Question 1

What prompted an Irish-led riot that took the lives of at least 105 people in New York City in the summer of 1863?

Accepted Answer

A)   The prejudices immigrant workers faced
B)   The newly enacted draft law
C)   Inadequate living conditions and high rents
D)   Dangerous working conditionsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eight
B)   Eleven
C)   Thirteen
D)   FifteenE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   The difficulty of finding a suitable place to send the freed slaves
B)   Public concern about the constitutionality of emancipation
C)   Public reaction to seizing southern property
D)   White fears that freed slaves would disrupt northern societyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   State leaders emancipated their slaves.
B)   A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause.
C)   Most soldiers refused to fight against the Confederates.
D)   The citizens threatened to split off and create their own separate nation.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

What was General William T. Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?

Accepted Answer

A)   He planned to recruit former plantation slaves for the Union army.
B)   He planned to have his men confiscate Georgians' cotton and sell it to England.
C)   He intended to infect Confederate camps with typhoid fever.
D)   He orchestrated a scorched-earth military campaign aimed at destroying the will of the southern people.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

What role did slaves play in destroying slavery during the Civil War?

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Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-Union fort on an island at the entrance to Charleston harbor in South Carolina. After Confederate leaders learned President Lincoln intended to resupply the fort, Confederate forces attacked it on April 12, 1861, thus marking the start of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockadeM) A) and F)
N) C) and G)

Question 8

Leaders in the Confederate States of America believed they could use King Cotton diplomacy to enlist the aid of powerful European nations in their struggle for independence. Why were southerners so confident that this strategy would work? Why do you think it failed?

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Question 9

Which general won the battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

A)   George G. Meade
B)   Robert E. Lee
C)   George E. Pickett
D)   Andrew "Stonewall" JacksonE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

What problem did President Lincoln face during the election of 1864?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Democrats had an excellent chance of winning.
B)   Much of the North's electoral process had shut down.
C)   Most Union soldiers threatened to support the Democratic ticket.
D)   Key Republicans had vowed to oppose his nomination in 1864.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

According to Map 15.1: Secession, 1860-1861, which slave state seceded from the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Missouri
B)   Arkansas
C)   Kentucky
D)   MarylandE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   He instituted martial law in all northern cities.
B)   He disfranchised political opponents.
C)   He imprisoned of a vast number of northern Democrats.
D)   He suppressed free speech.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Despite their ideological commitment to states' rights and limited government, Confederate leaders

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A)   denied the right of West Virginians to create their own state.
B)   expanded their power by drafting soldiers into the Confederate army.
C)   continued their staunch support of states' rights critic Jefferson Davis.
D)   forced every state to issue resolutions in opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

When the Civil War ended, President Lincoln was confident that

Accepted Answer

A)   the transition to a peaceful nation would be relatively simple.
B)   he would hold the office of president as long as he wanted it.
C)   his postwar burdens would weigh almost as heavily as those of wartime.
D)   Democrats would support Republican peace policies.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Match the term with the definition.
-Confederate diplomatic strategy built on the hope that European nations starving for cotton would break the Union blockade and recognize the Confederacy. This strategy failed, as Europeans held stores of surplus cotton and developed new sources outside the South.

Accepted Answer

A)  battle of Antietam
B)  battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 
C)  battle of Gettysburg
D)  battle of Shiloh
E)  contraband of warF) Emancipation ProclamationG) Fort SumterH) King Cotton diplomacyI) New York City draft riotsJ) Sherman's March to the SeaK) siege of VicksburgL) Union blockadeM) B) and F)
N) D) and K)

Question 16

Who went on to found the Red Cross after serving as a nurse in Union battlefield units during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dorothea Dix
B)   Clement Vallandigham
C)   Clara Barton
D)   Justin MorrillE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Explain why non-slaveholding white southerners were willing to risk their lives fighting in the Civil War.

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Question 18

Near the end of the Civil War, Generals Grant and Sherman used a strategy that inflicted hardships on civilians in an attempt to break the will of the Confederacy. What were the pros and cons of this strategy?

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Question 19

Under General Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, the Union armies

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A)   lost the majority of their battles.
B)   sustained few casualties.
C)   became a sophisticated war machine.
D)   focused primarily on the war in the West.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

What was the purpose of the second Confiscation Act, passed by Congress on July 17, 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)   It freed all slaves in Union and Confederate states.
B)   It made it legal to use slaves as Union army laborers.
C)   It freed the slaves of rebel masters.
D)   It emancipated slaves in the border states.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 15: The Crucible of War

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What role did slaves play in destroying slavery during the Civil War?

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Leaders in the Confederate States of America believed they could use King Cotton diplomacy to enlist the aid of powerful European nations in their struggle for independence. Why were southerners so confident that this strategy would work? Why do you think it failed?

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How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?

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According to Map 15.1: Secession, 1860-1861, which slave state seceded from the Union?

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Explain why non-slaveholding white southerners were willing to risk their lives fighting in the Civil War.

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What was the purpose of the second Confiscation Act, passed by Congress on July 17, 1862?

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What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

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What was General William T. Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?

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What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?

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Under General Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, the Union armies

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How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederacy?

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What prompted an Irish-led riot that took the lives of at least 105 people in New York City in the summer of 1863?

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