Deck 14: A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865

Question 1

Approximately how many men of Mexican descent served in the Confederate Army during the civil war?

A)twenty-five hundred
B)fifteen-hundred
C)twelve thousand
D)twenty thousand

Answer 1

twenty-five hundred

Question 2

After the Battle of Bull Run, it was clear that the war:

A)needed new military leadership on both sides.
B)would be won quickly by the Confederacy.
C)would be neither short nor glorious.
D)would spread south to Mexico.

Answer 2

would be neither short nor glorious.

Question 3

The Emancipation Proclamation:

A)proposed that slavery would be abolished once the war was over.
B)freed slaves in the areas not under Union control.
C)ended slavery in the border states.
D)abolished slavery in the United States.

Answer 3

freed slaves in the areas not under Union control.

Question 4

Which statement best describes Union General George B. McClellan?

A)He was reckless and consistently overextended himself.
B)He was indecisive and self-promoting.
C)He had an uncanny ability to read his opponents and predict their moves.
D)He specialized in rapid movement and in defeating a superior enemy.

Question 5

The anaconda plan

A)was an effort to split the Confederacy in two.
B)aimed at capturing the Confederate capital, Richmond.
C)of the Confederacy almost succeeded at strangling the North.
D)was popular in the public, but had no support in the Union army.

Question 6

All of the following statements about the Battle of Bull Run are true, EXCEPT:

A)Thomas J. Jackson's block on the Union advance gained him the nickname "Stonewall."
B)Union troops panicked under intense cannon fire and fled.
C)A throng of northern spectators had brought picnic lunches and gathered to watch the battle.
D)Confederate troops pursued the Union army all the way into the capital.

Question 7

At the beginning of the war, the Confederates' greatest challenge was:

A)suppressing slave revolts.
B)selecting a representative government.
C)getting enough troops.
D)supplying their troops with weapons and ammunition.

Question 8

For the first three months of his presidency, Abraham Lincoln

A)faced a hostile Congress.
B)ruled by executive proclamation.
C)wavered on what to do about Southern secession.
D)focused on international affairs.

Question 9

When war began, what was the biggest challenge confronting Lincoln and Davis?

A)A lack of military leadership
B)Mustering manpower
C)Rooting out spies among their ranks
D)Internal politics

Question 10

What experience in Mary Ashton Rice Livermore's life caused her to hate slavery and work for reform for the rest of her life?

A)Her father owned 25 slaves and treated them poorly.
B)She worked as a teacher on a Virginia plantation.
C)Her husband was a slave owner who she convinced to give up slavery.
D)She had slave children as friends when she was young and saw them sold off later in life.

Question 11

What was McClellan's major strength as a general?

A)He was a brilliant battlefield technician.
B)He understood new technology and applied it to war effectively.
C)He was able to wage battles with little manpower.
D)He was very good with organization and discipline.

Question 12

By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln guaranteed that:

A)the war had to end with the conquest of the South.
B)the South would gain European support.
C)many northerners would lose confidence in his handling of the war.
D)many poor southerners would desert the Confederate cause.

Question 13

Why did Confederates succeed in establishing alliances with some Indian tribes?

A)Some had endured the Trail of Tears and had no particular love for the Union.
B)They offered to give land back to the Indians.
C)They promised the Indians black slaves.
D)They paid them twice as much as the Union Army.

Question 14

The British reacted so strongly to the Trent affair because:

A)they claimed it was interference with their right to conduct foreign relations.
B)it took place in international waters.
C)Lincoln refused to apologize.
D)they needed southern cotton.

Question 15

During what battle did the casualties exceed twice the number of men killed and wounded in the War of 1812 and War with Mexico combined?

A)Gettysburg
B)Chancellorsville
C)Antietam
D)Cold Harbor

Question 16

Which statement best describes the Union war effort in 1862?

A)The eastern armies went through three generals and made no real progress.
B)Union victories in the east put the Confederates on the verge of surrender.
C)Western troops had been forced out of most of their positions.
D)The fighting in the western theater was indecisive and incompetently led.

Question 17

What position did Radical Republicans like Thaddeus Stevens take with regard to southerners?

A)The United States was better off without them.
B)They had committed treason and should be punished.
C)The two sides needed to work out a peaceful solution to prevent harm from befalling them.
D)They were good men who had followed bad leaders.

Question 18

As the number of casualties in the civil war increased, what was the effect on obtaining more manpower?

A)The draft was deemed too extreme.
B)Voluntary enlistments increased.
C)The draft was used to obtain almost 100 percent of new men.
D)Voluntary enlistments decreased.

Question 19

Politics in the Confederacy shaped all of the following choices, EXCEPT:

A)Where to field armies.
B)Who would command armies.
C)What to fight for.
D)How the war would be run

Question 20

What percentage of all firearms in the US were produced in areas of the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War?

A)fifteen percent
B)eight percent
C)three percent
D)fifty percent

Question 21

Runaway slaves were first used in the Union armies by:

A)Ulysses S. Grant.
B)George McClellan.
C)Alexander Hays.
D)Benjamin F. Butler.

Question 22

During which battle did Union soldiers pin their names on their shirts so they could be identified after they were killed in battle?

