Question 1

What was the outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves. 
B)  A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war. 
C)  The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point. 
D)  A major Confederate victory ensured that the South would take control of the area east of the Appalachians and that war would now turn to fighting in the West. 
E)  The Confederates tried out new military tactics that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in any Civil War battle so far. 
A)  The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves. 
B)  A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war. 
C)  The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point. 
D)  A major Confederate victory ensured that the South would take control of the area east of the Appalachians and that war would now turn to fighting in the West. 
E)  The Confederates tried out new military tactics that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in any Civil War battle so far.

Question 2

At the beginning of the war, the southern economy's productivity had been double the North's, but by the end of the war, they were equal in size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following occurred at Appomattox Court House?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jefferson Davis was captured. 
B)  Joseph Johnston led his last attack against Sherman. 
C)  Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  Lee surrendered to Grant. 
E)  The Confederates shifted to guerrilla warfare. 
A)  Jefferson Davis was captured. 
B)  Joseph Johnston led his last attack against Sherman. 
C)  Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  Lee surrendered to Grant. 
E)  The Confederates shifted to guerrilla warfare.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about conscription during the Civil War is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because the South had a much larger male population than the North did, only the Union had to resort to instituting conscription laws. 
B)  Whereas the North had such a surge of volunteers to fight against slavery that conscription was out of the question, the South needed to institute a draft due to its often-unpopular cause. 
C)  In both the North and South, conscription was met with widespread resentment and downright refusal, as some draftees who had the means sought out loopholes. 
D)  Both sides had conscription but differed in that few draftees in the South minded these laws because most of the Confederate army was immigrants who saw the war as an opportunity. 
E)  Poor men in both the North and South were best equipped to attain exemptions to conscription laws because they had the excuse that they could not afford to leave their regular jobs. 
A)  Because the South had a much larger male population than the North did, only the Union had to resort to instituting conscription laws. 
B)  Whereas the North had such a surge of volunteers to fight against slavery that conscription was out of the question, the South needed to institute a draft due to its often-unpopular cause. 
C)  In both the North and South, conscription was met with widespread resentment and downright refusal, as some draftees who had the means sought out loopholes. 
D)  Both sides had conscription but differed in that few draftees in the South minded these laws because most of the Confederate army was immigrants who saw the war as an opportunity. 
E)  Poor men in both the North and South were best equipped to attain exemptions to conscription laws because they had the excuse that they could not afford to leave their regular jobs.

Question 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on 
A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on

Question 6

Congress in 1862 resorted to printing paper money called greenbacks to address the shortfall in tax revenues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the outcome of the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Union troops failed an assault on entrenched Confederates and, as a result, suffered massive losses, including those of the Irish Brigade of immigrants. 
B)  Outshining Grant in a stunning Union victory, General Burnside proved that he was a capable leader and went on to run the army for the remainder of the war. 
C)  Lincoln's leadership in response to this battle led to greater support from his cabinet and the increasing likelihood that he would serve another term. 
D)  Soldiers on both sides of the war grew more loyal to their respective causes and approached each battle with more vigor and passion than had been seen before. 
E)  The war in the East had essentially been decided, and nonstop fighting in the West continued well into the new year. 
A)  Union troops failed an assault on entrenched Confederates and, as a result, suffered massive losses, including those of the Irish Brigade of immigrants. 
B)  Outshining Grant in a stunning Union victory, General Burnside proved that he was a capable leader and went on to run the army for the remainder of the war. 
C)  Lincoln's leadership in response to this battle led to greater support from his cabinet and the increasing likelihood that he would serve another term. 
D)  Soldiers on both sides of the war grew more loyal to their respective causes and approached each battle with more vigor and passion than had been seen before. 
E)  The war in the East had essentially been decided, and nonstop fighting in the West continued well into the new year.

Question 8

At the beginning of the Civil War, what was true of the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  It generated less farm production than the South. 
B)  It had about the same extent of railroad development as the South. 
C)  It produced only a small percentage of the nation's manufactures. 
D)  It had an edge of significantly more potential manpower. 
E)  It had fewer ships and firearms than the South. 
A)  It generated less farm production than the South. 
B)  It had about the same extent of railroad development as the South. 
C)  It produced only a small percentage of the nation's manufactures. 
D)  It had an edge of significantly more potential manpower. 
E)  It had fewer ships and firearms than the South.

Question 9

Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."

Accepted Answer

The Civil War was the most traumatic eve

Question 10

Much of Confederate leaders' diplomatic efforts were aimed at ________ because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain; they wrongly assumed Britain would need to continue importing their cotton 
B)  India; the Indian agricultural system was similar to the South's and could ease wartime shortages 
C)  South America; their long-term European allies had all sided with the Union 
D)  Spain; they sympathized with similar Spanish efforts to maintain the system of slavery 
E)  France; they correctly foresaw that France would always want to do the opposite of Britain 
A)  Britain; they wrongly assumed Britain would need to continue importing their cotton 
B)  India; the Indian agricultural system was similar to the South's and could ease wartime shortages 
C)  South America; their long-term European allies had all sided with the Union 
D)  Spain; they sympathized with similar Spanish efforts to maintain the system of slavery 
E)  France; they correctly foresaw that France would always want to do the opposite of Britain

Question 11

Although conscription occurred during the Civil War, most who fought were volunteers, with many of them initially expressing feelings of duty and honor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What was the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves. 
B)  A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war. 
C)  The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point. 
D)  A major Confederate victory ensured that the South would take control of the area east of the Appalachians and that war would now turn to fighting in the West. 
E)  The Confederates tried out new military tactics that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in any Civil War battle so far. 
A)  The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves. 
B)  A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war. 
C)  The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point. 
D)  A major Confederate victory ensured that the South would take control of the area east of the Appalachians and that war would now turn to fighting in the West. 
E)  The Confederates tried out new military tactics that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in any Civil War battle so far.

