Question 1

Compare and contrast the economic impact of the Civil War on the Union and on the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

The economic impact of the Civil War on

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony

Accepted Answer

Anna Dickinson was a prominent American

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why both the North and the South were unprepared for war?

Accepted Answer

A)  No one in either section had expected hostilities. 
B)  Neither the North nor the South was in a position to levy taxes to finance the war. 
C)  Northerners were uncertain about Lincoln's ability to lead the nation. 
D)  The South had poor railroads and virtually no navy. 
E)  The Union had only a small army, and one third of its officers had joined the Confederacy. 
A)  No one in either section had expected hostilities. 
B)  Neither the North nor the South was in a position to levy taxes to finance the war. 
C)  Northerners were uncertain about Lincoln's ability to lead the nation. 
D)  The South had poor railroads and virtually no navy. 
E)  The Union had only a small army, and one third of its officers had joined the Confederacy.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
United States Sanitary Commission

Accepted Answer

The United States Sanitary Commission (U

Question 5

How did the Trent affair almost trigger a war between the United States and Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  American frontiersmen crossed the Canadian border and attacked some settlers. 
B)  A Union diplomat insulted the British monarch. 
C)  The Union navy seized a ship carrying Confederate diplomats going to Great Britain and France. 
D)  British shipyards built the Trent to serve in the Confederate navy as a commerce raider. 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  American frontiersmen crossed the Canadian border and attacked some settlers. 
B)  A Union diplomat insulted the British monarch. 
C)  The Union navy seized a ship carrying Confederate diplomats going to Great Britain and France. 
D)  British shipyards built the Trent to serve in the Confederate navy as a commerce raider. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 6

Why did Confederate and Union soldiers enlist in great numbers during the war? What were their expectations for their military service? What was the reality of their service?

Accepted Answer

Confederate and Union soldiers enlisted

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jay Cooke

Accepted Answer

Jay Cooke (1821-1905) was a prominent Am

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
New York City Draft Riots

Accepted Answer

The New York City Draft Riots, also know

Question 9

Which statement accurately describes why that state refused to join the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delaware was mainly a nonslaveholding state that had no desire to be part of a slave Confederacy. 
B)  Missouri's citizens were united in their loyalty to the Union and in their belief that an independent slave confederacy could not survive. 
C)  Virginia's nonslaveholding eastern part of the state refused to secede with the western part ¾ which named itself West Virginia when it joined the Confederacy. 
D)  Maryland's popular politician, Hannibal Hamlin, had just been elected vice president. 
E)  Kentucky had a Unionist legislature whose resolve was strengthened by the presence of Grant's troops across the river in Illinois. 
A)  Delaware was mainly a nonslaveholding state that had no desire to be part of a slave Confederacy. 
B)  Missouri's citizens were united in their loyalty to the Union and in their belief that an independent slave confederacy could not survive. 
C)  Virginia's nonslaveholding eastern part of the state refused to secede with the western part ¾ which named itself West Virginia when it joined the Confederacy. 
D)  Maryland's popular politician, Hannibal Hamlin, had just been elected vice president. 
E)  Kentucky had a Unionist legislature whose resolve was strengthened by the presence of Grant's troops across the river in Illinois.

Question 10

What was the Union's most important military victory? What was the Confederacy's? Describe the circumstances, the military leaders, and their strategies in these battles. Why did the victorious army win? Why, in each instance, was the victory important?

Accepted Answer

The Union's most important military vict

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass was an African Americ

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton

Accepted Answer

Dorothea Dix was a social reformer and a

Question 13

How did the issue of emancipation transform the war?

Accepted Answer

The issue of emancipation transformed th

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of

Question 15

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Atlanta, Georgia

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 16

What facets of his troops' attitudes did Thomas Wentworth Higginson find noteworthy? For Higginson, why was the role of African American soldiers especially significant ("the pivot of the war")?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Wentworth Higginson found several

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ulysses S. Grant

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President

Question 18

What major advantages did the Union and Confederacy possess at the start of the Civil War? What disadvantages? How did those advantages and disadvantages influence the course and outcome of the war?

Accepted Answer

At the start of the Civil War, the Union

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battle of Shiloh

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Anaconda plan

Accepted Answer

The Anaconda Plan was a strategic outlin

Exam 15: Crucible of Freedom: Civil War

Compare and contrast the economic impact of the Civil War on the Union and on the Confederacy.

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why both the North and the South were unprepared for war?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. United States Sanitary Commission

How did the Trent affair almost trigger a war between the United States and Great Britain?

Why did Confederate and Union soldiers enlist in great numbers during the war? What were their expectations for their military service? What was the reality of their service?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jay Cooke

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. New York City Draft Riots

Which statement accurately describes why that state refused to join the Confederacy?

What was the Union's most important military victory? What was the Confederacy's? Describe the circumstances, the military leaders, and their strategies in these battles. Why did the victorious army win? Why, in each instance, was the victory important?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Frederick Douglass

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton

How did the issue of emancipation transform the war?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Andrew Johnson

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Atlanta, Georgia

What facets of his troops' attitudes did Thomas Wentworth Higginson find noteworthy? For Higginson, why was the role of African American soldiers especially significant ("the pivot of the war")?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ulysses S. Grant

What major advantages did the Union and Confederacy possess at the start of the Civil War? What disadvantages? How did those advantages and disadvantages influence the course and outcome of the war?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battle of Shiloh

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Anaconda plan

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