Exam 20: The Furnace of Civil War

Assess the validity of the following statement: "The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 was a proclamation without emancipation." Discuss how emancipation was legally achieved for all slaves. What was the moral significance of the Emancipation Proclamation on the fighting of the Civil War for the North?

List the three most significant immediate consequences of the Civil War. Justify your selection and indicate which one consequence you think was the most important and why.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Explain the political, economic, military, and diplomatic results of the Union victory and Confederate defeat in the Civil War. What do you think were the main reasons that the South lost? Explain your choice.

Approximately how man enslaved persons were not freed through the Emancipation Proclamation?

Following a historic battle in March 1862 with a tiny Union ironclad warship, the Monitor, the Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was

Identify and state the historical significance of the Reform Bill of 1867.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Union party.

Northern soldiers became increasingly convinced of slavery's evils when

African Americans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Vicksburg.

After halting Lee's troops at Antietam, General George McClellan

Identify and state the historical significance of A.E. Burnside.

All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation EXCEPT

Scholars dispute whether the Civil War marked a watershed in American history for all of the following reasons except

The political group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Gettysburg.

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

Which of the following do you think was the most significant battle of the Civil War: Antietam, Gettysburg, or Vicksburg in foreclosing the possibility of a Confederate military victory in the war? Defend your selection with specific reasons.