Question 1

Lincoln's early effort to negotiate a peace in December 1863 included all of the following terms except ​

Accepted Answer

A) Return of all property and slaves to those who pledged a loyalty oath to the Union 
B) Southern states could form new state governments once 10 percent of the voters in 1860 pledged their loyalty to the Union 
C) ​Former Confederate leaders were not included in this offer 
D) ​New education and other programs would assist former slaves 
A) Return of all property and slaves to those who pledged a loyalty oath to the Union 
B) Southern states could form new state governments once 10 percent of the voters in 1860 pledged their loyalty to the Union 
C) ​Former Confederate leaders were not included in this offer 
D) ​New education and other programs would assist former slaves A

Question 2

The battle at Gettysburg led Lincoln to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The Republican Party chose a Tennessee Democrat as Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate during the 1864election.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Of the 45,000 Union men held as prisoners of war at Andersonville,approximately 20 percent died.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

John Wilkes Booth,who assassinated President Lincoln,had been a slave owner. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

To raise an army,the Union ​

Accepted Answer

A) Enlisted rich and poor men side by side 
B) Saw the creation of immigrant-specific units 
C) ​Required troops to serve for three years 
D) ​All of these choices 
A) Enlisted rich and poor men side by side 
B) Saw the creation of immigrant-specific units 
C) ​Required troops to serve for three years 
D) ​All of these choices

Question 7

Who served as superintendent of nurses for the Union army? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Dorothea Dix 
B) Clara Barton 
C) ​Louisa May Alcott 
D) ​Walt Whitman 
E) ​Kate Cumming 
A) Dorothea Dix 
B) Clara Barton 
C) ​Louisa May Alcott 
D) ​Walt Whitman 
E) ​Kate Cumming

Question 8

Tennessee was the second state to secede from the Union.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Andersonville was the prisoner of war camp in Georgia,where an estimated one-third of the prisoners died.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What caused the bread riot? ​

Accepted Answer

A) A lack of sufficient supplies of bread during the wartime South 
B) Widespread starvation 
C) ​Suspicions that merchants created wartime shortages of flour to drive prices up 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​None of these 
A) A lack of sufficient supplies of bread during the wartime South 
B) Widespread starvation 
C) ​Suspicions that merchants created wartime shortages of flour to drive prices up 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​None of these

Question 11

In attempting to resupply Fort Sumter after South Carolina's secession,Lincoln unintentionally maneuvered the South into firing the first shots of the Civil War.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Britain did not come to the aid of the Confederacy - as the latter had hoped - because ​

Accepted Answer

A) Its leaders clashed with Jefferson Davis 
B) It had stockpiled cotton and did not need to trade with the South 
C) ​It had signed a treaty of alliance with the North 
D) ​It resented the South's relationship with France 
A) Its leaders clashed with Jefferson Davis 
B) It had stockpiled cotton and did not need to trade with the South 
C) ​It had signed a treaty of alliance with the North 
D) ​It resented the South's relationship with France

Question 13

The Civil War was financed through ​

Accepted Answer

A) loans. 
B) taxes. 
C) ​the printing of paper money. 
D) ​All of these 
A) loans. 
B) taxes. 
C) ​the printing of paper money. 
D) ​All of these

Question 14

What did the war mean for women's lives? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Opportunities to serve as nurses or spies 
B) New jobs in government 
C) ​Financial difficulties 
D) ​All of these choices 
A) Opportunities to serve as nurses or spies 
B) New jobs in government 
C) ​Financial difficulties 
D) ​All of these choices

Question 15

Class tensions during the war escalated due to ​

Accepted Answer

A) Wealthy people's hoarding of food and gold 
B) Common southerner's resentment that richer classes could avoid the draft 
C) ​Claims that richer classes managed to gain tax exemptions that lower classes could not 
D) ​All of the above 
E) ​None of the above 
A) Wealthy people's hoarding of food and gold 
B) Common southerner's resentment that richer classes could avoid the draft 
C) ​Claims that richer classes managed to gain tax exemptions that lower classes could not 
D) ​All of the above 
E) ​None of the above

Question 16

All of the following were the advantages the Confederacy had over the Union at the start of the Civil War except ​

