How did Northerners view the war once it began? |
c. The Civil War was a struggle to preserve the Union. |
In his inaugural address, President Lincoln revealed that he hoped to avoid disunion by? |
take measures to stop the contagion of secession and buy time in order for emotions to cool |
What event marked the official beginning of armed hostilities between the North and South? |
d. Confederates firing on Fort Sumter |
Why did some states in the Upper South opt for secession from the Union? |
a. They couldn’t see themselves fighting fellow Southerners. |
What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky? |
c. a prosouthern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause and sometimes resisted Union control. |
How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederacy? |
b. eleven |
Why did white Southerners from all classes enlist to fight Yankees? |
c. They wanted to ensure that blacks remained subordinate to whites. |
Most Northerners viewed secession as |
a. an attack on the best government on earth and a severe challenge to the rule of law. |
Why did Southerners believe they had a real chance of winning the Civil War |
a. Southern men believed they were physically tougher than northern men. |
What irony emerges when considering the wartime leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis? |
c. Abraham Lincoln brought little political experience to his presidency yet rose to the occasion to become a masterful leader, whereas Jefferson Davis, a seasoned politician, proved to be a relatively ineffectual chief executive. |
What disadvantage did the South face when it came to supplying the Confederate armies? |
d. It lacked the resources available to the north. |
Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War? |
d. The Confederacy printed more money. |
What was the significance of the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run) in July 1861? |
b. demonstrated that Americans were in for a real war, one that would be neither quick nor easy. |
Why did President Lincoln criticize General George B. McClellan early in the war? |
a. McClellan had amassed a huge military force but refused to attack. |
The bloodiest day of the Civil War occurred September 17, 1862, at ? |
d. Battle of Antietam Creek |
At the end of 1862, the eastern theater of the Civil War? |
d. had reached a stalemate. |
Why did some Indian tribes side with the Confederates during the Civil War? |
d. |
What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh? |
b. |
What was the significance of the conflict between the Virginia and the Monitor? |
c. The conflict marked the birth of the ironclad warship. |
Initially the Confederacy sought King Cotton diplomacy, a strategy based on the belief the at |
a. cotton-starved western European powers would be forced to enter the conflict by offering diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy and breaking the Union blockade to secure cotton. |
Why did King Cotton diplomacy fail? |
b. European nations turned to Egypt and India for cotton. |
Why did President Lincoln choose not to make the Civil War a struggle over slavery? |
b. doubted his right under the Constitution to tamper with the "domestic institutions" of any state, even those in rebellion. |
What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union? |
d. the fears of northern that freed slaves whom they considered "semi-slaves" would flood the north, compete for jobs, and try to mix socially with them |
In March 1862, Congress tilted toward emancipating slaves when it |
a. forbade the return of runaways to their masters |
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