Question 1

Who did Abraham Lincoln choose as his running mate in 1864?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ulysses S.Grant 
B)  Andrew Johnson 
C)  George McClellan 
D)  Hannibal Hamlin 
A)  Ulysses S.Grant 
B)  Andrew Johnson 
C)  George McClellan 
D)  Hannibal Hamlin B

Question 2

Which of the following describes the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  Union troops were ordered not to attack Confederate troops so near Washington,D.C. ,during an election year. 
B)  Both sides suffered their highest casualty rates of the entire war. 
C)  Union troops led a scorched-earth campaign to punish farmers who had aided the South. 
D)  The Confederate troops triumphed by using guerrilla tactics. 
A)  Union troops were ordered not to attack Confederate troops so near Washington,D.C. ,during an election year. 
B)  Both sides suffered their highest casualty rates of the entire war. 
C)  Union troops led a scorched-earth campaign to punish farmers who had aided the South. 
D)  The Confederate troops triumphed by using guerrilla tactics. C

Question 3

Answer the following  questions :
-U.S.Sanitary Commission

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. L

Question 4

Which of the following statements describes the place of emancipation in the Union's war aims in 1861 and 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moderate Republican leaders began to redefine the war as a struggle,not only against Confederate armies,but also against the institution of slavery. 
B)  Most abolitionists welcomed the South's secession because it removed the stain of slavery from the Union. 
C)  Most abolitionists rejected the idea of emancipation in wartime,fearing that a backlash would place slaves in even greater danger. 
D)  Radical Republicans argued that slaves would starve if they were emancipated in wartime and that freedom would have to wait. 
A)  Moderate Republican leaders began to redefine the war as a struggle,not only against Confederate armies,but also against the institution of slavery. 
B)  Most abolitionists welcomed the South's secession because it removed the stain of slavery from the Union. 
C)  Most abolitionists rejected the idea of emancipation in wartime,fearing that a backlash would place slaves in even greater danger. 
D)  Radical Republicans argued that slaves would starve if they were emancipated in wartime and that freedom would have to wait.

Question 5

Approved by Congress in January 1865,the Thirteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)  balanced the power between the North and the South in the Senate. 
B)  protected citizens through habeas corpus. 
C)  prohibited slavery throughout the United States. 
D)  granted citizenship to slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. 
A)  balanced the power between the North and the South in the Senate. 
B)  protected citizens through habeas corpus. 
C)  prohibited slavery throughout the United States. 
D)  granted citizenship to slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 6

Which of the following was the major cause of death for Civil War soldiers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wounds received in battle 
B)  Disease and infection 
C)  Sniper attacks 
D)  Renegade attacks from Indians 
A)  Wounds received in battle 
B)  Disease and infection 
C)  Sniper attacks 
D)  Renegade attacks from Indians

Question 7

Answer the following  questions :
-one-tenth tax

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants.

Question 8

At the dedication of the cemetery at what battlefield did President Lincoln famously declare that the Civil War would bring a "new birth of freedom" for the nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vicksburg 
B)  Fort Pillow 
C)  Fredericksburg 
D)  Gettysburg 
A)  Vicksburg 
B)  Fort Pillow 
C)  Fredericksburg 
D)  Gettysburg

Question 9

After being placed in charge of all Union armies in 1864,General Grant and Abraham Lincoln crafted which of the following new military strategies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The targeting of the Confederacy's industrial centers 
B)  The destruction of the Confederacy's infrastructure 
C)  An attack of every major Confederate army simultaneously 
D)  An avoidance of Union casualties to maintain northerners' support for the war 
A)  The targeting of the Confederacy's industrial centers 
B)  The destruction of the Confederacy's infrastructure 
C)  An attack of every major Confederate army simultaneously 
D)  An avoidance of Union casualties to maintain northerners' support for the war

Question 10

Answer the following  questions :
-War and Peace Democrats

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants.

Question 11

Why did Abraham Lincoln change his vice presidential running mate for the 1864 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  The incumbent was involved in a patronage scandal. 
B)  The existing vice president had died in 1863. 
C)  Lincoln sought to attract border-state and Democratic voters. 
D)  The Republican leadership felt a general would make a better choice. 
A)  The incumbent was involved in a patronage scandal. 
B)  The existing vice president had died in 1863. 
C)  Lincoln sought to attract border-state and Democratic voters. 
D)  The Republican leadership felt a general would make a better choice.

Question 12

Why was the South unable to convince England to provide it with more support during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  England needed Union wheat more than the South's cotton. 
B)  The British thought the South was likely to win and withdrew. 
C)  England's agriculture was self-sufficient. 
D)  The English public was indifferent to the war. 
A)  England needed Union wheat more than the South's cotton. 
B)  The British thought the South was likely to win and withdrew. 
C)  England's agriculture was self-sufficient. 
D)  The English public was indifferent to the war.

Question 13

Describe Sherman's hard-war strategy.How did he pursue this strategy? With what results?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Descript

Question 14

How did the Union raise money to pay for most of its Civil War costs?

Accepted Answer

A)  By raising taxes on the wealthy and businesses 
B)  By issuing interest-paying treasury bonds 
C)  By increasing tariffs on imports 
D)  By levying excise taxes on goods such as tobacco and alcohol 
A)  By raising taxes on the wealthy and businesses 
B)  By issuing interest-paying treasury bonds 
C)  By increasing tariffs on imports 
D)  By levying excise taxes on goods such as tobacco and alcohol

Question 15

Answer the following  questions :
-Special Field Order No.15

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants.

