Question 1

The first battle of the Civil War in 1861 was at _____,and it was won by _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vicksburg; the Union 
B)  Bull Run; the Confederacy 
C)  Gettysburg; the North 
D)  Atlanta; the South 
E)  Lookout Mountain; the Confederacy 
A)  Vicksburg; the Union 
B)  Bull Run; the Confederacy 
C)  Gettysburg; the North 
D)  Atlanta; the South 
E)  Lookout Mountain; the Confederacy B

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Pickett

Accepted Answer

George Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best known for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg, where he led a charge that bears his name: Pickett's Charge.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1825, Pickett graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1846. He served with distinction in the Mexican-American War and later on the western frontier. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Pickett resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and joined the Confederacy.

Pickett's Charge took place on the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. It was an ill-fated assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Union defensive positions on Cemetery Ridge. Pickett's division, along with other Confederate units, made a frontal assault across open ground and suffered heavy casualties from Union rifle and artillery fire. The charge ended in failure, with a high number of Confederate casualties, and is often cited as a turning point in the Civil War, marking the "high-water mark of the Confederacy."

The historical significance of George Pickett and his charge lies in its emblematic representation of the bravery and tragedy of the Civil War. Pickett's Charge demonstrated the futility of frontal assaults against well-entrenched enemies with superior firepower, a lesson that would be taken into future conflicts. The failure of the charge also contributed to the defeat of the Confederate Army at Gettysburg, which was a pivotal moment in the war, halting Lee's invasion of the North and beginning the shift toward Union victory.

After the war, Pickett faced criticism for the charge and lived out the remainder of his life with a mixed legacy. He passed away in 1875, but his name remains synonymous with one of the most famous and studied military engagements in American history.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  carried out reprisals against captured slaveowners. 
B)  served mainly in military support units. 
C)  served bravely and suffered extremely heavy casualties. 
D)  accounted for less than 1 percent of total Union enlistments. 
E)  refused to serve under white officers. 
A)  carried out reprisals against captured slaveowners. 
B)  served mainly in military support units. 
C)  served bravely and suffered extremely heavy casualties. 
D)  accounted for less than 1 percent of total Union enlistments. 
E)  refused to serve under white officers. C

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wilderness Campaign

Accepted Answer

The Wilderness Campaign, also known as t

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  strengthen the Northern peace movement and encourage foreign intervention. 
B)  force the Union to abandon its blockade of the South. 
C)  outflank the Army of the Potomac and attack it from the rear. 
D)  stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt. 
E)  seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. 
A)  strengthen the Northern peace movement and encourage foreign intervention. 
B)  force the Union to abandon its blockade of the South. 
C)  outflank the Army of the Potomac and attack it from the rear. 
D)  stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt. 
E)  seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Question 6

Among the casualties of the Civil War were

Accepted Answer

A)  the cultural and economic differences between the North and the South. 
B)  presidential and, more generally, federal power. 
C)  the disruptive specters of nullification and secession. 
D)  democratic ideals. 
E)  the war-ravaged economies of the North and South. 
A)  the cultural and economic differences between the North and the South. 
B)  presidential and, more generally, federal power. 
C)  the disruptive specters of nullification and secession. 
D)  democratic ideals. 
E)  the war-ravaged economies of the North and South.

Question 7

What happened at the Seven Days´ Battles in July 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Confederate and Union forces bogged down and fought to a standstill in the Virginia woods. 
B)  News of Lincoln´s Emancipation Proclamation created a flood of escaped slaves over the Union lines. 
C)  The momentum of the war decisively shifted in favor of the Union after this naval victory. 
D)  Confederate capture of key forts along the Kentucky-Tennessee border dealt a serious blow to the Union´s Border-State strategy. 
E)  A Confederate counterattack repelled the Union´s drive toward Richmond in the Peninsula Campaign. 
A)  Confederate and Union forces bogged down and fought to a standstill in the Virginia woods. 
B)  News of Lincoln´s Emancipation Proclamation created a flood of escaped slaves over the Union lines. 
C)  The momentum of the war decisively shifted in favor of the Union after this naval victory. 
D)  Confederate capture of key forts along the Kentucky-Tennessee border dealt a serious blow to the Union´s Border-State strategy. 
E)  A Confederate counterattack repelled the Union´s drive toward Richmond in the Peninsula Campaign.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Appomattox Courthouse

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse is a village in Vi

Question 9

In the election of 1864,the Republicans joined with the prowar Democrats and founded the ____ party.

