Question 1

The Border States offered all of the following strategic advantages except

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A)  a large population. 
B)  a good supply of horses and mules. 
C)  valuable manufacturing capacity. 
D)  shipbuilding facilities. 
E)  large navigable rivers. 
A)  a large population. 
B)  a good supply of horses and mules. 
C)  valuable manufacturing capacity. 
D)  shipbuilding facilities. 
E)  large navigable rivers.

Question 2

The problems that President Abraham Lincoln experienced in conducting the Civil War were less harmful than those experienced by Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, partly because the Union

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A)  had a long-established and fully recognized government. 
B)  had strong political support from Britain and France. 
C)  held firm to states' rights principles. 
D)  was united in the cause of abolitionism. 
E)  had fewer internal political divisions. 
A)  had a long-established and fully recognized government. 
B)  had strong political support from Britain and France. 
C)  held firm to states' rights principles. 
D)  was united in the cause of abolitionism. 
E)  had fewer internal political divisions.

Question 3

Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that

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A)  he was not fighting to free black slaves. 
B)  he wanted to see an end to slavery. 
C)  slaves in all the Confederate states were now legally emancipated. 
D)  he believed blacks and whites were equal. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  he was not fighting to free black slaves. 
B)  he wanted to see an end to slavery. 
C)  slaves in all the Confederate states were now legally emancipated. 
D)  he believed blacks and whites were equal. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Confederate commerce-raiders

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A)  operated near New York and Boston. 
B)  dealt a devastating blow to the Union's merchant marine. 
C)  severely crippled the Union war effort. 
D)  established an effective blockade of Union ports. 
E)  were almost all built in Britain. 
A)  operated near New York and Boston. 
B)  dealt a devastating blow to the Union's merchant marine. 
C)  severely crippled the Union war effort. 
D)  established an effective blockade of Union ports. 
E)  were almost all built in Britain.

Question 5

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 6

At the outset of the Civil War, the South confidently anticipated that King Cotton and effective Southern diplomacy would result in European economic and military intervention on its behalf.Why didn't this economic and military intervention on behalf of the South materialize? Would such economic and military intervention by Great Britain and France made a significant difference in the outcome of the war? If so, what type of economic and military intervention would have been most helpful to the Confederacy's cause?

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The anticipated economic and military in

Question 7

The Cherokees' decision to side with the South during the Civil War was based on

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A)  the North's reservation policies. 
B)  the fact that the Cherokees also owned slaves and felt they were making common cause with the South. 
C)  disbelieving promises by the Lincoln administration to continue making payments to the tribe. 
D)  the invitation by Union leaders to send tribal delegates to Congress. 
E)  the offer of a large cash payment from the Confederacy in return for military support. 
A)  the North's reservation policies. 
B)  the fact that the Cherokees also owned slaves and felt they were making common cause with the South. 
C)  disbelieving promises by the Lincoln administration to continue making payments to the tribe. 
D)  the invitation by Union leaders to send tribal delegates to Congress. 
E)  the offer of a large cash payment from the Confederacy in return for military support.

Question 8

States that joined the Confederacy after the firing on Fort Sumter included

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A)  Virginia. 
B)  North Carolina. 
C)  Missouri. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  Arkansas. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  North Carolina. 
C)  Missouri. 
D)  Tennessee. 
E)  Arkansas.

Question 9

Write your definition of revolution.Then use this definition to argue that the Civil War did or did not produce a revolution in the political, economic, and social life of the United States.

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Revolution can be defined as a fundament

Question 10

The European great powers welcomed a civil war in the United States for all of the following reasons except

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A)  war would weaken the power of the United States in the western hemisphere. 
B)  a divided America would likely put a halt to European immigration. 
C)  they could play the two nations off against one another in a game of balance of power. 
D)  their existing colonies would be safe against further American expansion. 
E)  they might more readily seize new colonial territory in the Americas. 
A)  war would weaken the power of the United States in the western hemisphere. 
B)  a divided America would likely put a halt to European immigration. 
C)  they could play the two nations off against one another in a game of balance of power. 
D)  their existing colonies would be safe against further American expansion. 
E)  they might more readily seize new colonial territory in the Americas.

