Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Ford's Theater.

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The theater where Ab

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Ulysses S. Grant.

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Union general who de

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Andrew Johnson.

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A War Democrat from

Question 4

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

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Turning point battle of the Ci

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Appomattox Courthouse.

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The locati

Question 6

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

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The battle at which

Question 7

Which of the following were components of the evolving Northern strategy of total war toward the South?

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A)  Instituting a naval blockade of Southern coasts 
B)  Liberating the slaves to undercut the South economically 
C)  Cutting the Confederacy in half by seizing control of the Mississippi River 
D)  Chopping the Confederacy to pieces by sending troops through Georgia and the Carolinas 
E)  Trying everywhere to engage the South's main strength and to grind it into submission. 
A)  Instituting a naval blockade of Southern coasts 
B)  Liberating the slaves to undercut the South economically 
C)  Cutting the Confederacy in half by seizing control of the Mississippi River 
D)  Chopping the Confederacy to pieces by sending troops through Georgia and the Carolinas 
E)  Trying everywhere to engage the South's main strength and to grind it into submission.

Question 8

General Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

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A)  deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement and encourage foreign intervention on behalf of the South. 
B)  force the Union to ease its blockade of the South. 
C)  cut Northern supply lines. 
D)  stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt. 
E)  seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 
A)  deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement and encourage foreign intervention on behalf of the South. 
B)  force the Union to ease its blockade of the South. 
C)  cut Northern supply lines. 
D)  stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt. 
E)  seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of William Johnson.

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A free black man who

Question 10

The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army as fighting soldiers

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A)  only a month before the war ended. 
B)  at the beginning of the war. 
C)  as a response to the Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  in lieu of forcing tens of thousands of slaves into involuntary labor which included building fortifications and supplying armies. 
E)  in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong. 
A)  only a month before the war ended. 
B)  at the beginning of the war. 
C)  as a response to the Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  in lieu of forcing tens of thousands of slaves into involuntary labor which included building fortifications and supplying armies. 
E)  in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong.

Question 11

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

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A)  Shiloh and Chancellorsville. 
B)  Bull Run and Vicksburg. 
C)  Gettysburg and Antietam. 
D)  Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg. 
E)  Mobile and Missionary Ridge. 
A)  Shiloh and Chancellorsville. 
B)  Bull Run and Vicksburg. 
C)  Gettysburg and Antietam. 
D)  Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg. 
E)  Mobile and Missionary Ridge.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Sherman's march.

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Sherman burned fields and dest

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Salmon P. Chase.

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Treasury secretary w

Question 14

The South's victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) in 1861

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A)  reduced enlistments in the South's army. 
B)  reduced the number of Confederate deserters. 
C)  demonstrated how difficult Confederate independence would be. 
D)  convinced the South of the need to prepare for a protracted conflict. 
E)  did not undermine Northerners belief that military victory in the Civil War would be an easy task to accomplish. 
A)  reduced enlistments in the South's army. 
B)  reduced the number of Confederate deserters. 
C)  demonstrated how difficult Confederate independence would be. 
D)  convinced the South of the need to prepare for a protracted conflict. 
E)  did not undermine Northerners belief that military victory in the Civil War would be an easy task to accomplish.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Wilderness Campaign.

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Grant's Vi

Question 16

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

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A)  British navy vessels on loan to the South. 
B)  swift blockade-running steamers. 
C)  the threat of mutiny from pro-Southern sailors. 
D)  the entrance of the British and French navies as direct military combatants on behalf of the Confederacy. 
E)  the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia) warship, which destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy off the Chesapeake Bay and threatened to destroy many more wooden Union warships. 
A)  British navy vessels on loan to the South. 
B)  swift blockade-running steamers. 
C)  the threat of mutiny from pro-Southern sailors. 
D)  the entrance of the British and French navies as direct military combatants on behalf of the Confederacy. 
E)  the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia) warship, which destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy off the Chesapeake Bay and threatened to destroy many more wooden Union warships.

Question 17

Aside from ending slavery, blacks enlisted into the Union Army because they

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A)  wanted to prove their manhood and strengthen their postwar claim to full American citizenship. 
B)  desperately needed the jobs that military service provided. 
C)  wanted revenge against abusive slave masters. 
D)  hoped to obtain military pensions. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  wanted to prove their manhood and strengthen their postwar claim to full American citizenship. 
B)  desperately needed the jobs that military service provided. 
C)  wanted revenge against abusive slave masters. 
D)  hoped to obtain military pensions. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 18

In invading Maryland, one of General Lee's key objectives was to

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A)  improve the flagging morale of Confederate soldiers and officers. 
B)  discourage foreign intervention by Britain and France in the war. 
C)  destroy General McClellan's Army of the Potomac. 
D)  capture President Lincoln and his Cabinet. 
E)  inspire the Border States, particularly the wavering Maryland, to join the Confederacy and its secessionist cause. 
A)  improve the flagging morale of Confederate soldiers and officers. 
B)  discourage foreign intervention by Britain and France in the war. 
C)  destroy General McClellan's Army of the Potomac. 
D)  capture President Lincoln and his Cabinet. 
E)  inspire the Border States, particularly the wavering Maryland, to join the Confederacy and its secessionist cause.

Question 19

After the Peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  cutting the Confederacy in half by seizing the Mississippi River. 
B)  marching through Georgia and then the Carolinas. 
C)  blockading the Confederacy's coastline. 
D)  liberating the slaves to undermine the southern economy. 
E)  striking deep into the Confederacy via the Appalachian Mountain chain. 
A)  cutting the Confederacy in half by seizing the Mississippi River. 
B)  marching through Georgia and then the Carolinas. 
C)  blockading the Confederacy's coastline. 
D)  liberating the slaves to undermine the southern economy. 
E)  striking deep into the Confederacy via the Appalachian Mountain chain.

Question 20

How and to what extent did the respective roles and actions of blacks, free and slave, in both the North and the South, affect the outcome of the Civil War?

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The respective roles and actions of blac

Exam 20: The Furnace of Civil War

Identify and state the historical significance of Ford's Theater.

Identify and state the historical significance of Ulysses S. Grant.

Identify and state the historical significance of Andrew Johnson.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of Appomattox Courthouse.

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

Which of the following were components of the evolving Northern strategy of total war toward the South?

General Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

Identify and state the historical significance of William Johnson.

The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army as fighting soldiers

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

Identify and state the historical significance of Sherman's march.

Identify and state the historical significance of Salmon P. Chase.

The South's victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) in 1861

Identify and state the historical significance of the Wilderness Campaign.

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

Aside from ending slavery, blacks enlisted into the Union Army because they

In invading Maryland, one of General Lee's key objectives was to

After the Peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included all of the following EXCEPT

How and to what extent did the respective roles and actions of blacks, free and slave, in both the North and the South, affect the outcome of the Civil War?

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