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal 
B)  Liberty 
C)  Union 
D)  National 
E)  Progressive 
A)  Federal 
B)  Liberty 
C)  Union 
D)  National 
E)  Progressive

Question 10

Why did the failure of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign actually alter the character and outcome of the Civil War? Would slavery have survived if the war had ended in 1862 with a Union victory by McClellan?

Accepted Answer

The failure of McClellan's Peninsula Cam

Question 11

What was one of the reasons that the Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance?

Accepted Answer

A)  It reopened the Ohio River to Northern trade. 
B)  It began to deflate the South's overconfidence. 
C)  It showed the strategic importance of ironclad warships. 
D)  It cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana to the main Confederate forces. 
E)  It showed the genius of General George McClellan's wait-and-see approach. 
A)  It reopened the Ohio River to Northern trade. 
B)  It began to deflate the South's overconfidence. 
C)  It showed the strategic importance of ironclad warships. 
D)  It cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana to the main Confederate forces. 
E)  It showed the genius of General George McClellan's wait-and-see approach.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donels

Question 13

The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was actually better than a victory because

Accepted Answer

A)  Lincoln immediately brought Ulysses S. Grant in to command the Army of the Potomac. 
B)  the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. 
C)  "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. 
D)  it caused Lincoln to declare a war against slavery. 
E)  it forced the Union to develop a strategic battle plan. 
A)  Lincoln immediately brought Ulysses S. Grant in to command the Army of the Potomac. 
B)  the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war. 
C)  "Stonewall" Jackson was killed. 
D)  it caused Lincoln to declare a war against slavery. 
E)  it forced the Union to develop a strategic battle plan.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas J.("Stonewall")Jackson

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War

Accepted Answer

The Congressional Committee on the Condu

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thirteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 17

At the beginning of the Civil War,President Abraham Lincoln and northern newspapers expected that

Accepted Answer

A)  the South would avoid the battlefield at all costs. 
B)  the conflict would incite a slave rebellion. 
C)  the war would be long and drawn out. 
D)  a quick Union military victory would show the folly of secession. 
E)  the Union would need to simply control the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. 
A)  the South would avoid the battlefield at all costs. 
B)  the conflict would incite a slave rebellion. 
C)  the war would be long and drawn out. 
D)  a quick Union military victory would show the folly of secession. 
E)  the Union would need to simply control the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Question 18

If the Confederacy had superior military leaders throughout most of the war,why was it not the victor? What other factors came into play in determining the war's final outcome?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy's superior military lead

Question 19

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

Accepted Answer

A)  British navy vessels on loan to the South. 
B)  swift blockade-running clipper ships. 
C)  the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors. 
D)  the ironclad Virginia. 
E)  the ironclad Monitor. 
A)  British navy vessels on loan to the South. 
B)  swift blockade-running clipper ships. 
C)  the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors. 
D)  the ironclad Virginia. 
E)  the ironclad Monitor.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Union party

Accepted Answer

The Union Party was a political coalitio

Exam 21: The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The first battle of the Civil War in 1861 was at _____,and it was won by _____.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Pickett

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wilderness Campaign

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

Among the casualties of the Civil War were

What happened at the Seven Days´ Battles in July 1862?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Appomattox Courthouse

In the election of 1864,the Republicans joined with the prowar Democrats and founded the ____ party.

Why did the failure of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign actually alter the character and outcome of the Civil War? Would slavery have survived if the war had ended in 1862 with a Union victory by McClellan?

What was one of the reasons that the Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was actually better than a victory because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas J.("Stonewall")Jackson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thirteenth Amendment

At the beginning of the Civil War,President Abraham Lincoln and northern newspapers expected that

If the Confederacy had superior military leaders throughout most of the war,why was it not the victor? What other factors came into play in determining the war's final outcome?

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Union party

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