FLVS Practice History EOC UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
SS.912.A.2.1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
A. the right of Northerners to own slaves
B. the sale of federal lands to slave owners
C. the expansion of slavery into new territories
D. the return of slaves who had escaped from the South - CORRECT ANSWER- C. the
expansion of slavery into new territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed to allow for settlement in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska.
The act allowed for settlers to vote on whether or not the territory would have slavery.
SS.912.A.2.1
Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?
A. the disintegration of the Whig Party
B. the addition of new states to the Union
C. the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
D. the extension of voting rights to African American men - CORRECT ANSWER- D. the
extension of voting rights to African American men
When the Civil War ended the U.S. entered a period call Reconstruction. During
Reconstruction three
amendments were added to the Constitution. The 15th Amendment allows African American
men the
right to vote.
SS.912.A.2.2
What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
A. providing aid and education to emancipated slaves
,B. helping Confederate states get readmitted to the Union
C. securing protections for African Americans' voting rights
D. preventing violence against African Americans in the South - CORRECT ANSWER- A.
providing aid and education to emancipated slaves
The Freedmen's Bureau was created to assist in the transition from slavery to freedom. It
succeed in
creating schools for African Americans.
SS.912.A.2.4
The passage below is an excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment: No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
This amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?
A. the rise of violence against emancipated slaves
B. the passage of Black Codes throughout the South
C. the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement
D. the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER- B. the passage of Black Codes throughout the South
The 14th Amendment grants African Americans citizenship and full rights under the
Constitution. To limit the rights and advancement of African Americans in the South, many
Southern states passed Black
Codes.
SS.912.A.2.6
What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the
late 19th
century?
A. African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.
B. African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.
C. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
, D. African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs. -
CORRECT ANSWER- C. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as
slavery.
Debt peonage requires that a person's debt be paid off through work. After the Civil War
many newly
freed African Americans accrued sharecropping debt that was then paid off through labor.
SS.912.A.2.6
The excerpt below was printed in a magazine in the South in 1866:
We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to
punish them
for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make
them useful,
productive laborers.
Source: http://home.gwu.edu/~jjhawkin/BlackCodes/rptBlackCodes.pdf
Which of the following would the author of this excerpt most likely have supported?
A. the formation of the Freedmen's Bureau
B. the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
C. the passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
D. the relocation of emancipated slaves to colonies in Africa - CORRECT ANSWER- C. the
passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
Black Codes and Jim Crowe laws in many Southern states required that African Americans
sign yearly
labor contracts. Anyone found without a contract could be imprisoned.
SS.912.A.7.11
The following is a quote from a nationally televised address by President Ronald Reagan in
1987:
"A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart
and my best
intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."
Source: http://www.shmoop.com/reagan-era/quotes.html
What was the event that forced President Reagan to make this address?
A. Iran Contra affair
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
SS.912.A.2.1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?
A. the right of Northerners to own slaves
B. the sale of federal lands to slave owners
C. the expansion of slavery into new territories
D. the return of slaves who had escaped from the South - CORRECT ANSWER- C. the
expansion of slavery into new territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed to allow for settlement in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska.
The act allowed for settlers to vote on whether or not the territory would have slavery.
SS.912.A.2.1
Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?
A. the disintegration of the Whig Party
B. the addition of new states to the Union
C. the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
D. the extension of voting rights to African American men - CORRECT ANSWER- D. the
extension of voting rights to African American men
When the Civil War ended the U.S. entered a period call Reconstruction. During
Reconstruction three
amendments were added to the Constitution. The 15th Amendment allows African American
men the
right to vote.
SS.912.A.2.2
What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
A. providing aid and education to emancipated slaves
,B. helping Confederate states get readmitted to the Union
C. securing protections for African Americans' voting rights
D. preventing violence against African Americans in the South - CORRECT ANSWER- A.
providing aid and education to emancipated slaves
The Freedmen's Bureau was created to assist in the transition from slavery to freedom. It
succeed in
creating schools for African Americans.
SS.912.A.2.4
The passage below is an excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment: No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
This amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?
A. the rise of violence against emancipated slaves
B. the passage of Black Codes throughout the South
C. the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement
D. the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans - CORRECT
ANSWER- B. the passage of Black Codes throughout the South
The 14th Amendment grants African Americans citizenship and full rights under the
Constitution. To limit the rights and advancement of African Americans in the South, many
Southern states passed Black
Codes.
SS.912.A.2.6
What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the
late 19th
century?
A. African Americans were unable to afford to work agricultural jobs.
B. African Americans left the South in large numbers to escape their debts.
C. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.
, D. African Americans had to work for low wages to pay off their emancipation costs. -
CORRECT ANSWER- C. African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as
slavery.
Debt peonage requires that a person's debt be paid off through work. After the Civil War
many newly
freed African Americans accrued sharecropping debt that was then paid off through labor.
SS.912.A.2.6
The excerpt below was printed in a magazine in the South in 1866:
We should be satisfied to compel them to engage in coarse, common manual labor, and to
punish them
for dereliction of duty or non fulfillment of their contracts with such severity, as to make
them useful,
productive laborers.
Source: http://home.gwu.edu/~jjhawkin/BlackCodes/rptBlackCodes.pdf
Which of the following would the author of this excerpt most likely have supported?
A. the formation of the Freedmen's Bureau
B. the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
C. the passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
D. the relocation of emancipated slaves to colonies in Africa - CORRECT ANSWER- C. the
passage of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
Black Codes and Jim Crowe laws in many Southern states required that African Americans
sign yearly
labor contracts. Anyone found without a contract could be imprisoned.
SS.912.A.7.11
The following is a quote from a nationally televised address by President Ronald Reagan in
1987:
"A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart
and my best
intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."
Source: http://www.shmoop.com/reagan-era/quotes.html
What was the event that forced President Reagan to make this address?
A. Iran Contra affair
