Question 1

The 1860 Republican Party platform called for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) a higher tariff. 
B) a homestead act. 
C) abolition. 
D) federal aid for a transcontinental railroad. 
E) federal program to improve river transportation. 
A) a higher tariff. 
B) a homestead act. 
C) abolition. 
D) federal aid for a transcontinental railroad. 
E) federal program to improve river transportation.

Question 2

The total Confederate population of 9 million included ____ slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) 1.6 million 
B) 2.1 million 
C) 2.9 million 
D) 1 million 
E) 3.7 million 
A) 1.6 million 
B) 2.1 million 
C) 2.9 million 
D) 1 million 
E) 3.7 million

Question 3

Seceded states did not seize federal property within their borders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-George B.McClellan

Accepted Answer

Union commander,superb organiz

Question 6

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was drawn up in

Accepted Answer

A) Atlanta,Georgia. 
B) Montgomery,Alabama. 
C) Richmond,Virginia. 
D) Charleston,South Carolina. 
E) Austin,Texas 
A) Atlanta,Georgia. 
B) Montgomery,Alabama. 
C) Richmond,Virginia. 
D) Charleston,South Carolina. 
E) Austin,Texas

Question 7

A new kind of tax authorized by the U.S.Congress during the Civil War was the ____________________ tax.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A new kind of tax authorized by...

Question 8

The Confederacy won a decisive victory at the Battle of Shiloh.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following slave states did not secede from the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Kansas 
B) Kentucky 
C) Arkansas 
D) Tennessee 
E) Texas 
A) Kansas 
B) Kentucky 
C) Arkansas 
D) Tennessee 
E) Texas

Question 10

Lincoln was sending ____________________ to Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

The south had the capacity to build a strong navy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Republican platform of 1860 called for the abolition of slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The appointment of ____ to command Confederate armies in Virginia marked a turning point in the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson 
B) J.E.B.Stuart 
C) Robert E.Lee 
D) Joseph Johnston 
E) Jefferson Davis 
A) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson 
B) J.E.B.Stuart 
C) Robert E.Lee 
D) Joseph Johnston 
E) Jefferson Davis

Question 14

Lincoln's cabinet advised him not to withdraw the federal troops from Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Many Republicans opposed the Crittenden Compromise because they feared that it would

Accepted Answer

A) turn the U.S.into a "slavebreeding and slavetrading empire." 
B) bring the British into the war. 
C) surrender all of the western territories to the South. 
D) reunite the Democratic Party. 
E) cause war with Mexico. 
A) turn the U.S.into a "slavebreeding and slavetrading empire." 
B) bring the British into the war. 
C) surrender all of the western territories to the South. 
D) reunite the Democratic Party. 
E) cause war with Mexico.

Question 16

Southern moderates were convinced that secession was not inevitable if Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Robert E.Lee

Accepted Answer

Confederate commander of the A

Question 18

During the Civil War,the state of Missouri

Accepted Answer

A) seceded and joined the Confederacy. 
B) was invaded by Confederate troops and remained under their military control. 
C) was torn by a vicious guerrilla war between Confederate bushwhackers and Union jayhawkers. 
D) contributed more men to the Union Army than any other state. 
E) attempted to create a western confederacy. 
A) seceded and joined the Confederacy. 
B) was invaded by Confederate troops and remained under their military control. 
C) was torn by a vicious guerrilla war between Confederate bushwhackers and Union jayhawkers. 
D) contributed more men to the Union Army than any other state. 
E) attempted to create a western confederacy.

Question 19

The first battle of the "ironclads" at Hampton Roads was significant because

Accepted Answer

A) the Confederate navy lost its only metal-plated ship and never built another. 
B) it proved that steam-powered ships were too dangerous to use in coastal waters. 
C) it was the biggest Union naval victory of the war. 
D) it demonstrated that a new era of naval technology had begun. 
E) it proved the effectiveness of submarine warfare. 
A) the Confederate navy lost its only metal-plated ship and never built another. 
B) it proved that steam-powered ships were too dangerous to use in coastal waters. 
C) it was the biggest Union naval victory of the war. 
D) it demonstrated that a new era of naval technology had begun. 
E) it proved the effectiveness of submarine warfare.

Question 20

The vice president of the Confederacy was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The vice president of the Confederacy was...

Exam 15: Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

The 1860 Republican Party platform called for all of the following except

The total Confederate population of 9 million included ____ slaves.

Seceded states did not seize federal property within their borders.

All of the following were northern advantages except

IDENTIFICATIONS -George B.McClellan

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was drawn up in

A new kind of tax authorized by the U.S.Congress during the Civil War was the ____________________ tax.

The Confederacy won a decisive victory at the Battle of Shiloh.

Which of the following slave states did not secede from the United States?

Lincoln was sending ____________________ to Fort Sumter.

The south had the capacity to build a strong navy.

The Republican platform of 1860 called for the abolition of slavery.

The appointment of ____ to command Confederate armies in Virginia marked a turning point in the Civil War.

Lincoln's cabinet advised him not to withdraw the federal troops from Fort Sumter.

Many Republicans opposed the Crittenden Compromise because they feared that it would

Southern moderates were convinced that secession was not inevitable if Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Robert E.Lee

During the Civil War,the state of Missouri

The first battle of the "ironclads" at Hampton Roads was significant because

The vice president of the Confederacy was ____________________.

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