. Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War? A Robert E. Lee B Thomas Jefferson C Stephen A. Douglas D Jefferson Davis * A Fort Sumter * B Vicksburg C Antietam D Gettysburg 14. What was the capital city of the Confederacy? A Vicksburg, Mississippi B Richmond, Virginia * C Washington, D.C. D Atlanta, Georgia
A bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories * B allows slaves to vote C allows women to vote D grants citizenship to all former slaves 2. Why was Lincoln unable to carry out his Reconstruction plan? A He lost the re-election vote. B He was assassinated. * C He lost Congress’s support. D He was impeached. 3. Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of Reconstruction? A Ulysses S. Grant B Andrew Johnson * C Martin Van Buren D Abraham Lincoln 4. The Southern economy after the Civil War was based mainly on _________. A agriculture * B industry C banking and finance D information technology 5. Which Amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of race? A 4th Amendment B 13th Amendment C 15th Amendment * D 5th Amendment 6. Northerners who supported the Republicans and moved South during Reconstruction were called _________. A scalawags B carpetbaggers * C freedmen D fugitives ___________. A American Indians B Spanish Americans C French Americans D African Americans * 8. Which organization was created after the Civil War to help former slaves? A Red Cross B Freedman’s Bureau * C Republican Party D Ku Klux Klan 9. After the Civil War, freedmen most likely became ___________. A sailors. B plantation owners. C industrial workers. D sharecroppers. * 10. Which Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States? A 13th Amendment B 14th Amendment * C 15th Amendment D 5th Amendment 11. Which of the following was a result of the harsh Reconstruction policies that were applied to the South? A African-Americans could not hold public office. B Southerners resented northern “carpetbaggers.” * C Southern military leaders could hold office but could not vote. D plantations had to be sold to the highest bidder.