Question 1

The Confederate incursion into Maryland in September 1862 went well at the start.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the Civil War, Lincoln violated the civil rights of antiwar activists by having them arrested and held without trial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Women had few opportunities for advancement during the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The prisoner-of-war issue became a serious problem

Accepted Answer

A) after the Union began organizing regiments of former slaves. 
B) during the election of 1864. 
C) after the original prison compounds filled up. 
D) because of both sides' plans for mass executions of prisoners. 
E) when the Union began deporting prisoners to Mexico. 
A) after the Union began organizing regiments of former slaves. 
B) during the election of 1864. 
C) after the original prison compounds filled up. 
D) because of both sides' plans for mass executions of prisoners. 
E) when the Union began deporting prisoners to Mexico.

Question 5

The Twenty Negro Law

Accepted Answer

A) replaced the three-fifths rule as the method of counting slaves for representation purposes. 
B) gave a draft exemption for one white man on each plantation that owned at least twenty slaves. 
C) provided that no more than twenty Negroes per week could be liberated by the Union Army. 
D) assigned free blacks and fugitive slaves to white military units in groups of twenty or more. 
E) required each plantation to sent twenty Negroes to help the army. 
A) replaced the three-fifths rule as the method of counting slaves for representation purposes. 
B) gave a draft exemption for one white man on each plantation that owned at least twenty slaves. 
C) provided that no more than twenty Negroes per week could be liberated by the Union Army. 
D) assigned free blacks and fugitive slaves to white military units in groups of twenty or more. 
E) required each plantation to sent twenty Negroes to help the army.

Question 6

Lincoln decided in July 1862 to issue an emancipation proclamation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

____________________ replaced George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ replaced George B. McClellan as commander...

Question 8

With Lincoln's reelection to the presidency, Confederate President Jefferson Davis began supporting surrender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was

Accepted Answer

A) a black regiment that fought bravely and suffered heavy casualties at Fort Wagner. 
B) the only black battalion in the Union Army. 
C) the honor guard for President Lincoln. 
D) commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman at Vicksburg. 
E) responsible for the Union victory at Gettysburg. 
A) a black regiment that fought bravely and suffered heavy casualties at Fort Wagner. 
B) the only black battalion in the Union Army. 
C) the honor guard for President Lincoln. 
D) commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman at Vicksburg. 
E) responsible for the Union victory at Gettysburg.

Question 10

The Homestead Act granted ____________________ acres of land to farmers who lived on it for five years.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Homestead Act granted ____________________ acres of...

Question 11

Sherman's march through Georgia encountered little resistance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The worst draft riot occurred in ____________________ in 1863.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The worst draft riot occurred in ____________________...

Question 13

Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation came as a total surprise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In mid-1863, the main problem faced by the Confederacy was

Accepted Answer

A) poor military and governmental leadership. 
B) low morale. 
C) threat of slave revolts. 
D) food shortages and hyperinflation. 
E) inability to dispatch troops to fight the north directly. 
A) poor military and governmental leadership. 
B) low morale. 
C) threat of slave revolts. 
D) food shortages and hyperinflation. 
E) inability to dispatch troops to fight the north directly.

Question 15

Initially, black troops were recruited in the North in order to

Accepted Answer

A) make it clear that this was a war about equal rights. 
B) show the ability of black troops. 
C) inspire slave insurrections in the South. 
D) free up white men for domestic jobs. 
E) answer the need for more troops. 
A) make it clear that this was a war about equal rights. 
B) show the ability of black troops. 
C) inspire slave insurrections in the South. 
D) free up white men for domestic jobs. 
E) answer the need for more troops.

Question 16

"Copperheads" were

Accepted Answer

A) fugitive slaves who came into Union army camps. 
B) Republicans who opposed Lincoln because he refused to emancipate the slaves. 
C) Peace Democrats. 
D) Union army commanders who adopted the tactic of total war the South. 
E) abolitionists. 
A) fugitive slaves who came into Union army camps. 
B) Republicans who opposed Lincoln because he refused to emancipate the slaves. 
C) Peace Democrats. 
D) Union army commanders who adopted the tactic of total war the South. 
E) abolitionists.

Question 17

Examine the role of women in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The role of women in the Civil War was s

Question 18

The border states voted in favor of compensated emancipation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Army of Tennessee was largely destroyed in the Battle of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Army of Tennessee was largely destroyed...

Question 20

Several Southern black regiments fought during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The Confederate incursion into Maryland in September 1862 went well at the start.

During the Civil War, Lincoln violated the civil rights of antiwar activists by having them arrested and held without trial.

Women had few opportunities for advancement during the war.

The prisoner-of-war issue became a serious problem

The Twenty Negro Law

Lincoln decided in July 1862 to issue an emancipation proclamation.

____________________ replaced George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

With Lincoln's reelection to the presidency, Confederate President Jefferson Davis began supporting surrender.

The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was

The Homestead Act granted ____________________ acres of land to farmers who lived on it for five years.

Sherman's march through Georgia encountered little resistance.

The worst draft riot occurred in ____________________ in 1863.

Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation came as a total surprise.

In mid-1863, the main problem faced by the Confederacy was

Initially, black troops were recruited in the North in order to

"Copperheads" were

Examine the role of women in the Civil War.

The border states voted in favor of compensated emancipation.

The Army of Tennessee was largely destroyed in the Battle of ____________________.

Several Southern black regiments fought during the Civil War.

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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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