Question 1

In 1860, President James Buchanan asserted that

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A)  no state had the constitutional right to secede from the United States.
B)  the federal government had no authority to stop a state from seceding from the Union.
C)  South Carolina could not take Fort Sumter.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Jefferson Davis, unlike Lincoln, was a trained professional soldier.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

African-American soldiers in the Union

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A)  constituted a large segment of the initial volunteers who joined the war effort.
B)  died in combat in larger numbers than white soldiers.
C)  were not paid for their military service.
D)  experienced a higher mortality rate than white soldiers.
E)  were allowed only to dig trenches and transport water.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

In what ways did women participate in the Civil War, and how did their activities compare with the involvement of women in the American Revolution?

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Question 5

Why did the North have to effectively destroy much of the South in order to the win the Civil War?

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Question 6

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

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A)  would have to do the bulk of fighting for the Union.
B)  could not wage an effective military campaign.
C)  would provide all the military manpower the Union would require.
D)  could not be counted on to serve longer than three months.
E)  would operate as a drag on the more efficient and experienced United States army.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis compare as presidents and military commanders?

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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were...

Question 8

The last-ditch effort by a Kentucky senator to avoid the Civil War was called the ______________________ Compromise.

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Question 9

In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for slaves

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A)  in the parts of the Confederacy already under Union control.
B)  in the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union.
C)  that joined the Union military.
D)  throughout all states that existed as part of the United States prior to the Civil War.
E)  in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 10

The Confiscation Act of 1861

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A)  saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
B)  gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
C)  empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.
D)  declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
E)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Lincoln understood that the proper objective of his armies was the occupation of Confederate territory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Why did some Southern states remain in the Union in 1861, and what steps did the federal government take during the war to maintain their support?

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Some Southern states remained in the Uni...

Question 13

At the time of the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, Grant was winning a significant victory at _______________.

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Question 14

The Battle of Gettysburg

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A)  represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory.
B)  saw Union General George Meade lose nearly a third of his army.
C)  saw Union General George Meade clearly be more aggressive than Robert E.Lee.
D)  saw Robert E.Lee poised for victory after his attack on Cemetery Ridge.
E)  was a Union victory, thanks to Meade having found a copy of Lee's orders.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

The first state to secede from the Union in 1860 was

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A)  Alabama.
B)  South Carolina.
C)  Georgia.
D)  Mississippi.
E)  Virginia.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

Black enlistment in the Union military increased after the _____________________ was issued.

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Emancipati...

Question 17

The U.S.Military Telegraph Corps was headed by Thomas Scott and what future Gilded Age tycoon?

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A)  John D.Rockefeller
B)  Cornelius Vanderbilt
C)  J.Pierpont Morgan
D)  Jay Gould
E)  Andrew CarnegieF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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A)  selling bonds.
B)  printing money.
C)  foreign loans.
D)  an income tax.
E)  seizure of Northern assets.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

The wartime South saw

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A)  an increase in the sale of cotton overseas.
B)  numerous bloody slave revolts.
C)  almost no black-market commerce.
D)  a significant decline in the production of goods.
E)  women forced out of the public sphere.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Politically, the Confederate constitution

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A)  was almost identical in many respects to the Constitution of the United States.
B)  gave states the right to secede.
C)  allowed states the right to abolish slavery.
D)  gave the president and vice-president four-year terms.
E)  did not allow anti-secessionists to serve in the Confederate government.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Exam 14: The Civil War

The last-ditch effort by a Kentucky senator to avoid the Civil War was called the ______________________ Compromise.

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The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis compare as presidents and military commanders?

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In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

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Politically, the Confederate constitution

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African-American soldiers in the Union

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The Confiscation Act of 1861

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Why did some Southern states remain in the Union in 1861, and what steps did the federal government take during the war to maintain their support?

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Jefferson Davis, unlike Lincoln, was a trained professional soldier.

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At the time of the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, Grant was winning a significant victory at _______________.

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In what ways did women participate in the Civil War, and how did their activities compare with the involvement of women in the American Revolution?

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Black enlistment in the Union military increased after the _____________________ was issued.

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Why did the North have to effectively destroy much of the South in order to the win the Civil War?

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