Kentucky |
Which state did not pull out of the union when president Lincoln called for troops? |
Their side would win easily |
Before the first battle of the civil war, most people on both sides thought: |
"There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots, or traitors" |
Which statement would have been said by Stephen Douglas in the early days of the war? |
Enacted the first general draft in American history |
In the spring of 1862, the Confederacy: |
Longer tours of duty produced a more experienced army |
All of the following were advantages for the north except: |
The union’a effective naval blockade on cotton exports |
The confederate economy was especially hurt by: |
Implementation of wage and price controls |
The union successfully financed the war through all of the following except: |
Southerners were very similar to the people of the nation they had renouced. |
The confederacy had a difficult time developing a national consciousness because: |
The union managed to keep key border states in the union |
President Lincoln earned an early political and military advantage when: |
Maryland |
His states strategic position north of Washington DC made it vital for the Union cause: |
Virginia |
Several countries in the western part of…supported the union and eventually became the 35th state. |
Delaware |
Which of the following states initially joined the confederacy? |
They did not possess enough resources to stay the course of their defensive strategy. |
What flaw existed in the Confederacy’s strategy for victory? |
France |
During the Civil War,… occupied Mexico. |
The North’s realization that the war would not be own easily. |
A major outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run was: |
Combined land and sea attacks. |
In the West, General Ulysses S. Grant employed the wise strategy of: |
The Mississippi River |
Union victories in the West gave then te key strategic control of: |
Robert E. Lee |
When Joseph Johnston was badly wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, he was replaced by: |
Antietam |
The bloodiest single day of fighting in American history occurred at: |
The close victory afforded President Lincoln the opportunity to announce emancipation. |
Despite McClellan’s timid Union attacks, Antietam was a major turning point because: |
Did not apply to border states in the Union. |
The Emancipation Proclamation: |
Ordered the seizure of land from disloyal southerners. |
The Confiscation Act of 1862 |
Freed the slaves of all states in rebellion. |
The Emancipation Proclamation |
A foolish frontal assault cost many Union lives. |
At the Battle of Fredericksburg: |
Joseph Hooker displayed his talents as an effective leader of Union forces. |
Which statement about the Battle of Chancellorsville is not true? |
Gettysburg |
The Confederates accidentally met Union forces when they went to confiscate shoes at: |
Would be a frontal assault rather than a flanking maneuver. |
General Meade correctly guessed that the Confederate’s attack on day three at Gettysburg. |
A heavy loss of lives for the charging Confederates. |
The result of Pickett’s Charge was: |
Surrounding it and laying siege with artillery fire. |
The Union captured Vicksburg by: |
Union gunboats were never able to stop supply lines along the Rio Grande. |
Which statement about Texas during the Civil War is not true? |
Making it easier to arrest and hold suspected Confederate agents. |
President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for the purpose of: |
Required settlers to cultivate the land and build a house. |
The Homestead Act |
Turned into violence based on social class and racism. |
The New York Draft Riot: |
Grew and prospered |
During the Civil War, the northern economy: |
Entered the workforce in large numbers. |
During the Civil war, women in North: |
West Virginia |
Which state was formed when it seceded from the Confederacy? |
A lack of food |
A major problem in the South during the years if 1863-1865 was: |
Were afforded many new job opportunities. |
Early in the war, southern women: |
Ulysses S. Grant |
Who did President Lincoln name as commander of all Union forces in March, 1864? |
William T. Sherman |
He led lightning-quick raids that disrupted Confederate supply lines of food in the Shenandoah Valley. |
John Wilkes Booth |
Actor and Confederate fanatic who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April, 1865. |
Joseph E. Johnston |
He surrendered his Army of Tennessee, despite Jefferson Davis’s orders to keep fighting, because he realized that further bloodshed was senseless. |
George McClellan |
Former commander of the Army of the Potomac who was defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. |
Philip H. Sheridan |
His "march to the sea" devastated portions of the South, and brought the war in the southeast to an end. |
Coordinating the Union’s efforts on all fronts of the war. |
General Grant’s effective strategy for winning the was was based on: |
It was fought in the woods near Chancellorsville. |
All of the following statements about the Battle of the Wilderness are true except: |
Large loss of lives by the Union army. |
Many of General Grant’s victories in Virginia were characterized by: |
Launching a frontal assault. |
Early in the Atlanta campaign, William T. Sherman refused to make the mistake of: |
The Union used the city’s industry to supply its army. |
Effects of the Union’s takeover of Atlanta included all of the following except: |
Controlled the presidency, the Senate, and the House. |
After the election of 1864 the Republicans. |
The Republicans won the presidency, but lost control of Congress. |
All of the following statements about the election of 1864 the Republicans. |
Slavery everywhere in the United States. |
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution outlawed: |
Removed any threat from the rear of General Sherman’s army. |
Confederate defeats at the battles of Franklin and Nashville: |
North Carolina |
Sherman’s March ended in: |
Appomattox, Virginia |
General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant at the courthouse in: |
The trans-Mississippi army. |
The last army surrendered by the Confederacy was: |
Was the worst thing that could have happened for the South’s future |
Confederate General Johnston realized that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln: |
John Wilkes Booth |
Was shot to death in a barn in northern Virginia. |
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