Question 1

Explore the diplomatic efforts of both the Confederacy and the Union to enlist foreign support.Which side was more successful?

Accepted Answer

Both North and South felt they needed st

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jefferson Davis

Accepted Answer

moderate secessionist from Mis

Question 3

Constitutional Union Party presidential candidate John Bell had no chance of winning the election of 1860.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Anaconda Plan was

Accepted Answer

A) Secretary of State William Seward's program for ensuring the loyalty of the Anaconda Indians during the war. 
B) General Winfield Scott's strategy for encircling and squeezing the South into submission. 
C) a congressional design for building dams and flood controls on the Anaconda River. 
D) the Confederate battle plan for the attack at Bull Run. 
E) a Union plan for financing the war effort. 
A) Secretary of State William Seward's program for ensuring the loyalty of the Anaconda Indians during the war. 
B) General Winfield Scott's strategy for encircling and squeezing the South into submission. 
C) a congressional design for building dams and flood controls on the Anaconda River. 
D) the Confederate battle plan for the attack at Bull Run. 
E) a Union plan for financing the war effort.

Question 5

The Virginia Theater seemed to favor the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Virginia Theater seemed to favor the...

Question 6

Robert E.Lee joined the Confederacy because he

Accepted Answer

A) was offered more money by the Confederacy than he was making in the Union military. 
B) owned over two hundred slaves and feared that he would be bankrupted if they were freed. 
C) believed the Southern states had a constitutional right to secede from the Union. 
D) was anxious to help weaken the North. 
E) loved his home state of Virginia and could not fight against it. 
A) was offered more money by the Confederacy than he was making in the Union military. 
B) owned over two hundred slaves and feared that he would be bankrupted if they were freed. 
C) believed the Southern states had a constitutional right to secede from the Union. 
D) was anxious to help weaken the North. 
E) loved his home state of Virginia and could not fight against it.

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Anaconda Plan

Accepted Answer

Union General Winfield Scott's strategy

Question 8

Had the Confederacy lost the war in the spring of 1862,the South might have returned to the Union with slavery intact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The reputation of General Ulysses S.Grant was established in 1862

Accepted Answer

A) because of his brilliant service under McClellan in Virginia. 
B) with his stirring victories at Forts Donelson and Henry in Tennessee. 
C) with his important victory at Perryville. 
D) in defeat,at Bull Run. 
E) with his victory at Gettysburg. 
A) because of his brilliant service under McClellan in Virginia. 
B) with his stirring victories at Forts Donelson and Henry in Tennessee. 
C) with his important victory at Perryville. 
D) in defeat,at Bull Run. 
E) with his victory at Gettysburg.

Question 10

On the issue of secession,most Northerners agreed that

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A) the union was a voluntary association and therefore could be dissolved. 
B) the Southern states were an economic drain on the nation and so the North would actually profit from secession. 
C) secession was unconstitutional,treasonable,and impossible. 
D) the issue should be decided by the Supreme Court,not by the president. 
E) the issue should be decided by a nationwide referendum. 
A) the union was a voluntary association and therefore could be dissolved. 
B) the Southern states were an economic drain on the nation and so the North would actually profit from secession. 
C) secession was unconstitutional,treasonable,and impossible. 
D) the issue should be decided by the Supreme Court,not by the president. 
E) the issue should be decided by a nationwide referendum.

Question 11

Examine the various attempts on the part of the Union and the Confederacy to finance their war efforts.

Accepted Answer

The Union and the Confederacy used simil

Question 12

Over the course of the Civil War,a larger proportion of the North's male population of military age served in the military than did in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which was not a Northern military advantage over the South?

Accepted Answer

A) large manpower advantages 
B) better commanding officers in the field 
C) industrial advantages 
D) transportation and communications advantages 
E) greater bank capital and wealth 
A) large manpower advantages 
B) better commanding officers in the field 
C) industrial advantages 
D) transportation and communications advantages 
E) greater bank capital and wealth

Question 14

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 15

As the election of 1860 approached,the Republicans' leading presidential prospect was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As the election of 1860 approached,the Republicans'...

Question 16

____ 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 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Battle of Glorieta Pass

Accepted Answer

took place in March 1862 in New Mexico.C

Question 18

Not until the ____________________ of 1861 would the Union have a larger army than the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Not until the ____________________ of 1861 would...

Question 19

The Civil War began when Abraham Lincoln attempted to reinforce Fort Sumter with more Union troops,which was viewed as an act of war by the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The 1860 Republican platform was designed to appeal to many groups in the North.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

Explore the diplomatic efforts of both the Confederacy and the Union to enlist foreign support.Which side was more successful?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jefferson Davis

Constitutional Union Party presidential candidate John Bell had no chance of winning the election of 1860.

The Anaconda Plan was

The Virginia Theater seemed to favor the ____________________.

Robert E.Lee joined the Confederacy because he

IDENTIFICATIONS -Anaconda Plan

Had the Confederacy lost the war in the spring of 1862,the South might have returned to the Union with slavery intact.

The reputation of General Ulysses S.Grant was established in 1862

On the issue of secession,most Northerners agreed that

Examine the various attempts on the part of the Union and the Confederacy to finance their war efforts.

Over the course of the Civil War,a larger proportion of the North's male population of military age served in the military than did in the South.

Which was not a Northern military advantage over the South?

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

As the election of 1860 approached,the Republicans' leading presidential prospect was ____________________.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Battle of Glorieta Pass

Not until the ____________________ of 1861 would the Union have a larger army than the Confederacy.

The Civil War began when Abraham Lincoln attempted to reinforce Fort Sumter with more Union troops,which was viewed as an act of war by the South.

The 1860 Republican platform was designed to appeal to many groups in the North.

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