Question 1

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Atlanta

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 2

Assess the validity of the following statement,"The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation without emancipation."

Accepted Answer

The statement "The Emancipation Proclama

Question 3

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 4

During the Civil War

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A)  blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. 
B)  Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. 
C)  thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. 
D)  about one out of every four Union troops was black. 
E)  captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates. 
A)  blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. 
B)  Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. 
C)  thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. 
D)  about one out of every four Union troops was black. 
E)  captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Union Party was a political coalitio

Question 6

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

Accepted Answer

A)  Lee's army was effectively shattered. 
B)  it guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864. 
C)  Philadelphia and New York were safe from attack. 
D)  Lee's military genius and right-hand man, Stonewall Jackson, was killed. 
E)  Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed. 
A)  Lee's army was effectively shattered. 
B)  it guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864. 
C)  Philadelphia and New York were safe from attack. 
D)  Lee's military genius and right-hand man, Stonewall Jackson, was killed. 
E)  Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed.

Question 7

To what extent did the Civil War slow the United States Industrial Revolution,or did it help usher in modern America?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War had a complex impact on th

Question 8

Slaves hindered the Confederacy's war efforts in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A)  work slowdowns and strikes that diminished productivity. 
B)  instilling a fear of insurrections. 
C)  creating the need for white men to guard slaves when they could have been on the warfront. 
D)  serving as spies, guides and scouts for the Union army. 
E)  poisoning military food supplies. 
A)  work slowdowns and strikes that diminished productivity. 
B)  instilling a fear of insurrections. 
C)  creating the need for white men to guard slaves when they could have been on the warfront. 
D)  serving as spies, guides and scouts for the Union army. 
E)  poisoning military food supplies.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-David G.Farragut

Accepted Answer

David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870) was a

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Antietam

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Antietam, also known as th

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

List the three most significant immediate consequences of the Civil War.Justify your selection and indicate which one consequence you think was the most important and why.

Accepted Answer

The three most significant immediate con

Question 13

The Union army's success in the capture of ____ was probably critical to Lincoln's reelection in 1864.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gettysburg and Harrisburg 
B)  Richmond and Appomattox 
C)  Vicksburg and Port Hudson 
D)  Charleston and Columbia 
E)  Atlanta and Mobile 
A)  Gettysburg and Harrisburg 
B)  Richmond and Appomattox 
C)  Vicksburg and Port Hudson 
D)  Charleston and Columbia 
E)  Atlanta and Mobile

Question 14

The Civil War has also been called the "War Between the States" and the "War for Southern Independence." Which of the three titles do you find most apt? Why?

Accepted Answer

I find the title "The Civil War" to be t

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to prove their manhood and increase their claim to full 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 
A)  wanted to prove their manhood and increase their claim to full 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

Question 16

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Vicksburg

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 17

As a theorist of warfare,General William T.Sherman was

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A)  a master of the quick, surprising attack. 
B)  careful to avoid "collateral damage" to civilian lives and property. 
C)  a believer in siege warfare. 
D)  insistent on maintaining strict military discipline among his troops. 
E)  a pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian morale. 
A)  a master of the quick, surprising attack. 
B)  careful to avoid "collateral damage" to civilian lives and property. 
C)  a believer in siege warfare. 
D)  insistent on maintaining strict military discipline among his troops. 
E)  a pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian morale.

Question 18

Explain the economic,military,and diplomatic results of the Union victory and Confederate defeat in the Civil War.What do you think was the main reason that the South lost? Explain your choice.

Accepted Answer

The Union victory and Confederate defeat

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Clement L.Vallandigham

Accepted Answer

Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820–1871) w

Question 20

Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the

Accepted Answer

A)  Union victory over the Confederates at Gettysburg. 
B)  surrender terms of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. 
C)  Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  statutes of the individual states. 
E)  Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
A)  Union victory over the Confederates at Gettysburg. 
B)  surrender terms of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. 
C)  Emancipation Proclamation. 
D)  statutes of the individual states. 
E)  Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

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

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Atlanta

Assess the validity of the following statement,"The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation without emancipation."

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

During the Civil War

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

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

To what extent did the Civil War slow the United States Industrial Revolution,or did it help usher in modern America?

Slaves hindered the Confederacy's war efforts in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -David G.Farragut

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Antietam

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

List the three most significant immediate consequences of the Civil War.Justify your selection and indicate which one consequence you think was the most important and why.

The Union army's success in the capture of ____ was probably critical to Lincoln's reelection in 1864.

The Civil War has also been called the "War Between the States" and the "War for Southern Independence." Which of the three titles do you find most apt? Why?

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

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Vicksburg

As a theorist of warfare,General William T.Sherman was

Explain the economic,military,and diplomatic results of the Union victory and Confederate defeat in the Civil War.What do you think was the main reason that the South lost? Explain your choice.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Clement L.Vallandigham

Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the

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American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

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

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

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Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

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The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

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Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

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The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

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Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

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