Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

One of the two forts in the South that continued to fly the Stars and Stripes.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of martial law.

Accepted Answer

A method of military occupation used by Lincoln to secure important areas within the border states.

Question 3

All of the following are true statements about the federal conscription (draft) law EXCEPT

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A)  it allowed draftees to hire substitutes 
B)  its provisions were unfair to the poor. 
C)  it was passed despite a healthy rate of volunteers. 
D)  men could pay $300 to purchase an exemption. 
E)  it inspired resentment and riots. 
A)  it allowed draftees to hire substitutes 
B)  its provisions were unfair to the poor. 
C)  it was passed despite a healthy rate of volunteers. 
D)  men could pay $300 to purchase an exemption. 
E)  it inspired resentment and riots. C

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Butternut Region.

Accepted Answer

An area of southern

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the Trent affair.

Accepted Answer

Conflict between the Union and

Question 6

What steps by Republicans in Congress ensured the wide-spread colonization of the West and ensured the federal government's long-term involvement in the region?

Accepted Answer

The Republicans in Congress took several

Question 7

As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did NOT exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because

Accepted Answer

A)  of the South's emphasis on states' rights. 
B)  there was such strong agreement on policy in the South. 
C)  he did not believe in strong executive action. 
D)  Confederate General Robert E. Lee's insistence on keeping his army out of politics. 
E)  the Confederate Constitution gave him all the power he needed. 
A)  of the South's emphasis on states' rights. 
B)  there was such strong agreement on policy in the South. 
C)  he did not believe in strong executive action. 
D)  Confederate General Robert E. Lee's insistence on keeping his army out of politics. 
E)  the Confederate Constitution gave him all the power he needed.

Question 8

Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to

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A)  poor agricultural production. 
B)  the Union's naval blockade. 
C)  the South's rickety transportation system. 
D)  the fact that slaves abandoned the plantations. 
E)  profiteering by military suppliers. 
A)  poor agricultural production. 
B)  the Union's naval blockade. 
C)  the South's rickety transportation system. 
D)  the fact that slaves abandoned the plantations. 
E)  profiteering by military suppliers.

Question 9

Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabama

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A)  were of little value. 
B)  proved effective against Union shipping. 
C)  were supplied by the French. 
D)  lasted less than a year. 
E)  operated mostly off the Atlantic coast. 
A)  were of little value. 
B)  proved effective against Union shipping. 
C)  were supplied by the French. 
D)  lasted less than a year. 
E)  operated mostly off the Atlantic coast.

Question 10

President Lincoln's suspension and disregard of several important civil liberties during the Civil War

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A)  was overridden by a protesting Congress. 
B)  included the suspension of habeas corpus. 
C)  led to the arrest of several critical newspaper editors. 
D)  was allowed by Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court to continue after the war. 
E)  was defended by him as necessary to save the Union. 
A)  was overridden by a protesting Congress. 
B)  included the suspension of habeas corpus. 
C)  led to the arrest of several critical newspaper editors. 
D)  was allowed by Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court to continue after the war. 
E)  was defended by him as necessary to save the Union.

Question 11

To help pay for the Civil War, both the North and the South

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A)  raised taxes. 
B)  printed paper currency. 
C)  sold bonds. 
D)  imposed high protective tariffs. 
E)  borrowed from foreign governments. 
A)  raised taxes. 
B)  printed paper currency. 
C)  sold bonds. 
D)  imposed high protective tariffs. 
E)  borrowed from foreign governments.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the Alabama.

Accepted Answer

A Confederate commercial raide

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of "Johnny Reb".

Accepted Answer

The nickna

Question 14

In Lincoln's attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president EXCEPT

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A)  proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports. 
B)  increased the size of the federal army. 
C)  suspended the writ of habeas corpus. 
D)  advanced federal funds to private citizens without authorization. 
E)  refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war. 
A)  proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports. 
B)  increased the size of the federal army. 
C)  suspended the writ of habeas corpus. 
D)  advanced federal funds to private citizens without authorization. 
E)  refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war.

Question 15

During the Civil War, practicing effective diplomacy for the Union and the Confederacy in their respective relations with Great Britain

Accepted Answer

A)  played only a small role in the evolution of the war efforts of the Union and the Confederacy. 
B)  was important for the Union but not for the Confederacy. 
C)  was critical for both the Union and the Confederacy 
D)  was important for the Confederacy but not for the Union. 
E)  was completely irrelevant to the outcome of the Civil War. 
A)  played only a small role in the evolution of the war efforts of the Union and the Confederacy. 
B)  was important for the Union but not for the Confederacy. 
C)  was critical for both the Union and the Confederacy 
D)  was important for the Confederacy but not for the Union. 
E)  was completely irrelevant to the outcome of the Civil War.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the Morrill Tariff Act.

Accepted Answer

A Congressional Act that was o

Question 17

During the Civil War, many poor Southerners complained that it was a rich man's war but a poor man's fight. On what basis did they make this complaint? Could Northerners have made the same accusation for the same reason? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The complaint that the Civil War was a r

Question 18

During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by

Accepted Answer

A)  the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. 
B)  Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. 
C)  the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from a British ship by a Union warship in 1861. 
D)  Napoleon III's effort to place Maximilian on the Mexican throne. 
E)  British working-class support for the South. 
A)  the incompetence of Charles Francis Adams, the United States ambassador to London. 
B)  Britain's refusal to observe the Union's blockade of Southern ports. 
C)  the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from a British ship by a Union warship in 1861. 
D)  Napoleon III's effort to place Maximilian on the Mexican throne. 
E)  British working-class support for the South.

Question 19

France abandoned its attempt to control Mexico

Accepted Answer

A)  because the effort proved to be unprofitable. 
B)  when the British pressured them to leave. 
C)  when the American Civil War began. 
D)  because the Mexicans declared independence. 
E)  when the United States threatened to use military force after the conclusion of the Civil War to expel France from Mexico and overthrow the French puppet leader, Maximilian. 
A)  because the effort proved to be unprofitable. 
B)  when the British pressured them to leave. 
C)  when the American Civil War began. 
D)  because the Mexicans declared independence. 
E)  when the United States threatened to use military force after the conclusion of the Civil War to expel France from Mexico and overthrow the French puppet leader, Maximilian.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of Border States.

Accepted Answer

States, often where

Exam 19: Girding for War the North and the South

Identify and state the historical significance of Fort Sumter.

Identify and state the historical significance of martial law.

All of the following are true statements about the federal conscription (draft) law EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Butternut Region.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Trent affair.

What steps by Republicans in Congress ensured the wide-spread colonization of the West and ensured the federal government's long-term involvement in the region?

As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did NOT exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because

Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to

Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabama

President Lincoln's suspension and disregard of several important civil liberties during the Civil War

To help pay for the Civil War, both the North and the South

Identify and state the historical significance of the Alabama.

Identify and state the historical significance of "Johnny Reb".

In Lincoln's attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president EXCEPT

During the Civil War, practicing effective diplomacy for the Union and the Confederacy in their respective relations with Great Britain

Identify and state the historical significance of the Morrill Tariff Act.

During the Civil War, many poor Southerners complained that it was a rich man's war but a poor man's fight. On what basis did they make this complaint? Could Northerners have made the same accusation for the same reason? Explain.

During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by

France abandoned its attempt to control Mexico

Identify and state the historical significance of Border States.

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