Question 1

All of the following are examples of technological changes that helped to make the civil war a modern war except:

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Field telelphone.

Question 2

The 54th Massachusetts volunteer regiment is best known as:

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A regiment of free blacks who charged fort Wagner South Carolina.

Question 3

At Antietam:

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

Question 4

The emancipation proclamation of January 1 1863:

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

Question 5

King cotton diplomacy led Great Britain to:

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Find new supplies of cotton outside of the south.

Question 6

Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man john d. Rockefeller:

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Began creating and consolidating their fortunes during the civil war.

Question 7

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.

Question 8

During the civil war, northern white women:

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Began obtaining jobs as government clerks.

Question 9

With regard to civil liberties during the civil war, president Lincoln:

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Suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

Question 10

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 he union.

Question 11

Which of the following is not true of the New York City riots of 1853?

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The convinced Lincoln to delay issuing the emancipation proclamation.

Question 12

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 13

The example of German immigrant Marcus spiegal demonstrated that:

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The views of average Americans evolved considerably during he course of the civil war.

Question 14

The Sea island experiment refers to:

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Northern reformers efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom.

Question 15

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

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Demoralize the south's civilian population.

Question 16

A major part of the anaconda plan was:

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A naval blockade of the south.

Question 17

During the civil war northern Protestant ministers:

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Helped create a civic religion combining christianity and patriotism.

Question 18

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

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Sherman's capture of Atlanta.

Question 19

The 13th amendment:

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Abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Question 20

Among the confederacy advantages during the civil war was:

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It's large size which made it more difficult for the union to conquer.

Question 21

At the first battle of bull run:

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Spectators of the city came with picnic baskets to watch.

Question 22

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 23

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 24

Which of the following is true of the confederacy and native Americans:

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Slave owning Indians generally supported confederacy b

Question 25

The unions man power advantage over the confederacy:

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Proved essential for the success of grants attrition strategy.

Question 26

Lincoln spoke of a new birth of freedom for the nation in his:

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Gettysburg address.

Question 27

Economically the civil war led to:

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The emergence of a nation state committed to national economic development.

Question 28

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

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He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.

Question 29

Who lobbied for the U.S. To endorse the first Geneva convention of 1864?

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Clara Barton.

Question 30

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 31

Greenback was a civil war era nickname for:

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Paper money.

Question 32

Which of the following was not an affect of the civil war?

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

Question 33

The wade Davis bill in 1864:

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Showed radical republicans frustration with Lincolns reconstruction plan.

Question 34

Which of the following did not cause divisions within he confederacy?

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The heavy taxes on planters who resented paying the majority of the wars cost.

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