Question 1

The bloodiest day of the Civil War occurred September 17, 1862, at

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A)   Fort Henry, Tennessee.
B)   Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
C)   Fredericksburg, Virginia.
D)   Antietam Creek, Maryland.

Question 2

What irony emerges when considering the wartime leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?

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A)   Neither man was committed to the efforts he embarked on.
B)   While Lincoln was confident, Davis privately believed that the South never had a chance.
C)   The inexperienced Lincoln proved to be a more adept leader than the seasoned Davis.
D)   Davis and Lincoln agreed more than they disagreed on political policy.

Question 3

What was the capital city of the Confederacy in 1863?

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A)   Montgomery, Alabama
B)   Atlanta, Georgia
C)   Charleston, South Carolina
D)   Richmond, Virginia D

Question 4

What was the result of strikes by workers in northern industries during the Civil War?

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A)   They increased workers' wages.
B)   They undermined the patriotism of most workers.
C)   They were more effective for women than for men.
D)   They rarely succeeded.

Question 5

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 6

Why did the "twenty-Negro law" enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?

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A)   It exempted from military service one white man on every plantation with twenty or more slaves.
B)   It paid slaveholders scarce government funds for every twenty slaves they owned or supervised.
C)   It forced every slaveholder with at least forty slaves to turn over twenty of them for use by the government.
D)   It targeted for military service every slaveholder with at least twenty slaves.

Question 7

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 8

What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?

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A)   The Confederate victory gave the South control of the Mississippi River.
B)   The Union victory ruined the Confederacy's chances to take control of the West.
C)   The Confederate victory ensured that the Union would not take New Orleans.
D)   The Union's easy victory convinced General Grant that victory was near.

Question 9

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 10

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 11

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. C

Question 12

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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Answer would ideally include:
Effect of the Riots: The 1863 riots in some northern cities occurred in response to the draft and the war's new emphasis on freeing the slaves. The white rioters were angered by the idea that they would be risking their lives in order to free blacks. Lincoln felt this opposition was even more threatening to national survival than were Confederate armies.

Question 13

What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?

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A)   A Confederate victory forced Union commanders to question whether they could win the war.
B)   Weeks of battle and horrendous casualties produced only a stalemate.
C)   The Union army's victory opened up a large portion of the Mississippi River.
D)   The Confederates forced the Union army out of the deep South.

Question 14

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 15

Use the following to answer questions :
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; some may not be used at all.
-The United States' use of its navy to patrol the southern coastline to restrict Confederate access to supplies.

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A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockade

Question 16

Why did southerners believe they had a real chance of winning the Civil War?

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A)   Southern men believed they were physically tougher than northern men.
B)   The South had greater industrial might than the North.
C)   The South had a larger population of white men who could enlist in the military.
D)   The southern military planned to enlist the massive slave population into its ranks.

Question 17

Use the following to answer questions :
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; some may not be used at all.
-Six-week assault by General Grant intended to starve out this Mississippi city. On July 4, 1863, the 30,000 Confederate troops holding the city surrendered. The victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and, together with Gettysburg, marked a major turning point of the war.

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A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockade

Question 18

What disadvantage did the South face when it came to supplying the Confederate armies?

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A)   It failed to mobilize enough troops.
B)   It lacked the resources available to the North.
C)   It found it more difficult to build intricate weapons.
D)   The Confederate Ordinance Bureau folded a month after it began.

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; some may not be used at all.
-Military campaign from September through December 1864 in which Union forces marched from Atlanta, Georgia, to the coast at Savannah, carving a path of destruction as they progressed.

Accepted Answer

A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockade

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions :
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; some may not be used at all.
-Union fort on an island at the entrance to Charleston harbor in South Carolina. After Confederate leaders learned President Lincoln intended to resupply the fort, Confederate forces attacked it on April 12, 1861, thus marking the start of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockade

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