Question 16

Despite vast discrepancies in men,material,and industrial power,thirteen Southern states seceded in 1860-1861 and brought on civil war.What specific factors gave policymakers in these states hope for success against the industrializing and more populous North?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Historic

Question 17

Which of the following statements describes the movement toward emancipation within the Republican Party in 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lincoln led the Radical Republicans,who wanted to speed up the process of emancipation by abolishing slavery throughout the South. 
B)  Mounting Union casualties diminished popular support for emancipation,forcing Lincoln to slow his schedule for freeing slaves. 
C)  Radical Republicans in Congress pushed moderates toward embracing their agenda of total abolition. 
D)  Republicans were afraid that if they did not strongly support emancipation,northern Democrats would use their hesitancy against them in the upcoming elections. 
A)  Lincoln led the Radical Republicans,who wanted to speed up the process of emancipation by abolishing slavery throughout the South. 
B)  Mounting Union casualties diminished popular support for emancipation,forcing Lincoln to slow his schedule for freeing slaves. 
C)  Radical Republicans in Congress pushed moderates toward embracing their agenda of total abolition. 
D)  Republicans were afraid that if they did not strongly support emancipation,northern Democrats would use their hesitancy against them in the upcoming elections.

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-Radical Republicans

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants.

Question 19

Answer the following  questions :
-habeas corpus

Accepted Answer

A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants. 
A) The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. 
B) A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.During the Civil War,Lincoln suspended this legal writ in order to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities. 
C) Slaves who fled plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. 
D) The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slave owners since the mid-1850s.With the Confiscation Act in 1861,members of this party began to use wartime legislation to destroy slavery. 
E) President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation issued on January 1,1863 that legally abolished slavery in all states that remained out of the Union.While this proclamation did not immediately free a single slave,it signaled an end to the institution of slavery.
F)Paper money issued by the U.S.Treasury during the Civil War to finance the war effort.
G)A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863,requiring all farmers to turn over a tenth of their crops and livestock to the government for military use.The tax demonstrated the southern government's strong use of centralized power;it caused great hardship for poor families.
H)The system for selecting individuals for conscription,or compulsory military service,first implemented during the Civil War.
I)A law adopted by the Confederate Congress that exempted one man from military conscription for every twenty slaves owned by a family.The law showed how dependence on coerced slave labor could be a military disadvantage,and it exacerbated class resentments among non-slaveholding whites who were required to serve in the army.
J)Violent protests against military conscription that occurred in the North,most dramatically in New York City;led by working-class men who could not buy exemption from conscription.
K)Union guidelines for the laws of war,issued in April,1863.The code ruled that soldiers and prisoners must be treated equally without respect to color or race;justified a range of military actions if they were based on "necessity" and would "hasten surrender";and outlawed the use of torture.The code provided a foundation for later international agreements on the laws of war.
L)An organization that supported the Union war effort through professional and volunteer medical aid.
M)An organization of Unionist women that worked to support the war effort,hoping the Union would reward women's patriotism with voting rights after the war.
N)Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War.One faction vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended,while the other called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement.
O)A derogatory word for interracial sexual relationships,coined by Democrats in the 1864 election who claimed that emancipation would allow African American men to gain sexual access to white women and produce mixed-race children.
P)An order by General William T.Sherman,later reversed by policymakers,that granted confiscated land to formerly enslaved families in Georgia and South Carolina so they could farm independently.
Q)The philosophy and tactics used by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman,by which he treated civilians as combatants.

Question 20

Which pair of battles marked the turning point in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  First and Second Bull Run 
B)  Vicksburg and Gettysburg 
C)  Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Wilderness 
D)  Chancellorsville and the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse 
A)  First and Second Bull Run 
B)  Vicksburg and Gettysburg 
C)  Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Wilderness 
D)  Chancellorsville and the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Exam 13: Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Who did Abraham Lincoln choose as his running mate in 1864?

Which of the following describes the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign?

Answer the following questions : -U.S.Sanitary Commission

Which of the following statements describes the place of emancipation in the Union's war aims in 1861 and 1862?

Approved by Congress in January 1865,the Thirteenth Amendment

Which of the following was the major cause of death for Civil War soldiers?

Answer the following questions : -one-tenth tax

At the dedication of the cemetery at what battlefield did President Lincoln famously declare that the Civil War would bring a "new birth of freedom" for the nation?

After being placed in charge of all Union armies in 1864,General Grant and Abraham Lincoln crafted which of the following new military strategies?

Answer the following questions : -War and Peace Democrats

Why did Abraham Lincoln change his vice presidential running mate for the 1864 election?

Why was the South unable to convince England to provide it with more support during the Civil War?

Describe Sherman's hard-war strategy.How did he pursue this strategy? With what results?

How did the Union raise money to pay for most of its Civil War costs?

Answer the following questions : -Special Field Order No.15

Despite vast discrepancies in men,material,and industrial power,thirteen Southern states seceded in 1860-1861 and brought on civil war.What specific factors gave policymakers in these states hope for success against the industrializing and more populous North?

Which of the following statements describes the movement toward emancipation within the Republican Party in 1862?

Answer the following questions : -Radical Republicans

Answer the following questions : -habeas corpus

Which pair of battles marked the turning point in the Civil War?

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