APUSH | Chapter 14: A New Birth Of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865

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During the first two years of the war, Union forces were generally:
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more successful in the West than in the East
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Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:
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feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
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During the Civil War, the term 'contraband camps' referred to:
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camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered Union lines.
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When did Great Britain abolish slavery in its empire?
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1830s
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Which Union general in Missouri decreed freedom to that state's slaves in 1861, a year before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
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John Frèmont
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Lincoln's issuance of an emancipation proclamation:
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followed the narrow Union victory in the Battle of Antietam.
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The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863:
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did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded.
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Lincoln's vision during the Civil War:
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was that the American nation embodied a set of universal ideals rooted in political democracy and human freedom.
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With regard to civil liberties during the Civil War, President Lincoln:
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suspended the writ of 'habeas corpus'
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Economically, the Civil War led to:
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the emergence of a nation-state committed to national economic development.
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Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man John D. Rockefeller:
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began creating or consolidating their fortunes during the Civil War.
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Which of the following is true of the Confederacy and Native Americans?
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Slaveowning Indians generally supported the Confederacy.
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Copperheads were:
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what Republicans called northern opponents of the War.
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Which of the following is TRUE of Jefferson Davis and his governing?
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His administration actually suffered from the Confederacy's lack of political parties.
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"King Cotton diplomacy" led Great Britain to:
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find new supplies of cotton outside the South.
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In July 1863, the Union won two key victories that are often identified as turning points in the war. These victories occurred at:
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Which September 1864 event helped Lincoln win reelection as president that November?
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Sherman's capture of Atlanta
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General Sherman marched from Atlanta to the sea in order to:
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demoralise the South's civilian population.
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The Thirteenth Amendment:
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abolished slavery throughout the United States.
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Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Civil War?
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It greatly expanded the powers of the presidency and reduced the influence of Congress.
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The first state to secede from the Union, in 1860, was
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South Carolina
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In 1860 and 1861, President James Buchanan asserted
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that the federal government had no authority to stop a state from seceding from the Union.
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The Confederate States of America was formed
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after Texas seceded from the Union.
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The Crittenden Compromise found its greatest support in
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Southern senators.
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On April 14, 1861, Fort Sumter surrendered after
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Confederate forces bombarded it.
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All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT
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Arkansas.
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At the start of the Civil War, the
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North had a much more substantial economy.
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The 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act was designed to help
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education
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Which of the following federally-chartered corporations did the Union create to build the transcontinental railroad?
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Union Pacific and Central Pacific
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Taxes enacted by the United States Congress to help finance the Civil War
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included a new income tax.
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During the Civil War, "greenbacks" issued by the federal government
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fluctuated in value depending on the fortunes of the Northern armies.
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At the start of the Civil War, the armed forces of the United States
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saw many of its soldiers stationed in the West.
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In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias
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would have to do the bulk of fighting for the Union.
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The Union's national draft law
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resulted in murderous attacks in New York City against free blacks.
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In his capacity as commander in chief, President Abraham Lincoln
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increased the size of the army without the approval of Congress.
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"Copperheads" were
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sometimes arrested on the order of President Lincoln.
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In the election of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln
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faced a Democratic opponent who was a former Union general.
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All of the following were "Radical Republicans" EXCEPT
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Abraham Lincoln.
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The Confiscation Act of 1861
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declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
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In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for slaves
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in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.
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African American soldiers in the Union
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experienced a higher mortality rate than white soldiers.
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The United States Sanitary Commission
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helped turn nursing into a female-dominated profession.
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Politically, the Confederate constitution
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was almost identical in many respects to the Constitution of the United States.
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Prior to becoming president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis had
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been regarded as a moderate on secession.
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Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis's leadership?
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Davis attempted to strategize, make, and control all military decisions personally.
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In the Confederacy during the Civil War,
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many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority.
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The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through
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printing money.
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Between 1861 and 1864, the cost of goods in the Confederacy rose by
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9,000 percent.
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In the Confederacy, a military draft
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aroused opposition from poorer whites for its expensive substitute policy.
