Question 1

The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to all of the slave states.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

"Copperheads" were

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A)   Northerners who secretly spied for the Confederacy.
B)   sometimes arrested on the order of President Lincoln.
C)   largely members of the Republican Party.
D)   intent on using the Civil War to rapidly end slavery.
E)   strong Lincoln supporters who often suppressed dissent violently.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

General Grant's Union forces attacked General Lee's Confederate forces in the month-long

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A)   Battle of Gettysburg.
B)   Wilderness campaign.
C)   Battle of Chickamauga.
D)   siege of Vicksburg.
E)   clash at Nashville.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

The material advantages of the South were obvious right from the start of the war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following were "Radical Republicans" EXCEPT

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A)   Abraham Lincoln.
B)   Thaddeus Stevens.
C)   Charles Sumner.
D)   Benjamin Wade.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 6

In 1864 the Republicans changed their name to the ________ Party.

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The answer of In 1864 the Republicans changed their name...

Question 7

Lincoln understood that the proper objective of his armies was the occupation of Confederate territory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 1861 Congress passed the ________ Act,which declared that all slaves used for "insurrectionary" purposes would be considered freed.

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The answer of In 1861 Congress passed the ________ Act,which...

Question 9

The Confederate States of America was formed

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A)   after Texas seceded from the Union.
B)   after eleven Southern states had seceded.
C)   after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.
D)   in a meeting hall in Washington,D.C.
E)   despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

The U.S.Military Telegraph Corps was headed by Thomas Scott and what future tycoon?

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A)   JohnD. Rockefeller
B)   Cornelius Vanderbilt
C)   J. Pierpont Morgan
D)   Jay Gould
E)   Andrew CarnegieF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

RobertE.Lee and Jefferson Davis both agreed that the Confederacy must surrender at the Appomattox Court House.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

After the Battle of Gettysburg,the weakened Confederate armies were never again able to seriously threaten Northern territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

By the end of 1862,Union forces

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A)   had made considerable progress in the West.
B)   were having little success in the East.
C)   had closed the mouth of the Mississippi to Confederate trade.
D)   had driven Confederate forces out of Kentucky.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 14

African American soldiers in the Union

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A)   constituted a large segment of the initial volunteers who joined the war effort.
B)   died in combat in larger numbers than white soldiers.
C)   were not paid for their military service.
D)   experienced a higher mortality rate than white soldiers.
E)   were allowed only to dig trenches and transport water.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

In the Battle of Gettysburg,in order to reach dug-in Union forces,General George Pickett's division had to cross

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A)   open country.
B)   a broad river.
C)   a steep hill.
D)   thick woods.
E)   an abandoned town.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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A)   selling bonds.
B)   printing money.
C)   foreign loans.
D)   an income tax.
E)   seizure of Northern assets.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The Battle of Antietam in 1862

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A)   led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
B)   was a significant Confederate victory.
C)   saw RobertE. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces.
D)   both saw Robert
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The National Woman's Loyal League worked simultaneously for the abolition of slavery and for the vote for women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Confiscation Act of 1861

Accepted Answer

A)   saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
B)   gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
C)   empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.
D)   declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
E)   abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

General Ulysses S.Grant

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A)   did not agree with Abraham Lincoln's general strategic objectives.
B)   followed Winfield Scott as Lincoln's military chief of staff.
C)   believed the key to victory was to capture the Confederate capital.
D)   was ultimately succeeded by Henry W. Halleck as chief of staff of the army.
E)   thought the main Union effort should target enemy armies and resources.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Exam 14: The Civil War

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to all of the slave states.

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After the Battle of Gettysburg,the weakened Confederate armies were never again able to seriously threaten Northern territory.

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RobertE.Lee and Jefferson Davis both agreed that the Confederacy must surrender at the Appomattox Court House.

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In the Battle of Gettysburg,in order to reach dug-in Union forces,General George Pickett's division had to cross

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The U.S.Military Telegraph Corps was headed by Thomas Scott and what future tycoon?

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The National Woman's Loyal League worked simultaneously for the abolition of slavery and for the vote for women.

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In 1861 Congress passed the ________ Act,which declared that all slaves used for "insurrectionary" purposes would be considered freed.

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The Confiscation Act of 1861

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"Copperheads" were

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In 1864 the Republicans changed their name to the ________ Party.

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By the end of 1862,Union forces

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The Confederate States of America was formed

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The Battle of Antietam in 1862

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African American soldiers in the Union

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General Ulysses S.Grant

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Lincoln understood that the proper objective of his armies was the occupation of Confederate territory.

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General Grant's Union forces attacked General Lee's Confederate forces in the month-long

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The material advantages of the South were obvious right from the start of the war.

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All of the following were "Radical Republicans" EXCEPT

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