Question 1

Among the confederacy\'s advantages during the civil war was:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Perhaps the most important piece of technology used in the civil war was the:

Accepted Answer

Rifle

Question 3

Monitor and Merrimac

Accepted Answer

Ironclad ships

Question 4

Approximately how many union and confederate soil sees died during the civil war

Accepted Answer

750,000

Question 5

A major part of the anaconda plan was

Accepted Answer

A naval blockade of the south

Question 6

At the first battle of bull run

Accepted Answer

The end came with a chaotic retreat of the Union.

Question 7

General George McClellan did all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

Win major victories at fort Henry and fort Donaldson in Tennessee

Question 8

How was Ulysses\'s grant received in Europe during his tour in 1870s

Accepted Answer

He was praised as a \"hero of freedom.\"

Question 9

Who took over for Joseph E. Johnston as too field commander of the army of norther Virginia

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 10

The major confederate army in the east, commanded by Robert E. Lee was called the Army of:

Accepted Answer

Northern Virginia

Question 11

In his last speech, Lincoln said what regarding postwar policy

Accepted Answer

There should be at least limited black suffrage

Question 12

At Antietam

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

affirmed that the union had no intention of interfering with slavery

Question 14

Lincoln was hesitant to support the abolition early in the war because he:

Accepted Answer

Feared losing the support of the slave holding border states within the union.

Question 15

During the Civil War, the term \"contraband camps\" referred to:

Accepted Answer

Camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered union lines.

Question 16

Which union general in Missouri decreed freedom to that state\'s in 1861, a year before Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation

Accepted Answer

John Fremont

Question 17

Which of the following is not true of Abraham Lincolns slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

Accepted Answer

He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.

Question 18

Lincolns issuance of an emancipation proclamation:

Accepted Answer

Followed the narrow union victory in the battle of Antietam

Question 19

The emancipation proclamation of January 1, 1863:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery was:

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 21

In what year did slavery officially end in the Western Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

1888

Question 22

The 54th Massachusetts volunteer regiment is best known as:

Accepted Answer

A regiment of free black who charged fort Wagner, South Carolina.

Question 23

During the civil war, black soldiers.

Accepted Answer

Helped inspire republicans to believe that emancipation also demanded equal rights before the law.

Question 24

In regards to pay in the union army:

Accepted Answer

White soldiers made more than black ones.

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg address

Question 26

During the civil war, norther Protestant ministers

Accepted Answer

Helped creatures civic religion combining Christian and patriotism.

Question 27

Lincolns vision during the civil war:

Accepted Answer

Was that the American nation embodied a set of universal ideals rooted in political democracy and human freedom.

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

Suspended the writ of habeas corpus

Question 29

In the Ex parte Milligan case the u.s Supreme Court stated that

Accepted Answer

Accused persons must be tried before civil courts where they were operating rather than military tribunals.

Question 30

Proof that Lincoln was not a despot is:

Accepted Answer

He did not shut down the press

Question 31

Economically the civil war led to:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 32

The Navajos long walk resulted from

Accepted Answer

The union sending Indians to live on a reservation

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

Slave owning Indians generally supported the confederacy.

Question 34

Lincolns second inaugural address:

Accepted Answer

Described the civil war as divine punishment.

Question 35

\"Greenback\" was a civil war era nickname for:

Accepted Answer

Paper money

Question 36

During the civil war, brother white women:

Accepted Answer

Began obtaining jobs as government clerks.

Question 37

The U.S. Sanitary commission

Accepted Answer

Coordinated war donations on the northern home front.

Question 38

Who became a strong proponent of humane treatment for wounded soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Clara barton

Question 39

The thirteenth amendment

Accepted Answer

Abolished Slavery throughout the United States

Question 40

Copperheads were

Accepted Answer

What republicans called northern opponents of the war.

Question 41

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

Accepted Answer

His administration failed to effectively take advantage of the souths best resource, cotton.

Question 42

\"King cotton diplomacy\" led Great Britain to:

Accepted Answer

Find new supplies of cotton outside the south

Question 43

Which of the following caused division within the confederacy

Accepted Answer

The draft, which allowed southerners to be exempt if they owned s certain number of slaves.

Question 44

In the confederacy, some states:

Accepted Answer

Distributed food to needy white families

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Question 46

The unions manpower advantage over the confederacy:

Accepted Answer

Proved essential for the success of grants attrition strategy.

Question 47

In the May and June 1864 battles in Virginia (between the armies of grant and lee):

Accepted Answer

The union army, despite high casualties, maintained the initiative against lee.

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

Sherman\'s capture of Atlanta

Question 49

The \"sea island experiment\" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A norther reformers\' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom.

Question 50

Rehearsals for reconstruction during the civil war demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

That land ownership for exslaves was contentious.

Question 51

The wade Davis bill in 1864:

Accepted Answer

Showed radical republicans frustration with Lincolns reconstruction plan.

Question 52

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

Accepted Answer

Demoralize the Soutb\'s civilian population.

History chapter 14 – Flashcards with Answers

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards