History chapter 14 – Flashcards with Answers

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Among the confederacy's advantages during the civil war was:
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It's large size, which made it more difficult for the union to conquer.
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Perhaps the most important piece of technology used in the civil war was the:
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Rifle
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Monitor and Merrimac
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Ironclad ships
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Approximately how many union and confederate soil sees died during the civil war
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750,000
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A major part of the anaconda plan was
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A naval blockade of the south
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At the first battle of bull run
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The end came with a chaotic retreat of the Union.
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General George McClellan did all of the following except:
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Win major victories at fort Henry and fort Donaldson in Tennessee
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How was Ulysses's grant received in Europe during his tour in 1870s
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He was praised as a "hero of freedom."
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Who took over for Joseph E. Johnston as too field commander of the army of norther Virginia
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Robert E. Lee
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The major confederate army in the east, commanded by Robert E. Lee was called the Army of:
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Northern Virginia
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In his last speech, Lincoln said what regarding postwar policy
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There should be at least limited black suffrage
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At Antietam
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The nation suffered more causalities than on any other day in its history.
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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
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Lincoln was hesitant to support the abolition early in the war because he:
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Feared losing the support of the slave holding border states within the union.
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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.
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Which union general in Missouri decreed freedom to that state's in 1861, a year before Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation
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John Fremont
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Which of the following is not true of Abraham Lincolns slavery policy during the first two years of the war?
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He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.
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Lincolns issuance of an emancipation proclamation:
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Followed the narrow union victory in the battle of Antietam
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The emancipation proclamation of January 1, 1863:
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Did not apply to the border slave states that had not succeeded.
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The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery was:
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Brazil
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In what year did slavery officially end in the Western Hemisphere?
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1888
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The 54th Massachusetts volunteer regiment is best known as:
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A regiment of free black who charged fort Wagner, South Carolina.
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During the civil war, black soldiers.
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Helped inspire republicans to believe that emancipation also demanded equal rights before the law.
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In regards to pay in the union army:
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White soldiers made more than black ones.
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Lincoln spoke of "a new birth of freedom" for the nation in his:
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Gettysburg address
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During the civil war, norther Protestant ministers
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Helped creatures civic religion combining Christian and patriotism.
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Lincolns 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.
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With regard to civil liberties during the civil war, president Lincoln:
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Suspended the writ of habeas corpus
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In the Ex parte Milligan case the u.s Supreme Court stated that
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Accused persons must be tried before civil courts where they were operating rather than military tribunals.
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Proof that Lincoln was not a despot is:
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He did not shut down the press
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Economically the civil war led to:
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The emergence of a nation state committed to national economic development.
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The Navajos long walk resulted from
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The union sending Indians to live on a reservation
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Which of the following is true of the confederacy and native Americans?
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Slave owning Indians generally supported the confederacy.
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Lincolns second inaugural address:
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Described the civil war as divine punishment.
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"Greenback" was a civil war era nickname for:
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Paper money
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During the civil war, brother white women:
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Began obtaining jobs as government clerks.
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The U.S. Sanitary commission
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Coordinated war donations on the northern home front.
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Who became a strong proponent of humane treatment for wounded soldiers?
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Clara barton
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The thirteenth amendment
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Abolished Slavery throughout the United States
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Copperheads were
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What republicans called northern opponents of the war.
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Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?
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His administration failed to effectively take advantage of the souths best resource, cotton.
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"King cotton diplomacy" led Great Britain to:
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Find new supplies of cotton outside the south
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Which of the following caused division within the confederacy
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The draft, which allowed southerners to be exempt if they owned s certain number of slaves.
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In the confederacy, some states:
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Distributed food to needy white families
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In July 1863, the union won two key victories that art often identified as turning points in the war. These victories occurred at:
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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The unions manpower advantage over the confederacy:
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Proved essential for the success of grants attrition strategy.
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In the May and June 1864 battles in Virginia (between the armies of grant and lee):
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The union army, despite high casualties, maintained the initiative against lee.
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Which September 1864 event helped Lincoln win reelection as president that November?
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Sherman's capture of Atlanta
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The "sea island experiment" refers to:
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A norther reformers' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom.
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Rehearsals for reconstruction during the civil war demonstrated that:
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That land ownership for exslaves was contentious.
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The wade Davis bill in 1864:
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Showed radical republicans frustration with Lincolns reconstruction plan.
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General Sherman marched from Atlanta to the sea in order to:
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Demoralize the Soutb's civilian population.
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