Question 1

What was the most important piece of technology during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primitive hand grenade. 
B)  Ironclad ship. 
C)  Observation balloon. 
D)  Rifle. 
E)  Telegraph. 
A)  Primitive hand grenade. 
B)  Ironclad ship. 
C)  Observation balloon. 
D)  Rifle. 
E)  Telegraph.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-contrabands

Accepted Answer

A) escaped slaves 
B) deadliest battle of the war 
C) Richmond 
D) Union not to interfere with slavery 
E) surrender of the Confederacy
F)relied on British support
G)Gettysburg
H)another Trail of Tears
I)freed slaves
J)spectators came with picnic baskets to watch
K)opponents of the war
L)established by Grant 
A) escaped slaves 
B) deadliest battle of the war 
C) Richmond 
D) Union not to interfere with slavery 
E) surrender of the Confederacy
F)relied on British support
G)Gettysburg
H)another Trail of Tears
I)freed slaves
J)spectators came with picnic baskets to watch
K)opponents of the war
L)established by Grant

Question 3

Women did factory jobs and nursing during the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A day after a battle,many Americans were able to read about it in their daily newspaper.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Lincoln observed in 1864 that "we all declare for liberty but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing." He continued to explain what the North meant and what the South meant,and how victory meant a national norm as defined by the North.Illustrate how liberty would come to be understood for the nation after the Civil War and analyze whether the abolishment of slavery was enough to propel the United States to finally exist as its founding documents suggested it should.

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, the understanding o

Question 6

At the first Battle of Bull Run:

Accepted Answer

A)  spectators from the city came with picnic baskets to watch. 
B)  the Union won a smashing victory. 
C)  both sides suffered more casualties than they did in any other single day during the war. 
D)  the Confederates swept northward and briefly captured Washington,D.C. 
E)  General Grant made a name for himself. 
A)  spectators from the city came with picnic baskets to watch. 
B)  the Union won a smashing victory. 
C)  both sides suffered more casualties than they did in any other single day during the war. 
D)  the Confederates swept northward and briefly captured Washington,D.C. 
E)  General Grant made a name for himself.

Question 7

Lincoln's second inaugural address:

Accepted Answer

A)  blamed the South for the war. 
B)  described the Civil War as divine punishment. 
C)  blamed the North for the war. 
D)  proved to be his final speech. 
E)  called for black suffrage. 
A)  blamed the South for the war. 
B)  described the Civil War as divine punishment. 
C)  blamed the North for the war. 
D)  proved to be his final speech. 
E)  called for black suffrage.

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Gettysburg Address

Accepted Answer

The Gettysburg Address is one of the mos

Question 9

Discuss and compare the dress rehearsals for Reconstruction in South Carolina,Louisiana,and Mississippi from a civil rights and economic perspective.Analyze Lincoln's initial plans for restoring the Union.

Accepted Answer

The dress rehearsals for Reconstruction

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Copperheads

Accepted Answer

Copperheads were a faction of Northern D

Question 11

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-George McClellan

Accepted Answer

A) 1864 Democratic presidential candidate 
B) challenged Lincoln for the 1864 Republican nomination 
C) vice president of the Confederacy 
D) American National Red Cross 
E) southern spy for the Union
F)president of the Confederacy
G)Radical Republican from Pennsylvania
H)practiced a war of attrition
I)surrendered to General Grant
J)favored a Ten-Percent Plan of Reconstruction
K)teacher on the Sea Islands
L)marched through the South 
A) 1864 Democratic presidential candidate 
B) challenged Lincoln for the 1864 Republican nomination 
C) vice president of the Confederacy 
D) American National Red Cross 
E) southern spy for the Union
F)president of the Confederacy
G)Radical Republican from Pennsylvania
H)practiced a war of attrition
I)surrendered to General Grant
J)favored a Ten-Percent Plan of Reconstruction
K)teacher on the Sea Islands
L)marched through the South

