SAT II World History : Other American History from 1500 C.E. to 1900 C.E.
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Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
Robert E. Lee
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War was Jefferson Davis.
Example Question #12 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
Marne
Somme
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War, in early April, 1861. It took placed at Fort Sumter in South Carolina where the Confederate forces attacked a Union base. The Battles of Marne and the Somme are both infamous battles of World War One, renowned for widespread death and bloodshed.
Example Question #13 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
Sherman’s March to the Sea was from __________.
Charlotte to Charleston
Washington D.C. to Richmond
Tennessee to New Orleans
Richmond to Charleston
Atlanta to Savannah
Atlanta to Savannah
Sherman’s March to the Sea was a Union military campaign of the Civil War. Union troops, led by William Tecumseh Sherman, marched from Atlanta to Savannah, in Georgia, attacking civilian property, farmland, Confederate infrastructure, and supply lines. It is considered an important campaign in the history of the Civil War and in the history of military campaigns in general as an early example of a scorched-earth policy of warfare.
Example Question #22 : North And South America
Which of these statements about the North and the South in the years immediately before the Civil War is most true?
The North was a far more industrial economy than the South.
The South had a much higher population than the North.
The South had greater political influence than the North.
The North had more slave-owning citizens than the South.
The majority of people in the South owned slaves, while in the North, slavery was illegal.
The North was a far more industrial economy than the South.
At the outbreak of Civil War, the industrial economy of the North was far more developed than the economy of the South, which was still a largely agrarian or plantation-based economy. The population of the North was much higher than the population of the South, and therefore the North had greater political influence. It is actually not true that the majority of people in the South owned slaves; it was a very small minority, but a prominent minority.
Example Question #14 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
Which of these was not a Confederate state during the Civil War?
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Georgia
Ohio
Ohio
The Civil War was roughly divided evenly into sides of the North and the South, so any of these states that are Southern states would be Confederate states. This includes Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. Not listed but also Confederate states during the Civil War were Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Ohio would have been a Union state during the Civil War.
Example Question #15 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Second Great Awakening was a revival movement of __________.
political involvement
scientific education
artistic ability
Christianity
architectural design
Christianity
The Second Great Awakening was a revival of Protestant Christianity in the 1790s and early nineteenth century. It was particularly prominent in the formerly Puritan Northeast. The Second Great Awakening was a social movement that involved a return to religious teachings and guidance on Protestant way of life.
Example Question #16 : Other American History From 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
Sherman’s March to the Sea occurred during __________.
the Spanish-American War
the Mexican-American War
the Civil War
the Revolutionary War
the War of 1812
the Civil War
Sherman’s March to the Sea is a famous and important military campaign that took place during the Civil War. Sherman marched his Union army from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia in a little over a month, destroying vital Confederate infrastructure and supply lines. The troops also destroyed farmland and civilian property.
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