Accepted Answer

A) A larger geographical terrain to navigate 
B) Its long border with Mexico 
C) ​Its large industrial capacity 
D) ​A network of country roads that made sneak attacks possible 
E) ​Generals with greater military experience than those in the North 
A) A larger geographical terrain to navigate 
B) Its long border with Mexico 
C) ​Its large industrial capacity 
D) ​A network of country roads that made sneak attacks possible 
E) ​Generals with greater military experience than those in the North

Question 17

The South's military strategy at the beginning of the war focused on ​

Accepted Answer

A) Attacking the northern commercial centers 
B) Focusing on a defensive approach 
C) Targeting Union military bases 
D) ​Blockading ships and supplies from entering the North 
E) ​All of these 
A) Attacking the northern commercial centers 
B) Focusing on a defensive approach 
C) Targeting Union military bases 
D) ​Blockading ships and supplies from entering the North 
E) ​All of these

Question 18

Why did President Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus? ​

Accepted Answer

A) To keep Missouri in the Union 
B) To keep Maryland secessionists in jail 
C) ​To encourage Kentucky to vote against secession 
D) ​Both to keep Missouri in the Union and Maryland secessionists in jail 
E) ​Both to keep Maryland secessionists in jail and encourage Kentucky to vote against secession 
A) To keep Missouri in the Union 
B) To keep Maryland secessionists in jail 
C) ​To encourage Kentucky to vote against secession 
D) ​Both to keep Missouri in the Union and Maryland secessionists in jail 
E) ​Both to keep Maryland secessionists in jail and encourage Kentucky to vote against secession

Question 19

What made Jefferson Davis seem a more likely wartime leader than Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

A) He had served in the war with Mexico 
B) He had previously served as Secretary of War 
C) ​He had served more time in political office 
D) ​All of these 
A) He had served in the war with Mexico 
B) He had previously served as Secretary of War 
C) ​He had served more time in political office 
D) ​All of these

Question 20

The Conscription Bureau was established in May 1863 to allow blacks to serve in the Union army.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Lincoln's early effort to negotiate a peace in December 1863 included all of the following terms except ​

The battle at Gettysburg led Lincoln to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.​

The Republican Party chose a Tennessee Democrat as Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate during the 1864election.​

Of the 45,000 Union men held as prisoners of war at Andersonville,approximately 20 percent died.​

John Wilkes Booth,who assassinated President Lincoln,had been a slave owner. ​

To raise an army,the Union ​

Who served as superintendent of nurses for the Union army? ​

Tennessee was the second state to secede from the Union.​

Andersonville was the prisoner of war camp in Georgia,where an estimated one-third of the prisoners died.​

What caused the bread riot? ​

In attempting to resupply Fort Sumter after South Carolina's secession,Lincoln unintentionally maneuvered the South into firing the first shots of the Civil War.​

Britain did not come to the aid of the Confederacy - as the latter had hoped - because ​

The Civil War was financed through ​

What did the war mean for women's lives? ​

Class tensions during the war escalated due to ​

All of the following were the advantages the Confederacy had over the Union at the start of the Civil War except ​

The South's military strategy at the beginning of the war focused on ​

Why did President Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus? ​

What made Jefferson Davis seem a more likely wartime leader than Abraham Lincoln?

The Conscription Bureau was established in May 1863 to allow blacks to serve in the Union army.​

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Lincoln's early effort to negotiate a peace in December 1863 included all of the following terms except

The battle at Gettysburg led Lincoln to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

The Republican Party chose a Tennessee Democrat as Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate during the 1864election.

Of the 45,000 Union men held as prisoners of war at Andersonville,approximately 20 percent died.

John Wilkes Booth,who assassinated President Lincoln,had been a slave owner.

To raise an army,the Union

Who served as superintendent of nurses for the Union army?

Tennessee was the second state to secede from the Union.

Andersonville was the prisoner of war camp in Georgia,where an estimated one-third of the prisoners died.

What caused the bread riot?

In attempting to resupply Fort Sumter after South Carolina's secession,Lincoln unintentionally maneuvered the South into firing the first shots of the Civil War.

Britain did not come to the aid of the Confederacy - as the latter had hoped - because

The Civil War was financed through

What did the war mean for women's lives?

Class tensions during the war escalated due to

All of the following were the advantages the Confederacy had over the Union at the start of the Civil War except

The South's military strategy at the beginning of the war focused on

Why did President Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

The Conscription Bureau was established in May 1863 to allow blacks to serve in the Union army.