Question 1

What did all the states that joined the Confederate States of America share in common?

Accepted Answer

A)   They all practiced slavery.
B)   They were all in the West.
C)   They had all voted for Lincoln.
D)   They had all boycotted the 1860 election.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

According to the introductory video in section 14.3,the Battle of __________ signaled the Confederacy's strategy to take the war to the North.

Accepted Answer

A)   Fort Sumter
B)   Antietam
C)   Bull Run
D)   VicksburgE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

How many states joined the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

A)   four
B)   seven
C)   eleven
D)   fifteenE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Fighting at which of the following places started the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vicksburg
B)   Bull Run
C)   Antietam
D)   Fort SumterE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

This statement expresses the main idea in which of the following documents?: "...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then,thenceforward,and forever free."

Accepted Answer

A)   Gettysburg Address
B)   Emancipation Proclamation
C)   the "Cornerstone Speech"
D)   the Declaration of IndependenceE) A) and C)
F) A) and D) B

Question 6

What did Abraham Lincoln cite in his arguments against Southern secession?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Declaration of Independence
B)   the Constitution
C)   the Gettysburg Address
D)   the Emancipation ProclamationE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following is associated with the doctrine of the states' right of nullification?

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
B)   Compromise of 1850
C)   War of 1812
D)   Texas war of independenceE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

In what year did the first state secede from the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   1859
B)   1860
C)   1861
D)   1862E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

According to the introductory video in section 14.6,why was the family of Ulysses S.Grant's wife able to keep their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?

Accepted Answer

A)   It was an exchange for Grant's service.
B)   The military was exempt from the law.
C)   They lived in a border state.
D)   Grant protected them from the law.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

What does the following statement,which Abraham Lincoln wrote in a letter in 1862,suggest about his top priority?: "What I do about slavery,and the colored race,I do because I believe it helps to save the Union."

Accepted Answer

A)   punishing the states that seceded
B)   extending voting rights to blacks
C)   emancipating the slaves
D)   preserving the UnionE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

According to the Past and Present video in section 14.6,people who argue that Confederate officers and soldiers should be reviled associate the Confederacy with __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   abolitionism
B)   slavery
C)   suffrage
D)   capitalismE) All of the above
F) A) and D) B

Question 12

The militia of which state bombarded Fort Sumter in April 1861?

Accepted Answer

A)   West Virginia
B)   Delaware
C)   Maryland
D)   South CarolinaE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Jefferson Davis
B)   Robert E. Lee
C)   George McClellan
D)   Robert AndersonE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

According to the introductory video in section 14.4,Abraham Lincoln drafted portions of the Emancipation Proclamation in the telegraph office of which department?

Accepted Answer

A)   Commerce
B)   Treasury
C)   War
D)   StateE) A) and C)
F) C) and D) C

Question 15

Which of the following expressed a "personal wish that all men every where could be free"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Jefferson Davis
B)   Robert E. Lee
C)   Alexander Hamilton Stephens
D)   Abraham LincolnE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

According to the introductory video in section 14.2,Abraham Lincoln saw Southern secession as a threat to the vital interests of the United States after the secession of which state?

Accepted Answer

A)   Louisiana
B)   South Carolina
C)   Florida
D)   GeorgiaE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following states seceded from the Union in 1861?

Accepted Answer

A)   Missouri
B)   Kentucky
C)   Kansas
D)   LouisianaE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

What did Abraham Lincoln promise in his First Inaugural Address?

Accepted Answer

A)   to recognize the independence of the Confederacy
B)   to introduce an amendment prohibiting secession
C)   to leave slavery intact in the states where it existed
D)   to abolish slavery in in the states where it existedE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Which state joined the Confederacy after Abraham Lincoln issued a call to arms?

Accepted Answer

A)   Missouri
B)   West Virginia
C)   Tennessee
D)   MarylandE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 14.6,the opening line of the Gettysburg Address referred to the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Compromise of 1850
B)   Emancipation Proclamation
C)   Preamble of the Constitution
D)   Declaration of IndependenceE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 14: The Civil War

What did all the states that joined the Confederate States of America share in common?

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According to the introductory video in section 14.3,the Battle of __________ signaled the Confederacy's strategy to take the war to the North.

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How many states joined the Confederate States of America?

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Fighting at which of the following places started the Civil War?

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This statement expresses the main idea in which of the following documents?: "...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then,thenceforward,and forever free."

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What did Abraham Lincoln cite in his arguments against Southern secession?

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Which of the following is associated with the doctrine of the states' right of nullification?

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In what year did the first state secede from the Union?

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According to the introductory video in section 14.6,why was the family of Ulysses S.Grant's wife able to keep their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?

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What does the following statement,which Abraham Lincoln wrote in a letter in 1862,suggest about his top priority?: "What I do about slavery,and the colored race,I do because I believe it helps to save the Union."

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According to the Past and Present video in section 14.6,people who argue that Confederate officers and soldiers should be reviled associate the Confederacy with __________.

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The militia of which state bombarded Fort Sumter in April 1861?

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Who was the president of the Confederacy?

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According to the introductory video in section 14.4,Abraham Lincoln drafted portions of the Emancipation Proclamation in the telegraph office of which department?

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Which of the following expressed a "personal wish that all men every where could be free"?

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According to the introductory video in section 14.2,Abraham Lincoln saw Southern secession as a threat to the vital interests of the United States after the secession of which state?

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Which of the following states seceded from the Union in 1861?

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What did Abraham Lincoln promise in his First Inaugural Address?

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Which state joined the Confederacy after Abraham Lincoln issued a call to arms?

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According to the How Do We Know? video in section 14.6,the opening line of the Gettysburg Address referred to the __________.

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