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The wartime South saw
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a significant decline in the production of goods.
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In the South in 1865, as a result of the Civil War,
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there were more women than men in some states.
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The most important Union military commander was
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Abraham Lincoln.
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President Abraham Lincoln believed the main objective of the Union armies was to
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destroy Confederate armies.
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General Ulysses S. Grant
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thought the main Union effort should target enemy armies and resources.
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Which of the following statements about George B. McClellan is FALSE?
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He originally served as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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The Union's Committee on the Conduct of the War
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greatly interfered with the military chain of command and the conduct of the war.
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As president, Jefferson Davis
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made clear to General Lee that he wanted to make all the basic war decisions.
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In the Civil War, at lower levels of military command,
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amateur officers played important roles in both the Union and Confederate armies.
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In naval warfare during the Civil War,
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both the Union and Confederate militaries developed ironclads.
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As a supporter of land operations, the Union naval presence was particularly important on the
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western rivers.
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In the course of the Civil War,
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popular support for the Union was strong in England.
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In 1861, the so-called Trent affair
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created an international diplomatic crisis for Abraham Lincoln.
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In the Civil War, the number of deaths for every 100,000 of the population was
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2,000.
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During the Civil War, as a result of new technology in weapons,
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organized infantry did not fight in formation.
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Which of the following technologies was used, but did not play a major part in, the Civil War?
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submarines
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During the Civil War, railroad transportation
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in some ways acted to limit the mobility of armies.
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The U.S. Military Telegraph Corps was headed by Thomas Scott and what future tycoon?
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Andrew Carnegie
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In 1861, the First Battle of Manassas
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was a victory for the Confederates.
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The state admitted to the Union during the Civil War was
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West Virginia.
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A major federal victory occurred in April 1862 when Union troops captured the city of
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New Orleans.
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By the end of 1862, Union forces
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All these answers are correct.
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The Peninsular campaign in 1862
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was an example of General McClellan's conservative approach to battle.
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The Battle of Antietam in 1862
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led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
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The prominent commander who was wounded in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and subsequently died from pneumonia was
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Thomas Jackson.
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The Battle of Vicksburg in 1863
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allowed the North to split the Confederacy in two.
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As the Battle of Vicksburg was ending, another major battle was taking place in
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Gettysburg.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory.
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In the Battle of Gettysburg, in order to reach dug-in Union forces, General George Pickett's division had to cross
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open country.
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General Grant's Union forces attacked General Lee's Confederate forces in the month-long
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Wilderness campaign.
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In 1864, General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"
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was designed in part to demoralize Southerners.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House after
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Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.
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The seceding Southern states immediately seized federal property within their boundaries.
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true
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President Buchanan did not believe that a state had the legal right to secede from the Union.
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true
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The Crittenden Compromise was essentially acceptable to Lincoln and the Republicans.
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false
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No additional states seceded from the Union once the war had begun.
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false
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The material advantages of the South were obvious right from the start of the war.
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false
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The South was for the most part fighting a defensive war.
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true
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The North financed the Civil War primarily by borrowing money.
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true
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To build up the Union army, Lincoln originally relied much more on volunteers in state militias than he did an increase in the regular army.
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true
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Lincoln dared to fight the Civil War without a formal declaration of war, but he did not dare suspend habeas corpus.
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false
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Despite being a Democrat, Andrew Johnson was selected to run with Lincoln in 1864.
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true
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Charles Sumner was a "Radical Republican."
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true
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The Emancipation Proclamation was made into law by Congress.
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false
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The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to all of the slave states.
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true
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African American mortality rates in the war were higher than that of whites.
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true
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Black fighting men captured by the Confederates were treated the same as white prisoners of war.
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false
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The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization of civilian volunteers, was led by Horace Greeley.
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false
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The Civil War helped transform nursing into a female profession, but these nurses encountered considerable resistance from male doctors.
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true
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The National Woman's Loyal League worked simultaneously for the abolition of slavery and for the vote for women.