Question 11

Most working people in Britain sided with the North because

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A)  they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. 
B)  the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. 
C)  they had developed a class consciousness and moral revulsion about the evils of slavery and hoped that the Civil War would eventually extinguish slavery in the South and the western territories. 
D)  they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. 
E)  France had sided with the South and they hated the French. 
A)  they relied on the Northern economy for their own jobs. 
B)  the North shared their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war. 
C)  they had developed a class consciousness and moral revulsion about the evils of slavery and hoped that the Civil War would eventually extinguish slavery in the South and the western territories. 
D)  they hoped to one day have the opportunity to relocate to and profit in the U.S. 
E)  France had sided with the South and they hated the French.

Question 12

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

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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 13

One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that

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A)  they feared losing Northern grain shipments. 
B)  they did not want to fight against the superior American navy. 
C)  the British upper class had supported the North from the onset of hostilities. 
D)  the war caused no economic problems for Britain. 
E)  the South resented British interference. 
A)  they feared losing Northern grain shipments. 
B)  they did not want to fight against the superior American navy. 
C)  the British upper class had supported the North from the onset of hostilities. 
D)  the war caused no economic problems for Britain. 
E)  the South resented British interference.

Question 14

King Cotton failed the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because

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A)  Britain held surpluses of cotton when the war began. 
B)  textile workers in Britain favored the North. 
C)  the North sent captured cotton to Britain. 
D)  Britain developed alternative supplies of cotton in Egypt and India. 
E)  the cotton crop was devastated by the boll weevil. 
A)  Britain held surpluses of cotton when the war began. 
B)  textile workers in Britain favored the North. 
C)  the North sent captured cotton to Britain. 
D)  Britain developed alternative supplies of cotton in Egypt and India. 
E)  the cotton crop was devastated by the boll weevil.

Question 15

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

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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

President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can best be characterized as

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A)  ill thought out. 
B)  rash and hotheaded. 
C)  the only possible option. 
D)  a strategic blunder. 
E)  a middle of the road solution. 
A)  ill thought out. 
B)  rash and hotheaded. 
C)  the only possible option. 
D)  a strategic blunder. 
E)  a middle of the road solution.

Question 17

In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln

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A)  relied solely on moral appeal. 
B)  used only totally legal methods. 
C)  guaranteed that they could keep slavery permanently. 
D)  never had to use troops. 
E)  used legally dubious methods including the declaration of martial law in Maryland and the deployment of Union soldiers in a local civil war in Missouri. 
A)  relied solely on moral appeal. 
B)  used only totally legal methods. 
C)  guaranteed that they could keep slavery permanently. 
D)  never had to use troops. 
E)  used legally dubious methods including the declaration of martial law in Maryland and the deployment of Union soldiers in a local civil war in Missouri.

The Border States offered all of the following strategic advantages except

The problems that President Abraham Lincoln experienced in conducting the Civil War were less harmful than those experienced by Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, partly because the Union

Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that

Confederate commerce-raiders

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

The Cherokees' decision to side with the South during the Civil War was based on

States that joined the Confederacy after the firing on Fort Sumter included

Write your definition of revolution.Then use this definition to argue that the Civil War did or did not produce a revolution in the political, economic, and social life of the United States.

The European great powers welcomed a civil war in the United States for all of the following reasons except

Most working people in Britain sided with the North because

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

One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that

King Cotton failed the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because

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

President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can best be characterized as

In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln

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Exam 20: Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865

The Border States offered all of the following strategic advantages except

The problems that President Abraham Lincoln experienced in conducting the Civil War were less harmful than those experienced by Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, partly because the Union

Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that

Confederate commerce-raiders

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

The Cherokees' decision to side with the South during the Civil War was based on

States that joined the Confederacy after the firing on Fort Sumter included

Write your definition of revolution.Then use this definition to argue that the Civil War did or did not produce a revolution in the political, economic, and social life of the United States.

The European great powers welcomed a civil war in the United States for all of the following reasons except

Most working people in Britain sided with the North because

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

One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that

King Cotton failed the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because

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

President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can best be characterized as

In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln

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Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

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