Question 1

The siege at Fort Sumter lasted for ten days.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

At the Battle of the Seven Days,Confederate armies prevented George McClellan from capturing which vital Southern city?

Accepted Answer

A) Atlanta 
B) Charleston 
C) Richmond 
D) New Orleans 
E) Memphis 
A) Atlanta 
B) Charleston 
C) Richmond 
D) New Orleans 
E) Memphis

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-National Banking Act

Accepted Answer

part of the Republican economi

Question 4

Who of the following did not run for the presidency in 1860?

Accepted Answer

A) John C.Breckinridge 
B) Stephen Douglas 
C) William Seward 
D) John Bell 
E) Abraham Lincoln 
A) John C.Breckinridge 
B) Stephen Douglas 
C) William Seward 
D) John Bell 
E) Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

____________________ refused Southern requests to withdraw federal troops from Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ refused Southern requests to withdraw federal...

Question 6

Jefferson Davis was chosen president of the Confederacy because he was

Accepted Answer

A) the most outspoken of the radical secessionists. 
B) a nephew of George Washington and would therefore make the Confederacy more legitimate. 
C) a moderate who had extensive military and political experience. 
D) the only person who wanted to assume the office. 
E) from the North. 
A) the most outspoken of the radical secessionists. 
B) a nephew of George Washington and would therefore make the Confederacy more legitimate. 
C) a moderate who had extensive military and political experience. 
D) the only person who wanted to assume the office. 
E) from the North.

Question 7

John J.Crittenden,the man who led the compromise efforts before the Civil War came from the state of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of John J.Crittenden,the man who led the compromise...

Question 8

The most lethal weapon in the Civil War was which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) cannon 
B) infantry rifle 
C) bayonet 
D) musket 
E) maxim machine gun 
A) cannon 
B) infantry rifle 
C) bayonet 
D) musket 
E) maxim machine gun

Question 9

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 10

At the beginning of the war,the Confederacy benefited from its

Accepted Answer

A) loyal slaves,many of whom were recruited as soldiers. 
B) friendly relations with European countries that gave money and supplies to the "new nation." 
C) calm and reasonable leaders who created sympathy for "the cause" among Northern conservatives. 
D) rural traditions of hunting and riding that prepared its population for military activities. 
E) large numbers of factories. 
A) loyal slaves,many of whom were recruited as soldiers. 
B) friendly relations with European countries that gave money and supplies to the "new nation." 
C) calm and reasonable leaders who created sympathy for "the cause" among Northern conservatives. 
D) rural traditions of hunting and riding that prepared its population for military activities. 
E) large numbers of factories.

Question 11

Leaders of the Union and the Confederacy both foresaw a long,bloody struggle as war began in 1861.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-King Cotton diplomacy

Accepted Answer

Confederate foreign policy based on idea

Question 13

The government measure that modernized the American monetary system was the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

National B

Question 14

The northern economy was weaker than the southern economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was

Accepted Answer

A) poor training and inexperience of the troops. 
B) inadequate supplies and war materials. 
C) resistance to the draft. 
D) Lincoln's hesitancy in pressing the war effort. 
E) McClellan's reluctance to fight. 
A) poor training and inexperience of the troops. 
B) inadequate supplies and war materials. 
C) resistance to the draft. 
D) Lincoln's hesitancy in pressing the war effort. 
E) McClellan's reluctance to fight.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thomas J.Jackson

Accepted Answer

A native Virginian,General Jac

Question 17

Lincoln carried 5 southern states with few electoral ballots.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Southerners considered the Republican pledge not to interfere with slavery in the states meaningless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Lincoln instituted a Union blockade of Confederate ports three months after the surrender of Fort Sumter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Maryland and Missouri were the only two slave states that did not secede.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

The siege at Fort Sumter lasted for ten days.

At the Battle of the Seven Days,Confederate armies prevented George McClellan from capturing which vital Southern city?

IDENTIFICATIONS -National Banking Act

Who of the following did not run for the presidency in 1860?

____________________ refused Southern requests to withdraw federal troops from Fort Sumter.

Jefferson Davis was chosen president of the Confederacy because he was

John J.Crittenden,the man who led the compromise efforts before the Civil War came from the state of ____________________.

The most lethal weapon in the Civil War was which of the following?

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

At the beginning of the war,the Confederacy benefited from its

Leaders of the Union and the Confederacy both foresaw a long,bloody struggle as war began in 1861.

IDENTIFICATIONS -King Cotton diplomacy

The government measure that modernized the American monetary system was the ____________________.

The northern economy was weaker than the southern economy.

One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thomas J.Jackson

Lincoln carried 5 southern states with few electoral ballots.

Southerners considered the Republican pledge not to interfere with slavery in the states meaningless.

Lincoln instituted a Union blockade of Confederate ports three months after the surrender of Fort Sumter.

Maryland and Missouri were the only two slave states that did not secede.

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