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true
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The Confederate constitution was almost identical to the Constitution of the United States.
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true
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The Confederate constitution explicitly acknowledged the sovereignty of individual states and the right of secession.
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false
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The Confederacy financed the Civil War primarily by printing paper money.
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true
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Feelings of states' rights were so strong in the South that it was impossible for the Confederate government to take any steps toward centralization.
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false
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In both the North and the South, draftees could avoid military service if they hired substitutes.
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true
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George McClellan was the most important military commander in the Union.
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false
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Lincoln understood that the proper objective of his armies was the occupation of Confederate territory.
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false
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As commander in chief, Lincoln was given a fairly free hand by Congress in conducting the war as he saw fit.
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false
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Jefferson Davis, unlike Lincoln, was a trained professional soldier.
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true
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The North had such an overwhelming advantage in naval power that its blockade of the South was completely effective from the start.
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false
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In the early part of the Civil War, the sympathies of the ruling classes in France and England lay with the Confederacy.
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true
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"Cotton diplomacy" worked to the extent that England extended diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy.
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false
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Torpedoes and submarines were used, to little effect, during the Civil War.
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true
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By the end of the Civil War, telegraph communication was used by both the North and South.
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true
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Military campaigns during the Civil War came to be organized around railroad lines.
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true
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The First Battle of Bull Run dealt a severe blow to Union morale and dispelled the illusion that the war would be a short one.
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true
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In the early part of the war, Ulysses S. Grant campaigned in the western theater.
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true
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Both Antietam and Shiloh could be described as Union victories.
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true
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General McClellan was a great trainer of soldiers, but his excessive caution often exasperated Lincoln.
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true
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After the Battle of Gettysburg, the weakened Confederate armies were never again able to seriously threaten Northern territory.
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true
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Ulysses S. Grant believed in using the North's great advantage in troops and material resources to overwhelm the South.
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true
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General Sherman's "March to the Sea" faced bitter opposition through Georgia and South Carolina from Confederate forces.
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false
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Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis both agreed that the Confederacy must surrender at the Appomattox Court House.
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false
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First modern war
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The American Civil War; the first time armies confronted each other with weapons created by the industrial revolution.
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Monitor v. Merrimac
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First engagement between ironclad ships; fought at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862.
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Army of the Potomac
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The main army of the Union.
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Army of Northern Virginia
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The smaller main army of the Confederacy.
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Battle of Antietam
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One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought to a standoff on September 17, 1862, in western Maryland.
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Contraband of war
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The practice of treating escaped blacks as property of military value subject to confiscation.
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Radical Republicans
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Group within the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s that advocated strong resistance to the expansion of slavery, opposition to compromise with the South in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, emancipation and arming of black soldiers during the Civil War, and equal civil and political rights for blacks during Reconstruction.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves in areas under Confederate control as of January 1, 1863, the date of the final proclamation, which also authorized the enrollment of black soldiers into the Union army.
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Black soldiers and sailors
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After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army became an agent of emancipation.
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Second American Revolution
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The transformation of American government and society brought about by the Civil War.
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Ex parte Milligan
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A Supreme Court case that declared it unconstitutional to bring accused persons before military tribunals where civil courts were operating.
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Transcontinental railroad
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First line across the continent from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, established in 1869 with the linkage of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory, Utah.
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National banking system
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After the war broke out, both sides were found unprepared as they lacked a national banking system.
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Women and war work
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Women took advantage of the wartime labor shortage to move into jobs in factories and into certain largely male professions, particularly nursing.
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''King Cotton diplomacy''
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An attempt by the South to encourage British intervention by banning cotton exports.
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Southern Unionist
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Organized peace movements that actively promoted disaffection
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Women in the Confederacy
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Southern women were often forced to manage business affairs, discipline slaves, but also stepped out of their traditional ''sphere'' to run commercial establishments and work in arms factories.
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Sea Island experiment
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A ''rehearsal for Reconstruction'' in an attempt to make self-reliant, productive citizens of former slaves on an island off the coast of South Carolina.