Question 1

____________________ was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864.

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The answer of ____________________ was the Democratic presidential nominee in...

Question 2

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 send 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 send twenty Negroes to help the army.

Question 3

The single bloodiest day in American history took place at what Maryland battlefield?

Accepted Answer

A) Shiloh 
B) Wilderness 
C) Antietam 
D) Chancellorsville 
E) Fort Sumter 
A) Shiloh 
B) Wilderness 
C) Antietam 
D) Chancellorsville 
E) Fort Sumter

Question 4

Describe the Northern military strategy after Ulysses S.Grant became general-in-chief.How was the strategy different from that of previous Union commanders?

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Union military strategy before Grant ten

Question 5

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery immediately.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

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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 7

The Democratic Party's 1864 platform called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the North Democrats generally

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A) supported the draft. 
B) did not take a stand on the draft. 
C) pushed for a provision that allowed wealthy men to buy their way out of the draft. 
D) supported the draft for blacks but not for whites. 
E) opposed the draft. 
A) supported the draft. 
B) did not take a stand on the draft. 
C) pushed for a provision that allowed wealthy men to buy their way out of the draft. 
D) supported the draft for blacks but not for whites. 
E) opposed the draft.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-conscription

Accepted Answer

first black Union regiment;commanding of

Question 10

The Confederate government's position on the recruitment of slaves for the Southern armies was

Accepted Answer

A) never seriously considered. 
B) to assign each Confederate battalion one regiment of noncombat black troops to do menial jobs. 
C) to finally authorize the recruitment of slaves as soldiers just weeks before the war ended. 
D) approved by the Confederate Congress but the bill was vetoed by Jefferson Davis. 
E) to use slaves to fight for the Confederacy from the beginning of the war. 
A) never seriously considered. 
B) to assign each Confederate battalion one regiment of noncombat black troops to do menial jobs. 
C) to finally authorize the recruitment of slaves as soldiers just weeks before the war ended. 
D) approved by the Confederate Congress but the bill was vetoed by Jefferson Davis. 
E) to use slaves to fight for the Confederacy from the beginning of the war.

Question 11

One could avoid the draft in the South legally if

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A) they owned 20 slaves. 
B) they owned $50,000 worth of taxable property. 
C) their family was already serving. 
D) the majority of the male population of the town was already serving. 
E) if they had a religious justification for doing so. 
A) they owned 20 slaves. 
B) they owned $50,000 worth of taxable property. 
C) their family was already serving. 
D) the majority of the male population of the town was already serving. 
E) if they had a religious justification for doing so.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"blueprint for modern America"

Accepted Answer

phrase used to describe three measures p

Question 13

Describe the reasons for,and the general reaction to,the enlistment of black troops into the Union armies.

Accepted Answer

Clearly,one goal of enlisting black troo

Question 14

Grant's strategy as general-in-chief was to

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A) make occasional probes against the enemy and then quickly retreat. 
B) take Richmond. 
C) make constant attacks against Confederate forces on all fronts. 
D) avoid an all-out military showdown. 
E) starve the citizens of the Confederacy until they surrendered. 
A) make occasional probes against the enemy and then quickly retreat. 
B) take Richmond. 
C) make constant attacks against Confederate forces on all fronts. 
D) avoid an all-out military showdown. 
E) starve the citizens of the Confederacy until they surrendered.

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-54th Massachusetts Infantry

Accepted Answer

first black Union regiment;commanding of

Question 16

The most celebrated black regiment in the Union army was the

Accepted Answer

A) 10th Maine. 
B) 54th Massachusetts. 
C) 7th New York. 
D) 39th Illinois. 
E) Texas 5th. 
A) 10th Maine. 
B) 54th Massachusetts. 
C) 7th New York. 
D) 39th Illinois. 
E) Texas 5th.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-United States Sanitary Commission

Accepted Answer

established by the Women's Central Assoc

Question 18

Sherman's march through Georgia encountered little resistance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Bounty jumpers were men who

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A) changed political parties for a bribe. 
B) deserted the Confederacy and joined the Union army. 
C) enlisted for the bounty and then deserted. 
D) were slaves who left the plantations to join the Union army. 
E) supported the abolition of slavery. 
A) changed political parties for a bribe. 
B) deserted the Confederacy and joined the Union army. 
C) enlisted for the bounty and then deserted. 
D) were slaves who left the plantations to join the Union army. 
E) supported the abolition of slavery.

Question 20

In what area did women make the most visible impact during the war?

Accepted Answer

A) war industries 
B) taking control of plantations 
C) clerical roles 
D) medicine 
E) the arts 
A) war industries 
B) taking control of plantations 
C) clerical roles 
D) medicine 
E) the arts

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

____________________ was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864.

The Twenty Negro Law

The single bloodiest day in American history took place at what Maryland battlefield?

Describe the Northern military strategy after Ulysses S.Grant became general-in-chief.How was the strategy different from that of previous Union commanders?

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery immediately.

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

The Democratic Party's 1864 platform called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

In the North Democrats generally

IDENTIFICATIONS -conscription

The Confederate government's position on the recruitment of slaves for the Southern armies was

One could avoid the draft in the South legally if

IDENTIFICATIONS -"blueprint for modern America"

Describe the reasons for,and the general reaction to,the enlistment of black troops into the Union armies.

Grant's strategy as general-in-chief was to

IDENTIFICATIONS -54th Massachusetts Infantry

The most celebrated black regiment in the Union army was the

IDENTIFICATIONS -United States Sanitary Commission

Sherman's march through Georgia encountered little resistance.

Bounty jumpers were men who

In what area did women make the most visible impact during the war?

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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