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1. Which factor contributed most to the increased importance of literature in American culture during the
19th century?
the success of major social-reform movements
the spread of utopian communities throughout the nation
the migration of European intellectuals to the United States
the greater availability of books, magazines, and newspapers
2. The writings of Transcendentalists had the greatest influence on which of the following movements?

Labor movement
Women's movement
Civil Rights movement
Counterculture movement
3. What was the effect of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
It became illegal to teach slaves to read and write.
Laws went into effect to prevent the freeing of slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Law was repealed in the South.
White people in the North developed the Underground Railroad.
4. How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the political participation of African Americans?
Southern legislatures, which were given power in the compromise, failed to persecute the Ku
Klux Klan.
The Freedmen's Bureau, which encouraged civic programs for freed slaves, was given more
funding.
The military, which had protected African American rights, was removed from the South.
The president, who was a Southern Democrat, began to oversee a rollback of African
American rights.

5.
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What was the effect of this cartoon in 1867?
It demonstrated the weakness of the veto power.
It showed that the president was well equipped for his job.
It emphasized the authority of the U.S. Constitution.
It validated the need for more control of the presidency.
6.
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Look at the graph. How do the Union and Confederate social costs compare?
Fewer Confederate men died from disease than Union men, but the Union had fewer deaths
from wounds than the Confederacy.
Fewer Union men were wounded than Confederate men, but the Confederacy had more
deaths than the Union.
More Confederate men died of disease than from wounds, but the Union had a smaller
number of deaths from disease than from wounds.
More Union men died than Confederate men, but the Union had more total forces than the
Confederacy.
7. What were the consequences of General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea?
heavy Northern casualties
property destruction in the South
recapturing of Savannah by the South
the loss of Maryland to the North
8. Read the paragraph, which may contain errors or false beliefs about the Civil War:
The Civil War was a long, hard struggle in a divided nation. The war began with shots at Fort
Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Slavery, the main cause of the war, was ended in
January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. By July
1863, the Confederacy reached its apex at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two years later, Confederate
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia,
in April. The four-year struggle cost more than 375,000 lives.
Which of the following statements corrects a false belief about the Civil War and would make the information in
the passage more accurate?
By 1865, there were more than three million dead soldiers on both Confederate and Union
sides as a result of the Civil War.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General William Tecumseh Sherman at
Savannah, Georgia, in 1865.
Slavery was one of several issues, including states' rights, power in the Senate, and politics,
that led to the war.
The farthest north that the Confederate army was able to advance was Antietam Creek, near
Sharpsburg, Virginia.
9.
Which phrase best completes the diagram?
better transportation systems
more experienced commanders
greater commitment to the cause
stronger support of the civilian population
10. How did the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, take advantage of a Confederate weakness?
The Confederacy had few soldiers and relied on its well-trained generals to win battles.
The Confederacy had few weapon manufacturers and relied on Vicksburg for ammunition.
The Confederacy had few railroads and relied on the Mississippi River for transportation.
The Confederacy had few ships and relied on Vicksburg to build and maintain them.
11. Which of the following presidential powers did Lincoln use to ensure control over Washington, D.C.?

canceling national elections
calling Congress into joint session
insisting on stare decisis
suspending habeas corpus
12. How did the Union benefit from holding Maryland?
Maryland had a well-trained militia and officers.
Maryland had more railroads than any other state at the time.
The Confederate capital was bordered by Union territory.
The Union capital was not surrounded by hostile territory.
13. How was General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea negative for Southern civilians?

He burned the cities of Atlanta and Vicksburg.
He destroyed homes and factories.
He freed slaves and used them as soldiers.
He took no civilian prisoners.
14. Which statement reflects the status of Florida during the Civil War?
The Confederacy ceded Florida to the Union army midway through the war.
The Confederacy maintained control of Florida throughout the war.
The Union took coastal strongholds, but the Confederacy kept the interior.
The Union took much of the north, but the Confederacy held the south.
15.
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During the Civil War, which percentage of the firearm production was controlled by the Union?
3%
33%
71%
97%
16. Which of these statements best compares the economic development of the North and South during the
first half of the 19th century?
More factories and railroad lines were built in the North than in the South.
More factories and railroad lines were built in the North than in the South.
The North developed more trade connections with Europe than the South did.
Land values in the North increased more quickly than land values in the South.
Exporting agricultural goods became more important to the North than to the South.
17. Which is the best definition of naturalization?
the process of living and working in the U.S. in order to become a citizen
the act of taking an oath of loyalty to the U.S. in order to become a citizen
the legal steps taken for a citizen born in another country to become a U.S. citizen
the classification of one who is born in another country but lives in the U.S. permanently
18.
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Use the image above to answer the following question:
Camp meetings, like the one in the picture above, were thought to inspire which of the following?
men and women to give their lives to God
men and women to accept and pray for sinners
men to treat slaves, women, and immigrants as equals
women to assume leadership positions in the community
19. Which answer best describes how Southern states were admitted back into the United States?

Each state had to agree to follow the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
Each state had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
Each state had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
Each state had to sign a document stating they would never secede again.

20. Which of the following best describes the Declaration of Sentiments?
a document that demanded equality for women based on the ideas in the Declaration of
Independence
a public speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton that declared women equal to men, and
demanded new reforms granting women equal rights
a document that listed new laws regarding women's rights that suffragists wanted the federal
government to pass
an article written by Lucretia Mott that discussed women's rights reform that gathered public
attention about the issue of equality for women