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-women and the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

During the Civil War, women played a sig

Question 13

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although Davis had a poor prewar reputation as an orator,his speechmaking rose to new heights as the Confederacy's president. 
B)  His administration actually suffered from the Confederacy's lack of political parties. 
C)  He had Lincoln's common touch,but the lack of newspapers in the South reduced his ability to communicate it. 
D)  He strongly opposed centralizing authority in the Confederacy's Richmond government. 
E)  On more than one occasion,Davis,a West Point alumnus,led Confederate troops into battle. 
A)  Although Davis had a poor prewar reputation as an orator,his speechmaking rose to new heights as the Confederacy's president. 
B)  His administration actually suffered from the Confederacy's lack of political parties. 
C)  He had Lincoln's common touch,but the lack of newspapers in the South reduced his ability to communicate it. 
D)  He strongly opposed centralizing authority in the Confederacy's Richmond government. 
E)  On more than one occasion,Davis,a West Point alumnus,led Confederate troops into battle.

Question 14

Desertion was not a major problem in the Confederate army as it was in the Union army.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-black soldiers

Accepted Answer

Black soldiers have played a crucial rol

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Homestead Act

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 17

King Cotton diplomacy was intended to promote economic self-sufficiency in the South and force England to intervene on the side of the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

When facing a food shortage on the Confederate home front,southern wives did what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most times,they abandoned their family farms. 
B)  They sold their children into slavery so that at least they would be fed. 
C)  They petitioned the government in large numbers for relief. 
D)  They forced the slaves to steal food from a neighbor. 
E)  They fled to the North,since food was more plentiful there. 
A)  Most times,they abandoned their family farms. 
B)  They sold their children into slavery so that at least they would be fed. 
C)  They petitioned the government in large numbers for relief. 
D)  They forced the slaves to steal food from a neighbor. 
E)  They fled to the North,since food was more plentiful there.

Question 19

The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Brazil. 
D)  Haiti. 
E)  Jamaica. 
A)  the United States. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Brazil. 
D)  Haiti. 
E)  Jamaica.

Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-transcontinental railroad

Accepted Answer

The Transcontinental Railroad refers to

What was the most important piece of technology during the Civil War?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -contrabands

Women did factory jobs and nursing during the war.

A day after a battle,many Americans were able to read about it in their daily newspaper.

At the first Battle of Bull Run:

Lincoln's second inaugural address:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Gettysburg Address

Discuss and compare the dress rehearsals for Reconstruction in South Carolina,Louisiana,and Mississippi from a civil rights and economic perspective.Analyze Lincoln's initial plans for restoring the Union.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Copperheads

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George McClellan

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -women and the Confederacy

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

Desertion was not a major problem in the Confederate army as it was in the Union army.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -black soldiers

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Homestead Act

King Cotton diplomacy was intended to promote economic self-sufficiency in the South and force England to intervene on the side of the Confederacy.

When facing a food shortage on the Confederate home front,southern wives did what?

The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery was:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -transcontinental railroad

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 14: A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

What was the most important piece of technology during the Civil War?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -contrabands

Women did factory jobs and nursing during the war.

A day after a battle,many Americans were able to read about it in their daily newspaper.

At the first Battle of Bull Run:

Lincoln's second inaugural address:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Gettysburg Address

Discuss and compare the dress rehearsals for Reconstruction in South Carolina,Louisiana,and Mississippi from a civil rights and economic perspective.Analyze Lincoln's initial plans for restoring the Union.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Copperheads

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George McClellan

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -women and the Confederacy

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

Desertion was not a major problem in the Confederate army as it was in the Union army.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -black soldiers

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Homestead Act

King Cotton diplomacy was intended to promote economic self-sufficiency in the South and force England to intervene on the side of the Confederacy.

When facing a food shortage on the Confederate home front,southern wives did what?

The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery was:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -transcontinental railroad

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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