Question 1

At the beginning fo the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln favored quick military action to show:

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the folly of secession.

Question 2

Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run would:

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lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond.

Question 3

The South's victory at Bull Run in 1861:

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reduced enlistments in the south's army.

Question 4

In the Civil War, the South__ the Battle of Bull Run.

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won

Question 5

The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because:

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the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war.

Question 6

George Be. McClellan is best described as:

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cautious.

Question 7

After assuming comand of the Army of the Potomac, General George McClellan made the mistake of:

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consistently believing that the enemy outnumbered him.

Question 8

As a reult of the Union loss in the Peninsula Campaign:

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Lincoln began to draft the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 9

AFter the Peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included all of the following:

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cutting the Confederacy in half; marching through Georgia and then the Carolinas; blockading the Confederacy's coastline; and liberating the slaves.

Question 10

As a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula Campaign:

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the Union turned to a strategy of total war.

Question 11

The final Union was strategy included all the following components:

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a naval blockade; undermining the Confederate economy; seizing control of the Mississippi River; and capturing Richmond.

Question 12

Britain did not protest too loudly agains the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy because:

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Britain might want to use a similar blockade in a future war.

Question 13

The most alarming Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from:

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the ironclad Merrimack.

Question 14

The Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack was:

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destroyed by Confederate soldiers.

Question 15

After halting Lee's troops at Antietam, General George McClellan was:

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removed from his field command.

Question 16

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was:

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the Union's discovery of Robert E. Lee's battle plans.

Question 17

The two major battles of the Civil War fougt on Union soil were:

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Gettysburg and Antietam.

Question 18

The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical becaus it probably prevented:

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intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy.

Question 19

The North's victory at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to:

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issure the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 20

Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the:

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13th Amendment.

Question 21

The Emancipation proclamation had the effect of strengthening the ____ and ____ of the Union.

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moral cause; diplomatic position.

Question 22

When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free:

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only those slaves in states still in rebellion against the United States.

Question 23

All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation:

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mounting opposition in the North to an abolition war; sharp increases in Union desertions; heavy congressional defeats for Lincoln's administration; and complaints from abolitionists that it did not go far enough.

Question 24

During the Civil War blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after:

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the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

Question 25

African-Americans who fought for the Union ARmy in the Civil War:

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served bravely and suffered extremely heavy causalties.

Question 26

The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army:

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a month before the war ended.

Question 27

Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to:

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deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement.

Question 28

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because:

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Union victory meant that te Southern cause was doomed.

Question 29

The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because:

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it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade; coupled with the victory at Gettysburg; foreign help for the confederacy was irretrievably lost; it helped to quell Northern peace agitation; and it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana.

Question 30

One consequence of General William T. Sherman's style of warfare was:

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a shorter war that saved lives.

Question 31

The group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was:

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the Northern Peace Democrats.

Question 32

Clement L. Vallandigham, a Southern sympathizer and vocal opponent of the war was:

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derisively labeled a Copperhead.

Question 33

In the election of 1864, the Republicans joined with the prowar Democrats and founded the:

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Union party.

Question 34

In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln's running mate was:

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Andrew Johnson.

Question 35

In the 1864 election, the Democratic Party nominated _______ to oppose Lincoln's reelection.

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George McClellan.

Question 36

Lincoln's victory in the election of 1864 was aided by:

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Union military victories and backing from Union soldiers.

Question 37

The Unions army's victory in the caputre of Atlanta was probably critical to:

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Lincoln's reelection in 1864.

Question 38

General Ulysses S. Grant's basic strategy in the Civil WAr involved:

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assailing the enemy's armies simultaneously and directly.

Question 39

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was:

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a calamity for the South.

Question 40

The supreme test of American democracy in the 19th century was:

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the Civil War.

Question 41

The Civil WAr resulted in the following:

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expanded federal powers of taxation; the end of nullification and secession; the creation of the first federal social welfare agency; and the end of slavery.

Question 42

Among the casualties of the Civil War were:

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black slavery: extreme states' rights; and over a million men dead or wounded.

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