Question 13

Which of the following took place at Petersburg?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lee took great risks because he knew that he could easily replace the dead and wounded. 
B)  Grant had chased Lee's troops and put the trapped Confederates under siege. 
C)  Both sides agreed on a draw because to attack with such uneven odds would be inhumane. 
D)  Lee received plentiful reinforcements, which caused Grant's forces to retreat. 
E)  A victory boosted Confederate morale, as it prevented the further loss of supplies. 
A)  Lee took great risks because he knew that he could easily replace the dead and wounded. 
B)  Grant had chased Lee's troops and put the trapped Confederates under siege. 
C)  Both sides agreed on a draw because to attack with such uneven odds would be inhumane. 
D)  Lee received plentiful reinforcements, which caused Grant's forces to retreat. 
E)  A victory boosted Confederate morale, as it prevented the further loss of supplies.

Question 14

Describe domestic politics during the war, both northern and southern. What problems did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis face? How did they deal with these problems?

Accepted Answer

During the Civil War, domestic politics

Question 15

Match each description with the item below.
-George
B. McClellan

Accepted Answer

A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on 
A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on

Question 16

Which of the following occurred at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Union turned back a Confederate invasion and seemed guaranteed to win the war. 
B)  The Confederates experienced few major casualties, resulting in a boost in morale. 
C)  In Lee's last significant victory, Hooker and the Union forces experienced a devastating defeat. 
D)  African American troops turned the tide for the Union and received freedom as a result. 
E)  Hooker delivered the big victory Lincoln had been seeking and received a promotion in return. 
A)  The Union turned back a Confederate invasion and seemed guaranteed to win the war. 
B)  The Confederates experienced few major casualties, resulting in a boost in morale. 
C)  In Lee's last significant victory, Hooker and the Union forces experienced a devastating defeat. 
D)  African American troops turned the tide for the Union and received freedom as a result. 
E)  Hooker delivered the big victory Lincoln had been seeking and received a promotion in return.

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-Ambrose
E. Burnside

Accepted Answer

A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on 
A) was an African American abolitionist leader who celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, in contrast to Confederates' predictions of a race war 
B) was a Confederate general who surprised the Union army at Chancellorsville but was shot there by his own men 
C) founded the American Red Cross and visited the killing fields with medical supplies, ready to go "anywhere between the bullet and the battlefield" 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans who urged "reconstruction" of the South by having Union armies seize southern plantations 
E) accepted the post of Union general despite his better judgment and went on to be replaced by Thomas Hooker
F)was born into slavery but went on to serve as a nurse and operate a school for freed slaves
G)was a general demoted due to insubordination and went on to be the 1864 Democratic candidate against Abraham Lincoln
H)was a War Democrat who supported Lincoln's war policies and went on to become his vice president
I)was a pro-Confederate leader who ordered his followers to destroy Lawrence, Kansas, and engage in a massacre there
J)was the president of the Confederacy and experienced growing discontent directed at him as the war dragged on

Question 18

The First Battle of Bull Run was a Union defeat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Throughout the war, Lincoln believed that if freed, African Americans and white Americans could coexist, and he was eager to use his constitutional authority to make that possible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved African Americans in the South as the Civil War dragged on?

Accepted Answer

A)  They volunteered almost exclusively to fight for the Confederacy out of fear of punishment by slave owners. 
B)  Almost all of them remained neutral in the conflict because the likelihood of the Confederacy winning became more and more clear. 
C)  Many took advantage of the war's confusion by running away, fighting, or helping to sabotage the Confederacy. 
D)  Most of them fled to Canada because they had little stake in the war and prized obtaining true equality as soon as possible. 
E)  Most of them traveled west as pioneers during the war because land prices there had become so cheap. 
A)  They volunteered almost exclusively to fight for the Confederacy out of fear of punishment by slave owners. 
B)  Almost all of them remained neutral in the conflict because the likelihood of the Confederacy winning became more and more clear. 
C)  Many took advantage of the war's confusion by running away, fighting, or helping to sabotage the Confederacy. 
D)  Most of them fled to Canada because they had little stake in the war and prized obtaining true equality as soon as possible. 
E)  Most of them traveled west as pioneers during the war because land prices there had become so cheap.

Exam 15: The War of the Union

What was the outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

At the beginning of the war, the southern economy's productivity had been double the North's, but by the end of the war, they were equal in size.

Which of the following occurred at Appomattox Court House?

Which of the following statements about conscription during the Civil War is accurate?

Match each description with the item below. -Frederick Douglass

Congress in 1862 resorted to printing paper money called greenbacks to address the shortfall in tax revenues.

What was the outcome of the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862?

At the beginning of the Civil War, what was true of the North?

Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."

Much of Confederate leaders' diplomatic efforts were aimed at ________ because ________.

Although conscription occurred during the Civil War, most who fought were volunteers, with many of them initially expressing feelings of duty and honor.

What was the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans?

Which of the following took place at Petersburg?

Describe domestic politics during the war, both northern and southern. What problems did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis face? How did they deal with these problems?

Match each description with the item below. -George B. McClellan

Which of the following occurred at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Match each description with the item below. -Ambrose E. Burnside

The First Battle of Bull Run was a Union defeat.

Throughout the war, Lincoln believed that if freed, African Americans and white Americans could coexist, and he was eager to use his constitutional authority to make that possible.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved African Americans in the South as the Civil War dragged on?

The Collision of Cultures

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Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

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The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

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Much of Confederate leaders' diplomatic efforts were aimed at because .