Question 1

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment is best known as:

Accepted Answer

a regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

Question 2

The Thirteenth Amendment:

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abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Question 3

Economically, the Civil War led to:

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the emergence of a nation-state committed to national economic development.

Question 4

Among the Confederacy's advantages during the Civil War was:

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its large size, which made it more difficult for the Union to conquer.

Question 5

At the first Battle of Bull Run:

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spectators from the city came with picnic baskets to watch.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln's slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

Accepted Answer

He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.

Question 7

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.

Question 8

During the Civil War, black soldiers:

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helped inspire Republicans to believe that emancipation also demanded equal rights before the law.

Question 9

The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863:

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT true of the New York City riots of 1863?

Accepted Answer

They convinced Lincoln to delay issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

The Union's manpower advantage over the Confederacy:

Accepted Answer

proved essential for the success of Grant's attrition strategy.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Sherman's capture of Atlanta

Question 15

The Wade-Davis Bill in 1864:

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showed Radical Republicans' frustration with Lincoln's Reconstruction plan.

Question 16

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.

Question 17

At Antietam:

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

Question 18

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

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demoralize the South's civilian population.

Question 19

The Sea Island Experiment refers to:

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northern reformers' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom.

Question 20

With regard to civil liberties during the Civil War, President Lincoln:

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suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

Question 21

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.

Question 22

Which of the following is true of the Confederacy and Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

Slaveowning Indians generally supported the Confederacy.

Question 23

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 24

A major part of the Anaconda Plan was:

Accepted Answer

a naval blockade of the South.

Question 25

Which of the following did NOT cause divisions within the Confederacy?

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the heavy taxes on planters, who resented paying the majority of the war's costs

Question 26

During the Civil War, northern white women:

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began obtaining jobs as government clerks.

Question 27

During the Civil War, northern Protestant ministers:

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helped create a civic religion combining Christianity and patriotism.

Question 28

Who lobbied for the United States to endorse the First Geneva Convention of 1864?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 29

Greenback was a Civil War-era nickname for:

Accepted Answer

paper money.

Question 30

King Cotton diplomacy led Great Britain to:

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find new supplies of cotton outside the South.

Question 31

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

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affirmed that the Union had no intention of interfering with slavery.

Question 32

The example of German immigrant Marcus Spiegel demonstrated that:

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the views of average Americans evolved considerably during the course of the Civil War.

Question 33

All of the following are examples of technological changes that helped to make the Civil War a modern war EXCEPT for the:

Accepted Answer

field telephone.

Question 34

Gettysburg Address.

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address.

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