Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Over 600,000 died. 
B)  One out of every twelve men served in the war. 
C)  "Rifled" guns contributed to the killing. 
D)  American losses were greater than in World War II. 
E)  Most of the deaths occurred in battle. 
A)  Over 600,000 died. 
B)  One out of every twelve men served in the war. 
C)  "Rifled" guns contributed to the killing. 
D)  American losses were greater than in World War II. 
E)  Most of the deaths occurred in battle.

Question 2

What was the military strategy of each side at the start of the Civil War? How and why did it change as the war continued?

Accepted Answer

At the start of the Civil War, the milit

Question 3

Describe the Battle of Bull Run. Why was there a sense of naïve optimism, and what impact did the outcome have on both sides?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Bull Run, also known as th

Question 4

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Jefferson Davis

Accepted Answer

A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy 
A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy

Question 5

At Petersburg:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Confederates finally had superior numbers 
B)  Grant put the Confederates under siege 
C)  the armies fought in a burning forest 
D)  Lee received plentiful reinforcements 
E)  a victory boosted Confederate morale 
A)  the Confederates finally had superior numbers 
B)  Grant put the Confederates under siege 
C)  the armies fought in a burning forest 
D)  Lee received plentiful reinforcements 
E)  a victory boosted Confederate morale

Question 6

Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss how the Civil War was "the...

Question 7

All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  black army units never saw any significant action 
B)  the U.S. War Department Bureau of Colored Troops recruited free blacks and freed slaves, 80 percent of whom came from Southern states 
C)  blacks were paid less than their white counterparts 
D)  blacks could not be commissioned officers 
E)  only after the Emancipation Proclamation did the Union army recruit blacks in large numbers 
A)  black army units never saw any significant action 
B)  the U.S. War Department Bureau of Colored Troops recruited free blacks and freed slaves, 80 percent of whom came from Southern states 
C)  blacks were paid less than their white counterparts 
D)  blacks could not be commissioned officers 
E)  only after the Emancipation Proclamation did the Union army recruit blacks in large numbers

Question 8

Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had which one of the following legal options?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could hire a substitute. 
B)  They could leave the country. 
C)  They could volunteer for community service instead. 
D)  They could claim insanity. 
E)  They could claim to be a pacifist. 
A)  They could hire a substitute. 
B)  They could leave the country. 
C)  They could volunteer for community service instead. 
D)  They could claim insanity. 
E)  They could claim to be a pacifist.

Question 9

Lincoln stressed repeatedly that the "paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It freed all the slaves, including those in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. 
B)  It put the momentum squarely on the side of the Confederacy. 
C)  It prompted the Confederacy to surrender. 
D)  It caused the remaining border states to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. 
E)  It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery. 
A)  It freed all the slaves, including those in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. 
B)  It put the momentum squarely on the side of the Confederacy. 
C)  It prompted the Confederacy to surrender. 
D)  It caused the remaining border states to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. 
E)  It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery.

Question 11

The Emancipation Proclamation:

Accepted Answer

A)  called for a slave uprising 
B)  was justified by Lincoln as a military necessity 
C)  hurt U.S. relations with Britain and France 
D)  immediately freed every slave 
E)  reflected Lincoln's changing views on the morality of slavery 
A)  called for a slave uprising 
B)  was justified by Lincoln as a military necessity 
C)  hurt U.S. relations with Britain and France 
D)  immediately freed every slave 
E)  reflected Lincoln's changing views on the morality of slavery

Question 12

For many American women, the Civil War loosened traditional restraints on female activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-William T. Sherman

Accepted Answer

A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy 
A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy

Question 14

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-George B. McClellan

Accepted Answer

A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy 
A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy

Question 15

All of the following battles resulted in Confederate victories EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Vicksburg 
B)  First Bull Run 
C)  Second Bull Run 
D)  Chancellorsville 
E)  Fredericksburg 
A)  Vicksburg 
B)  First Bull Run 
C)  Second Bull Run 
D)  Chancellorsville 
E)  Fredericksburg

Question 16

Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the site of the most important battle in the eastern theater before 1864. 
B)  It was an important Union fortification on the Great Lakes. 
C)  It fell to Robert E. Lee in 1863. 
D)  It was the site of the first major Union victory. 
E)  When captured, it gave the Union full control of the Mississippi. 
A)  It was the site of the most important battle in the eastern theater before 1864. 
B)  It was an important Union fortification on the Great Lakes. 
C)  It fell to Robert E. Lee in 1863. 
D)  It was the site of the first major Union victory. 
E)  When captured, it gave the Union full control of the Mississippi.

Question 17

At the Battle of Chancellorsville:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Union turned back a Confederate invasion 
B)  Lee displayed his typical caution 
C)  Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility" 
D)  black troops turned the tide for the Union 
E)  General Hooker delivered the big victory Lincoln had been seeking 
A)  the Union turned back a Confederate invasion 
B)  Lee displayed his typical caution 
C)  Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility" 
D)  black troops turned the tide for the Union 
E)  General Hooker delivered the big victory Lincoln had been seeking

Question 18

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Thaddeus Stevens

Accepted Answer

A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy 
A) was Lincoln's second vice president 
B) was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men 
C) had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg 
D) was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans 
E) marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops,
and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy

Question 19

Four states joined the Confederacy after the outbreak of actual fighting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

List and describe briefly the reasons why the North won the Civil War. What were the North's strengths and advantages?

Accepted Answer

There were several key reasons why the N

Exam 15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil War?

What was the military strategy of each side at the start of the Civil War? How and why did it change as the war continued?

Describe the Battle of Bull Run. Why was there a sense of naïve optimism, and what impact did the outcome have on both sides?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Jefferson Davis

At Petersburg:

Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."

All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true EXCEPT:

Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had which one of the following legal options?

Lincoln stressed repeatedly that the "paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union."

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?

The Emancipation Proclamation:

For many American women, the Civil War loosened traditional restraints on female activity.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -William T. Sherman

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -George B. McClellan

All of the following battles resulted in Confederate victories EXCEPT:

Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?

At the Battle of Chancellorsville:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Thaddeus Stevens

Four states joined the Confederacy after the outbreak of actual fighting.

List and describe briefly the reasons why the North won the Civil War. What were the North's strengths and advantages?

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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