History 121 Ch. 14

All of the following are examples of technological changes that helped to make the civil war a modern war except:

Field telelphone.

The 54th Massachusetts volunteer regiment is best known as:

A regiment of free blacks who charged fort Wagner South Carolina.

At Antietam:

The nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history.

The emancipation proclamation of January 1 1863:

Did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded.

"King cotton diplomacy" led Great Britain to:

Find new supplies of cotton outside of the south.

Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man john d. Rockefeller:

Began creating and consolidating their fortunes during the civil war.

In July 1863, the union won two key victories that are often identified as turning points in the war. These victories occurred at:

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

During the civil war, northern white women:

Began obtaining jobs as government clerks.

With regard to civil liberties during the civil war, president Lincoln:

Suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

Feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within he union.

Which of the following is not true of the New York City riots of 1853?

The convinced Lincoln to delay issuing the emancipation proclamation.

During the civil war, black soldiers:

Helped inspire republicans to believe that emancipation also demanded equal rights before the law.

The example of German immigrant Marcus spiegal demonstrated that:

The views of average Americans evolved considerably during he course of the civil war.

The "Sea island experiment" refers to:

Northern reformers efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom.

General Sherman marched from Atlanta tot the sea in order to:

Demoralize the south’s civilian population.

A major part of the anaconda plan was:

A naval blockade of the south.

During the civil war northern Protestant ministers:

Helped create a civic religion combining christianity and patriotism.

Which September 1864 even helped Lincoln win reelection as president that November?

Sherman’s capture of Atlanta.

The 13th amendment:

Abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Among the confederacy advantages during the civil war was:

It’s large size which made it more difficult for the union to conquer.

At the first battle of bull run:

Spectators of the city came with picnic baskets to watch.

Lincoln’s vision during the civil war:

Was that the American nation embodied a set of universal ideals rooted In political democracy and human freedom.

During the civil war the term "contraband camps" referred to:

Camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered union lines.

Which of the following is true of the confederacy and native Americans:

Slave owning Indians generally supported confederacy b

The unions man power advantage over the confederacy:

Proved essential for the success of grants attrition strategy.

Lincoln spoke of "a new birth of freedom" for the nation in his:

Gettysburg address.

Economically the civil war led to:

The emergence of a nation state committed to national economic development.

Which of the following is not true of Abraham Lincoln’s Slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.

Who lobbied for the U.S. To endorse the first Geneva convention of 1864?

Clara Barton.

During the early days of the war, the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution proposed by senator John Crittenden of Kentucky that:

Affirmed that the union had no intention of interfering with slavery.

"Greenback" was a civil war era nickname for:

Paper money.

Which of the following was not an affect of the civil war?

It greatly expanded the powers of the presidency and reduced the influence of congress.

The wade Davis bill in 1864:

Showed radical republicans frustration with Lincolns reconstruction plan.

Which of the following did not cause divisions within he confederacy?

The heavy taxes on planters who resented paying the majority of the wars cost.