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? 8. At the beginning of the Civil War, bringing the A Manassas. * Southern states back into the Union was the main B Richmond. goal of _________. C Gettysburg. A the North * D Antietam. B Frederick Douglass C the South D Jefferson Davis 2. The industrialized North and the agricultural South was cause of the Civil War. A a social 9. At the beginning of the Civil War, having the B an economic * Southern states recognized as an independent C a political nation was the main goal of __________. D a resource A the North B Ulysses S. Grant 3. Disagreements over new states being free or slave C the South * D Abraham Lincoln states were one cause of the _________. A Spoils System B Civil War * 10. Who served in regiments separate from white C Fugitive Slave Act regiments in the Union Army? D Emancipation Proclamation A American Indian (First American) soldiers B African American soldiers * C British soldiers 4. The compromise that allowed for popular sovereignty was the _________. D Female soldiers A Missouri Compromise (1820) B Compromise of 1850 11. What was the first state to secede from the Union C Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) * in 1860? D Emancipation Proclamation (1862) A South Carolina * B Maine C Virginia 5. What document passed by Congress maintained a D Ohio balance between free and slave states? A Dred Scott Decision B Declaration of Independence 12. Which of the following was a border state, which C Missouri Compromise * had slaves but did not secede from the Union? D Louisiana Purchase A Virginia B Kentucky 6. Who was the President of the United States during C Maryland * D Pennsylvania the Civil War? A Zachary Taylor B James K. Polk 13. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
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?
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