Question 1

Members of the postwar James Younger gang were Confederate bushwhackers during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The South's voluntary embargo of cotton exports suggested to British and French diplomats that the Union blockade was at least partly effective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Crittenden Compromise

Accepted Answer

A) promised to protect slavery in all territories south of 36° 30'. 
B) guaranteed more representation to southern states in the House of Representatives. 
C) denied the right of slaveholders to be compensated for runaway slaves. 
D) argued for popular sovereignty on the slavery question. 
E) received strong support in the South. 
A) promised to protect slavery in all territories south of 36° 30'. 
B) guaranteed more representation to southern states in the House of Representatives. 
C) denied the right of slaveholders to be compensated for runaway slaves. 
D) argued for popular sovereignty on the slavery question. 
E) received strong support in the South.

Question 4

Southerners defended their withdrawal from the Union by asserting that the leaders of the American Revolution were also secessionists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Explore the early campaigns and strategies of 1861 and 1862. What were the goals of both the Union and the Confederacy? Could the war have ended at this early point?

Accepted Answer

The early campaigns and strategies of 18

Question 6

____________________ was the highest-ranking general on either side to be killed during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

Albert Sid

Question 7

The South relied on all of the following to finance the war except

Accepted Answer

A) treasury notes. 
B) loans. 
C) taxation. 
D) new currency. 
E) foreign investment. 
A) treasury notes. 
B) loans. 
C) taxation. 
D) new currency. 
E) foreign investment.

Question 8

The Confederacy attempted to address its financial crises via highly unpopular ________________________

Accepted Answer

tax legisl

Question 9

Lincoln was sending ____________________ to Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Lincoln was sending ____________________ to Fort Sumter....

Question 10

The Trent Affair

Accepted Answer

A) almost ended the Civil War before it began. 
B) was as close as the South came to winning the war. 
C) almost ruptured British-American relations. 
D) broke off relations between the South and Britain. 
E) prevented the South from shipping cotton to South America. 
A) almost ended the Civil War before it began. 
B) was as close as the South came to winning the war. 
C) almost ruptured British-American relations. 
D) broke off relations between the South and Britain. 
E) prevented the South from shipping cotton to South America.

Question 11

Democratic Party rules in effect gave Southerners veto power over the selection of the party's presidential nominee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

____ of the white population in the border states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri) favored the Union.

Accepted Answer

A) one-quarter 
B) one-half 
C) two-thirds 
D) three-quarters 
E) nine-tenths 
A) one-quarter 
B) one-half 
C) two-thirds 
D) three-quarters 
E) nine-tenths

Question 13

The south had the capacity to build a strong navy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Before 1860 southerners had

Accepted Answer

A) controlled the presidency most of the time. 
B) been a majority on the Supreme Court. 
C) provided the leadership of both the House. 
D) provided the leadership of the Senate. 
E) all of these choices. 
A) controlled the presidency most of the time. 
B) been a majority on the Supreme Court. 
C) provided the leadership of both the House. 
D) provided the leadership of the Senate. 
E) all of these choices.

Question 15

All of the following were northern advantages except

Accepted Answer

A) greater population. 
B) defensive war as a strategy. 
C) greater industrial production. 
D) larger military. 
E) superior resources. 
A) greater population. 
B) defensive war as a strategy. 
C) greater industrial production. 
D) larger military. 
E) superior resources.

Question 16

As 1860 began, the ____________________ Party was one of the few national institutions left in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As 1860 began, the ____________________ Party was...

Question 17

The Battle of Shiloh was a Union victory that hurt Ulysses S. Grant's image.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Examine the election of 1860. What were the issues that divided the two parties? How were these issues resolved?

Accepted Answer

The election of 1860 was a pivotal momen

Question 19

All Republicans insisted that slavery be kept out of all future territories, even if doing so destroyed the Union.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Battle of Shiloh began with the Union on the attack.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

Members of the postwar James Younger gang were Confederate bushwhackers during the Civil War.

The South's voluntary embargo of cotton exports suggested to British and French diplomats that the Union blockade was at least partly effective.

The Crittenden Compromise

Southerners defended their withdrawal from the Union by asserting that the leaders of the American Revolution were also secessionists.

Explore the early campaigns and strategies of 1861 and 1862. What were the goals of both the Union and the Confederacy? Could the war have ended at this early point?

____________________ was the highest-ranking general on either side to be killed during the Civil War.

The South relied on all of the following to finance the war except

The Confederacy attempted to address its financial crises via highly unpopular ________________________

Lincoln was sending ____________________ to Fort Sumter.

The Trent Affair

Democratic Party rules in effect gave Southerners veto power over the selection of the party's presidential nominee.

____ of the white population in the border states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri) favored the Union.

The south had the capacity to build a strong navy.

Before 1860 southerners had

All of the following were northern advantages except

As 1860 began, the ____________________ Party was one of the few national institutions left in the United States.

The Battle of Shiloh was a Union victory that hurt Ulysses S. Grant's image.

Examine the election of 1860. What were the issues that divided the two parties? How were these issues resolved?

All Republicans insisted that slavery be kept out of all future territories, even if doing so destroyed the Union.

The Battle of Shiloh began with the Union on the attack.

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Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

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