Question 1

Describe General Ulysses S.Grant's approach to defeating the Confederates,which in time fashioned the North's victory in the war.

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Question 2

Why did King Cotton diplomacy fail?

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A)   The Union destroyed too many southern plantations.
B)   European nations turned to Egypt and India for cotton.
C)   The Union refused to trade with Great Britain.
D)   Southern slaves refused to work during the war.

Question 3

What did southern clergymen think about the Civil War?

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A)   They argued the time had come for the South to free its slaves.
B)   They supported the war effort but opposed slavery.
C)   They believed God had blessed slavery and the new nation.
D)   They believed the war was punishment for southern greed.

Question 4

What was the significance of the conflict between the Virginia and the Monitor?

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A)   It ended the Union blockade.
B)   It almost prompted the British to enter the war.
C)   It marked the birth of the ironclad warship.
D)   It showed the South's superior industrial resources.

Question 5

Identify three areas in which northern women contributed to the Union war effort.

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Question 6

Most northerners viewed secession as

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A)   an attack on the rule of law.
B)   constitutionally viable but impractical.
C)   too expensive and therefore illegal.
D)   a concept they wished they had thought of first.

Question 7

What can the New York draft riots of 1863 tell us about the reaction of some northerners to the new direction of the war by that period?

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Question 8

When the Civil War ended,President Lincoln was confident that

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A)   the transition to a peaceful nation would be relatively simple.
B)   he would hold the office of president as long as he wanted it.
C)   his postwar burdens would weigh almost as heavily as those of wartime.
D)   Democrats would support Republican peace policies.

Question 9

Leaders in the Confederate States of America believed they could use King Cotton diplomacy to enlist the aid of powerful European nations in their struggle for independence.Why were southerners so confident that this strategy would work? Why do you think it failed?

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Question 10

What peace terms did Grant offer Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865?

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A)   Grant allowed Lee to keep his slaves.
B)   Lee's men could keep their horses.
C)   Grant required Confederate officers to serve prison time.
D)   Lee would be tried for treason in a military court.

Question 11

What prompted an Irish-led riot that took the lives of at least 105 people in New York City in the summer of 1863?

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A)   The prejudices immigrant workers faced
B)   The newly enacted draft law
C)   Inadequate living conditions and high rents
D)   Dangerous working conditions

Question 12

What problem did President Lincoln face during the election of 1864?

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A)   The Democrats had an excellent chance of winning.
B)   Much of the North's electoral process had shut down.
C)   Most Union soldiers threatened to support the Democratic ticket.
D)   Key Republicans had vowed to oppose his nomination in 1864.

Question 13

What was the significance of the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run) in July 1861?

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A)   It disheartened northerners to the extent that men stopped volunteering for the Union army.
B)   The Union's defeat encouraged Lincoln to authorize the enlistment of one million more men for three years.
C)   It was a bloodbath in which over ten thousand men died.
D)   Confederate soldiers questioned whether they had the mettle to compete with Union troops.

Question 14

What was General William T.Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?

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A)   He planned to recruit former plantation slaves for the Union army.
B)   He planned to have his men confiscate Georgians' cotton and sell it to England.
C)   He intended to infect Confederate camps with typhoid fever.
D)   He orchestrated a scorched-earth military campaign aimed at destroying the will of the southern people.

Question 15

What event marked the official beginning of armed hostilities between the North and South in April 1861?

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A)   Confederates firing on the frigate Star of the West
B)   An assault on Washington,D.C.
C)   The assault on federal troops passing through Baltimore
D)   Confederates firing on Fort Sumter

Question 16

After his victory at Chattanooga,Tennessee,in 1864,General Ulysses S.Grant

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A)   asked President Lincoln for a ninety-day furlough to recover from the exhaustion of the battle.
B)   launched a massive military campaign that would take his troops on a sweep through Virginia down to Louisiana.
C)   returned to the western theater of the war to conquer a new rebel threat that had sprung up there.
D)   resigned his commission,only to reenlist to fight at Spotsylvania Court House.

Question 17

What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?

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A)   The difficulty of finding a suitable place to send the freed slaves
B)   Public concern about the constitutionality of emancipation
C)   Public reaction to seizing southern property
D)   White fears that freed slaves would disrupt northern society

Question 18

How did northerners view the Civil War once it began?

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A)   It was a chance to punish the South after decades of political rivalry.
B)   It provided an opportunity to integrate all slaves into American society.
C)   It was a struggle to preserve the Union.
D)   It was an ideal time to emancipate slaves in the Union-loyal border states.

Question 19

Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government,Confederate leaders

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A)   denied the right of West Virginians to create their own state.
B)   expanded their power by drafting soldiers into the Confederate army.
C)   continued their staunch support of states' rights critic Jefferson Davis.
D)   forced every state to issue resolutions in opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 20

In his inaugural address,President Lincoln revealed that he hoped to avoid disunion by

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A)   sending the Union army to South Carolina because it was the first state to secede.
B)   dispatching special emissaries to the slave states believed most likely to secede.
C)   taking measures to stop the spread of secession.
D)   threatening to abolish slavery in all seceding states.

Exam 15: The Crucible of War 1861-1865

What was General William T.Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?

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What was the significance of the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run) in July 1861?

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How did northerners view the Civil War once it began?

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Identify three areas in which northern women contributed to the Union war effort.

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Most northerners viewed secession as

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What did southern clergymen think about the Civil War?

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Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government,Confederate leaders

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Why did King Cotton diplomacy fail?

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Leaders in the Confederate States of America believed they could use King Cotton diplomacy to enlist the aid of powerful European nations in their struggle for independence.Why were southerners so confident that this strategy would work? Why do you think it failed?

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What event marked the official beginning of armed hostilities between the North and South in April 1861?

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When the Civil War ended,President Lincoln was confident that

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What prompted an Irish-led riot that took the lives of at least 105 people in New York City in the summer of 1863?

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What problem did President Lincoln face during the election of 1864?

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Describe General Ulysses S.Grant's approach to defeating the Confederates,which in time fashioned the North's victory in the war.

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After his victory at Chattanooga,Tennessee,in 1864,General Ulysses S.Grant

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What was the significance of the conflict between the Virginia and the Monitor?

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What can the New York draft riots of 1863 tell us about the reaction of some northerners to the new direction of the war by that period?

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What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?

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What peace terms did Grant offer Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865?

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