9th Grade U.S. History I
Final Exam Study Guide, 2016
About the exam
This exam is worth 20% of your grade. You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.
The exam will consist of four sections:
For sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, you may use one page (8 ½ x 11) of notes. You may not use your book.
1. The Causes of the Civil War
This section consists of 27 multiple choice questions and 3 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
2. The Battles of the Civil War
This section consists of 24 multiple choice questions and 2 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
3. Consequences of the Civil War & Reconstruction
This section consists of 12 multiple choice questions and 2 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
4. The Industrial Revolution
This section consists of 6 multiple choice questions that will assess your comprehension of the Flocabulary video you watched, including important points, such as:
Example questions:
Multiple Choice:
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision(s) did the Fourteenth Amendment reverse?
The Wade-Davis Bill stipulated that states could reenter the Union
The Freedmen’s Bureau had the most success in:
What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
Short Answer:
What are the 7 major causes of the Civil War that our class has been talking about? Identify each and explain why it led to the Civil War.
For example:
Slavery: Slavery was a labor strategy that exploited oppressed and captured African-Americans by forcing them to work for free, and often under very harsh conditions. Slavery was justified by the theory that white people were inherently superior to black people, and thus it was white people’s right to own and trade slaves like property.
Why it led to the Civil War: Slavery was the main cause of the Civil War, because it was the ethical issue that had divided the nation into the largely anti-slavery North and pro-slavery South. Politicians could not agree on the issue, and it became such a heated debate that politicians could only agree on one thing: war was the only way to solve the issue.
How was Reconstruction a success? Be specific. ______________________________________________
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How was Reconstruction a failure? Be specific. ______________________________________________
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Essay Question:
Choose one of the following questions to develop an essay that evaluates the topic politically, economically, and socially. You may use your book or notes to cite in-depth textual evidence. Use MLA format.
Option 1: Have the repercussions of Reconstruction affected modern-day America positively or negatively? Explain you answer by assessing the long-lasting political, economic, and social effects that Americans still feel because of Reconstruction.
Option 2: What if the South had won the Civil War? How would the United States be different today politically, economically, and socially? Justify each assertion with in-depth textual evidence. Use MLA format.
Final Exam Study Guide, 2016
About the exam
This exam is worth 20% of your grade. You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.
The exam will consist of four sections:
- The causes of the Civil War
- The battles of the Civil War
- The consequences of the Civil War & Reconstruction
- The Industrial Revolution
For sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, you may use one page (8 ½ x 11) of notes. You may not use your book.
1. The Causes of the Civil War
This section consists of 27 multiple choice questions and 3 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
- the sectional conflict over slavery (the national argument)
- the Compromise of 1850
- Kansas-Nebraska Act & Bleeding Kansas
- John Brown & Harper’s Ferry
- Missouri Compromise
- furor over Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- the Dred Scott Case
- the presidential election of 1860
- the 7 major causes of slavery discussed in class (all are mentioned above) and why each cause led to war
2. The Battles of the Civil War
This section consists of 24 multiple choice questions and 2 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
- the chronology of events and battles from Abraham Lincoln’s election to the first shot at Fort Sumter to Robert Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox courthouse.
- secession of Southern states (who seceded first; how many seceded in total)
- the advantages and disadvantages of the Union and Confederate armies
- the significance of all the major battles of the Civil War from your timeline, including which battle was the most significant and why
- how the war affected the North and South economically
- the key figures from your timeline
- how the war changed gender roles
- how the war changed healthcare (Red Cross, Sanitation Commission, new understanding about mosquito-born diseases)
- the Emancipation Proclamation and how it affected race relations
3. Consequences of the Civil War & Reconstruction
This section consists of 12 multiple choice questions and 2 short-answer questions that will assess your comprehension of:
- the political, economic, technological, and social consequences of the war
- the 3 plans for Reconstruction and which parts of the plans were enacted
- Proclamation Amnesty of Reconstruction (1863)
- the enactment of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
- the Freedman’s Bureau
- the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 & 1877
- Ten Percent Plan versus the Wade-Davis Bill
- the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson presidency and impeachment
- the moderate Republicans, Radical Republicans, and Democrats views
- the rise of the KKK
- how Reconstruction affected American society both positively and negatively
4. The Industrial Revolution
This section consists of 6 multiple choice questions that will assess your comprehension of the Flocabulary video you watched, including important points, such as:
- what caused the population spike
- the importance of the steam engine
- child labor
- the expansion of factories
- urbanization
- the rise of the middle class
Example questions:
Multiple Choice:
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision(s) did the Fourteenth Amendment reverse?
- The Slaughterhouse Cases
- The Civil Rights Cases
- Dred Scott v. Sanford
- United States v. Cruikshank
The Wade-Davis Bill stipulated that states could reenter the Union
- When 10 percent of voters pledged allegiance
- When 50 percent of voters pledged allegiance
- Only after ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
- Only after ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment
The Freedmen’s Bureau had the most success in:
- Establishing schools for blacks.
- Redistributing land to former slaves.
- Distributing food and supplies to blacks and poor whites.
- Safeguarding blacks’ civil liberties.
What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
- Forbade slavery
- Granted citizenship to black Americans
- Gave black men the right to vote
- Forbade racial discrimination in public places
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
- Forbade slavery
- Granted citizenship to black Americans
- Gave all men the right to vote
- Forbade racial discrimination in public places
Short Answer:
What are the 7 major causes of the Civil War that our class has been talking about? Identify each and explain why it led to the Civil War.
For example:
Slavery: Slavery was a labor strategy that exploited oppressed and captured African-Americans by forcing them to work for free, and often under very harsh conditions. Slavery was justified by the theory that white people were inherently superior to black people, and thus it was white people’s right to own and trade slaves like property.
Why it led to the Civil War: Slavery was the main cause of the Civil War, because it was the ethical issue that had divided the nation into the largely anti-slavery North and pro-slavery South. Politicians could not agree on the issue, and it became such a heated debate that politicians could only agree on one thing: war was the only way to solve the issue.
How was Reconstruction a success? Be specific. ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
How was Reconstruction a failure? Be specific. ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Essay Question:
Choose one of the following questions to develop an essay that evaluates the topic politically, economically, and socially. You may use your book or notes to cite in-depth textual evidence. Use MLA format.
Option 1: Have the repercussions of Reconstruction affected modern-day America positively or negatively? Explain you answer by assessing the long-lasting political, economic, and social effects that Americans still feel because of Reconstruction.
Option 2: What if the South had won the Civil War? How would the United States be different today politically, economically, and socially? Justify each assertion with in-depth textual evidence. Use MLA format.