Chapter 20 APUSH

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President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can best be characterized as:
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a middle of the road solution.
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Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that:
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Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
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In 1861, many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union until:
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the South attacked Fort Sumter.
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In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln:
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used legally dubious methods.
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The Border States offered all the following advantages except:
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shipbuilding facilities.
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Lincoln's declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery:
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revealed the influence of the Border States on his policies.
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Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that:
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he was not fighting to free the blacks.
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During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma:
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supported the confederacy.
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The Cherokees decision on whether to side with the North or the South during the war was based on:
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the fact that the tribe also owned slaves.
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In return for support from the Plains Indians during the Civil War, the Union:
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waged war on them and herded them onto reservations.
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The achieve its independence, the Confederacy had to:
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fight the invading Union army to a draw.
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As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have the advantage of:
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more talented military leaders.
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All of the following are similar characteristics that both Union and Confederate soldiers shared except:
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poor unskilled workers were well represented among both armies.
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Johnny Reb tended to be all of the following except:
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detached personally from the war.
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Billy Yank tended to be all of the following except:
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religious.
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Of all the hardships faced by soldiers during the Civil War, the greatest was:
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disease.
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The North's greatest strength in the Civil War was its:
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economy.
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The greatest weakness of the South during the civil war was its:
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economy.
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Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to:
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the South's rickety transportation system.
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Northern soldiers eventually became known for their:
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discipline and determination.
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The find effective high-level commanders, the Union:
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used trial and error.
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A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was:
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intervention from Britain and France.
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Most working people in Britain sided with the North because:
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they had been moved by Uncle Tom's Cabin to want the end of slavery.
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One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that:
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they feared losing Northern grain shipments.
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The South believed that the British would come to its aid because:
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Britain was dependent on Southern cotton
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During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by:
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the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from British ships.
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During the Civil War, diplomacy for the Union and the Confederacy:
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was critical for both.
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Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabama:
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proved effective against Union shipping.
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The Confederacy's most effective commerce-raider was the:
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Alabama.
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Napoleon III's attempt to install Maximilian on the Mexican throne was a clear violation of:
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the Monroe Doctrine.
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America's minister to Britain, during the Civil War, under President Lincoln was:
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Charles Francis Adams.
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France abandoned its attempt to control Mexico:
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when the United States threatened to force France to leave.
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During the Civil War:
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relations between the Union and Canada were at times very poor.
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The Southern cause was weakened by:
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the concept of states' rights that the Confederacy professed.
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The leader of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis:
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defied rather than was led by public opinion.
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The problems that Abraham Lincoln experienced as president were less prostrating than those experienced by Jefferson Davis partly because the North:
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had a long-established and fully recognized government.
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As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because:
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of the South's emphasis on states' rights.
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To fill the army's demand for troops, prior to 1863, the North relied mainly on:
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volunteers.
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In Lincoln's attempt to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president except:
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refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war.
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The Union's establishment of the National Banking System:
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was the first significant step forward a unified banking network since 1836.
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All of the following are true statements about the federal conscription (draft) law except:
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it was passed despite a healthy rate of volunteers.
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As a result of the Civil War, the Northern economy:
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greatly expanded its industrial and technological and technological productivity.
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Possessing ___% of the national wealth in 1860, the South claimed only ___% in 1870.
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30, 12
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The Civil War was a women's war in all the following way's except:
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women were encouraged to run for office to fill political posts abandoned by men.
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Despite the war, 300,000 people migrated to the West, lured mainly by:
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the prospect of free land under the Homestead Act.