Question 1

In 1864 the Republicans changed their name to the ________ Party.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1864 the Republicans changed their name...

Question 2

The Crittenden Compromise was essentially acceptable to Lincoln and the Republicans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Between 1861 and 1864, the cost of goods in the Confederacy rose by

Accepted Answer

A)  200 percent. 
B)  600 percent. 
C)  1,000 percent. 
D)  3,000 percent. 
E)  9,000 percent. 
A)  200 percent. 
B)  600 percent. 
C)  1,000 percent. 
D)  3,000 percent. 
E)  9,000 percent.

Question 4

Which battle-Vicksburg or Gettysburg-was more significant in determining the outcome of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Both the Battle of Vicksburg and the Bat

Question 5

By the end of the Civil War, telegraph communication was used by both the North and South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In naval warfare during the Civil War,

Accepted Answer

A)  the Union blockade of the South was largely ineffective. 
B)  the Confederacy managed to build a navy equal to that of the Union. 
C)  both the Union and Confederate militaries developed ironclads. 
D)  the Confederacy devastated Union fleets with ironclad warships. 
E)  the Confederacy managed to seize key Union ports such as Baltimore. 
A)  the Union blockade of the South was largely ineffective. 
B)  the Confederacy managed to build a navy equal to that of the Union. 
C)  both the Union and Confederate militaries developed ironclads. 
D)  the Confederacy devastated Union fleets with ironclad warships. 
E)  the Confederacy managed to seize key Union ports such as Baltimore.

Question 7

The First Battle of Bull Run dealt a severe blow to Union morale and dispelled the illusion that the war would be a short one.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why might the Civil War be described as the first "modern war"?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War might be described as the

Question 9

In the early part of the Civil War, the sympathies of the ruling classes in France and England lay with the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

General Ulysses S. Grant

Accepted Answer

A)  did not agree with Abraham Lincoln's general strategic objectives. 
B)  followed Winfield Scott as Lincoln's military chief of staff. 
C)  believed the key to victory was to capture the Confederate capital. 
D)  was ultimately succeeded by Henry W. Halleck as chief of staff of the army. 
E)  thought the main Union effort should target enemy armies and resources. 
A)  did not agree with Abraham Lincoln's general strategic objectives. 
B)  followed Winfield Scott as Lincoln's military chief of staff. 
C)  believed the key to victory was to capture the Confederate capital. 
D)  was ultimately succeeded by Henry W. Halleck as chief of staff of the army. 
E)  thought the main Union effort should target enemy armies and resources.

Question 11

Politically, the Confederate constitution

Accepted Answer

A)  was almost identical in many respects to the Constitution of the United States. 
B)  gave states the right to secede. 
C)  allowed states the right to abolish slavery. 
D)  gave the president and vice president four-year terms. 
E)  did not allow anti-secessionists to serve in the Confederate government. 
A)  was almost identical in many respects to the Constitution of the United States. 
B)  gave states the right to secede. 
C)  allowed states the right to abolish slavery. 
D)  gave the president and vice president four-year terms. 
E)  did not allow anti-secessionists to serve in the Confederate government.

Question 12

President Abraham Lincoln believed the main objective of the Union armies was to

Accepted Answer

A)  occupy Confederate territory. 
B)  free Southern slaves. 
C)  destroy Confederate armies. 
D)  control Confederate ports. 
E)  capture Richmond. 
A)  occupy Confederate territory. 
B)  free Southern slaves. 
C)  destroy Confederate armies. 
D)  control Confederate ports. 
E)  capture Richmond.

Question 13

An English steamer, the ________, was carrying Confederate diplomats when it was boarded by Union troops; the diplomats were arrested and taken to Boston.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An English steamer, the ________, was carrying...

Question 14

As commander in chief, Lincoln was given a fairly free hand by Congress in conducting the war as he saw fit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: The Civil War

In 1864 the Republicans changed their name to the ________ Party.

The Crittenden Compromise was essentially acceptable to Lincoln and the Republicans.

Between 1861 and 1864, the cost of goods in the Confederacy rose by

Which battle-Vicksburg or Gettysburg-was more significant in determining the outcome of the Civil War?

By the end of the Civil War, telegraph communication was used by both the North and South.

In naval warfare during the Civil War,

The First Battle of Bull Run dealt a severe blow to Union morale and dispelled the illusion that the war would be a short one.

Why might the Civil War be described as the first "modern war"?

In the early part of the Civil War, the sympathies of the ruling classes in France and England lay with the Confederacy.

General Ulysses S. Grant

Politically, the Confederate constitution

President Abraham Lincoln believed the main objective of the Union armies was to

An English steamer, the ________, was carrying Confederate diplomats when it was boarded by Union troops; the diplomats were arrested and taken to Boston.

As commander in chief, Lincoln was given a fairly free hand by Congress in conducting the war as he saw fit.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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