END OF SEMESTER TEST US HISTORY B
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ Which was the preferable life style after the Civil War? Answer:
Industrialization
⩥ Which political party dominated the US after the Civil War? Answer:
Republican Party
⩥ Which law offer people 160 acres to move out west? Answer:
Homestead Act 1862
⩥ List two problems with living on the plains Answer: 1. Lack of Water
2. Lack of Shelter
3. Locust Plagues
⩥ Which law grated states 30,000 acres of Federal land per member of
Congress to pay for education? Answer: Morrill Land- Grant Acts
⩥ During War which branch of government gives up power and which
gains? Answer: The legislative branch gave up its power and executive
gained power
, ⩥ What was the Northern perspective on secession at the start of the
War? Answer: Contention of the North that states could not legally
secede
⩥ What was the Northern perspective on secession following the war?
Answer: Refuse to buy the notion that the South was never out of the
Unions
⩥ What was the Southern perspective on secession at the start of the
War? Answer: Contended they had the legal right to secede from the
Union
⩥ What was the Southern perspective on secession following the war?
Answer: South contents that since they were never out of the Union,
there should be no conditions for reentry
⩥ What percent of a state's voters would have to take an oath to support
the Constitution under Lincoln's plan for reconstruction? Answer: 10%
⩥ What percent of a state's voters would have to take an oath to support
the Constitution under Wade-Davis plan for reconstruction? Answer:
50%
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ Which was the preferable life style after the Civil War? Answer:
Industrialization
⩥ Which political party dominated the US after the Civil War? Answer:
Republican Party
⩥ Which law offer people 160 acres to move out west? Answer:
Homestead Act 1862
⩥ List two problems with living on the plains Answer: 1. Lack of Water
2. Lack of Shelter
3. Locust Plagues
⩥ Which law grated states 30,000 acres of Federal land per member of
Congress to pay for education? Answer: Morrill Land- Grant Acts
⩥ During War which branch of government gives up power and which
gains? Answer: The legislative branch gave up its power and executive
gained power
, ⩥ What was the Northern perspective on secession at the start of the
War? Answer: Contention of the North that states could not legally
secede
⩥ What was the Northern perspective on secession following the war?
Answer: Refuse to buy the notion that the South was never out of the
Unions
⩥ What was the Southern perspective on secession at the start of the
War? Answer: Contended they had the legal right to secede from the
Union
⩥ What was the Southern perspective on secession following the war?
Answer: South contents that since they were never out of the Union,
there should be no conditions for reentry
⩥ What percent of a state's voters would have to take an oath to support
the Constitution under Lincoln's plan for reconstruction? Answer: 10%
⩥ What percent of a state's voters would have to take an oath to support
the Constitution under Wade-Davis plan for reconstruction? Answer:
50%
