Question 1

Northern enlisted soldiers were expected to fight for the duration of the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Northern men who joined the army to collect the enlistment fee and then deserted were called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Northern men who joined the army to...

Question 3

The Emancipation Proclamation radically enlarged the purpose of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

By 1863, Confederate President Jefferson Davis

Accepted Answer

A) had become a very popular and heroic figure. 
B) had the complete support of Confederate governors. 
C) was an able commander-in-chief. 
D) had been executed. 
E) was losing respect and support throughout the South. 
A) had become a very popular and heroic figure. 
B) had the complete support of Confederate governors. 
C) was an able commander-in-chief. 
D) had been executed. 
E) was losing respect and support throughout the South.

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by an unstable Confederate supporter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A few black laborers in the South had unofficially fought for the Confederacy alongside their masters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

____________________ issued an order freeing the slaves of Missouri in 1861.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ issued an order freeing the slaves...

Question 8

Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in order to

Accepted Answer

A) arrest deserters from the Union army. 
B) hold fugitive slaves without bail. 
C) arrest rioters and antiwar activists. 
D) execute Confederate commanders. 
E) arrest his political opponents. 
A) arrest deserters from the Union army. 
B) hold fugitive slaves without bail. 
C) arrest rioters and antiwar activists. 
D) execute Confederate commanders. 
E) arrest his political opponents.

Question 9

Discuss the significance of race, class, and gender for both sides in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The significance of race, class, and gen

Question 10

The Southern prison camp where 13,000 Union soldiers died was

Accepted Answer

A) Shiloh. 
B) Andersonville. 
C) Franklin. 
D) Shenandoah. 
E) Chickamauga 
A) Shiloh. 
B) Andersonville. 
C) Franklin. 
D) Shenandoah. 
E) Chickamauga

Question 11

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery immediately.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What was the purpose of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? In what ways was the proclamation both important and successful?

Accepted Answer

The purpose of Lincoln's Emancipation Pr

Question 13

The planter class was underrepresented in the Confederate army.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Between 1860 and 1870 the South's share of the national wealth dropped from 30 percent to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Between 1860 and 1870 the South's share...

Question 15

The man who assassinated President Lincoln was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The man who assassinated President Lincoln was...

Question 16

Northern Democrats supported enlisting black troops to serve in the Union army.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

President Lincoln "deputized" newspaper editor Horace Greeley, authorizing him to meet with Confederate agents at Niagara Falls to discuss a possible peace with the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

____________________ was a black abolitionist whose sons fought for the Union in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was a black abolitionist whose sons...

Question 19

All except which of the following were results of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A) Slavery was abolished. 
B) The concept of secession was discredited. 
C) Power in national politics was transferred from the South to the North. 
D) The states' rights philosophy was upheld. 
E) The South was left impoverished. 
A) Slavery was abolished. 
B) The concept of secession was discredited. 
C) Power in national politics was transferred from the South to the North. 
D) The states' rights philosophy was upheld. 
E) The South was left impoverished.

Question 20

Examine both Northern and Southern politics from 1861 to 1865. In what ways did the internal political opposition faced by each government help or hinder the war effort?

Accepted Answer

During the Civil War from 1861 to 1865,

Exam 16: A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Northern enlisted soldiers were expected to fight for the duration of the war.

Northern men who joined the army to collect the enlistment fee and then deserted were called ____________________.

The Emancipation Proclamation radically enlarged the purpose of the Civil War.

By 1863, Confederate President Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by an unstable Confederate supporter.

A few black laborers in the South had unofficially fought for the Confederacy alongside their masters.

____________________ issued an order freeing the slaves of Missouri in 1861.

Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in order to

Discuss the significance of race, class, and gender for both sides in the Civil War.

The Southern prison camp where 13,000 Union soldiers died was

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery immediately.

What was the purpose of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? In what ways was the proclamation both important and successful?

The planter class was underrepresented in the Confederate army.

Between 1860 and 1870 the South's share of the national wealth dropped from 30 percent to ____________________.

The man who assassinated President Lincoln was ____________________.

Northern Democrats supported enlisting black troops to serve in the Union army.

President Lincoln "deputized" newspaper editor Horace Greeley, authorizing him to meet with Confederate agents at Niagara Falls to discuss a possible peace with the Confederacy.

____________________ was a black abolitionist whose sons fought for the Union in the Civil War.

All except which of the following were results of the Civil War?

Examine both Northern and Southern politics from 1861 to 1865. In what ways did the internal political opposition faced by each government help or hinder the war effort?

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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

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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