A)Antietam
B)Gettysburg
C)Cold Harbor
D)Chancellorsville

Question 23

During the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant's strategy was to:

A)wipe out the Confederate Army in a single climactic battle.
B)persuade the Confederates to accept a peaceful resolution to the war.
C)build up his army by encouraging prisoner exchanges with the Confederates.
D)fight a war of attrition that inflicted enormous casualties on both sides.

Question 24

The Confederate efforts at paying for the war led to:

A)severe inflation.
B)an economic depression.
C)rampant stock market speculation.
D)greater opportunities for free blacks.

Question 25

The Union's Conscription Act of 1863:

A)immediately drafted all men between the ages of 18 and 50.
B)bypassed state units and brought troops directly into the United States Army.
C)applied only to African Americans.
D)allowed draftees to hire a substitute or buy their way out.

Question 26

Immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg:

A)Jefferson Davis offered to resign as President of the Confederate States.
B)Union troops routed Robert E. Lee's retreating Confederate Army.
C)France offered to recognize the Confederacy if it would emancipate its slaves.
D)the Union took Vicksburg and gained control of the Mississippi River.

Question 27

During the Battle of Gettysburg:

A)the Union Army received a much-needed infusion of African American troops.
B)Abraham Lincoln personally commanded Union troops.
C)Robert E. Lee ordered a foolhardy charge up a steep hill.
D)the Union suffered its worst defeat of the war.

Question 28

The Twenty Negro Law:

A)offered twenty slaves for every captured confederate soldier.
B)ordered the execution of twenty slaves for every Confederate soldier killed in battle.
C)allowed an elite group of 20 former slaves to join the Confederate army.
D)exempted planters owning more than twenty slaves from military service.

Question 29

The Union's spring campaign of 1864 in Virginia ended in:

A)a stalemate, with a ten-month siege at Petersburg.
B)defeat and a humiliating retreat back to northern soil.
C)the occupation of the Confederate capital of Richmond.
D)replacing Ulysses Grant as commander of the Army of the Potomac with William T. Sherman.

Question 30

Andersonville, Georgia, had a notorious reputation as the site of:

A)one of the bloodiest battles in the war.
B)several houses of prostitution.
C)a Confederate prison camp.
D)a failed slave uprising that was brutally suppressed.

Question 31

Conditions in army camps on both sides during the war:

A)improved dramatically during the war.
B)depended largely on the efforts of forced laborers.
C)were much better than at home, where shortages were common.
D)were plagued by contagious disease.

Question 32

The Democrats based their hopes for victory in the election of 1864 on:

A)Lincoln's failure to punish the South.
B)splitting the Republican vote.
C)the desire for peace among northerners.
D)winning in the slave states that remained in the Union.

Question 33

During the course of the civil war, how many African-American men served in the US Army Colored Troops regiments?

A)100,000
B)150,000
C)180,000
D)200,000

Question 34

During the Gettysburg Address, what document did Abraham Lincoln reference that reflected the central concept of what the war was about?

A)The US Constitution
B)The Bible
C)The Declaration of Independence
D)The Articles of Confederation

Question 35

Women in the North

A)could volunteer for noncombatant service in the Union Army.
B)vocally opposed the war, stating that women's liberation was more important than freeing slaves.
C)served in much the same capacity as their southern counterparts.
D)had far less opportunities to contribute to the war effort than southern women.

Question 36

For how long did farmers have to live on land granted under the Homestead Act in order to own the acreage given to them?

A)one year
B)five years
C)ten years
D)eight months

Question 37

The Andersonville prison camp was designed to house 10,000 men, but in reality the average number held was closer to:

A)13,000 men
B)20,000 men
C)33,000 men
D)100,000 men

Question 38

During the summer of 1863, Confederate leaders decided to:

A)offer to emancipate the slaves in return for European recognition.
B)invade the North.
C)disperse their troops and fight a guerrilla war.
D)recruit slaves into the army.

Question 39

One way in which Congress stimulated economic growth in the Civil War was by:

A)confiscating the estates of northern sympathizers with the Confederacy.
B)printing paper money that was not backed up by gold or silver.
C)selling old bonds and then defaulting on them.
D)enacting higher tariffs to aid manufacturers.

Question 40

One of the reasons for the high casualty rate in civil war armies was the use of what weapon that had greater range and accuracy over older models?

A)the machine gun
B)the rifled musket
C)the smoothbore musket
D)the bayonet

Question 41

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Battle of Shiloh

Question 42

One of the most important effects of the Union successes at Atlanta and in the Shenandoah Valley was that

A)Lee now had to retreat to North Carolina.
B)Lincoln was almost assured reelection.
C)Grant had to make progress much faster to keep up with the other armies.
D)Sherman was given a promotion to Lieutenant General.

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Conscription Act of 1863

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Horace Greeley

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore

Question 46

Which statement best describes John Wilkes Booth's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

A)Booth was a loner who acted without any accomplices.
B)Booth was part of a small group of conspirators who were supposed to kill several other high officials.
C)Booth had close ties to several members of Lincoln's cabinet who wanted Lincoln out of the way for their own ambitions.
D)Booth was an innocent fallguy for a much larger conspiracy.

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Peninsular Campaign

Question 48

The Democratic opponent to Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864 was:

A)Andrew Johnson.
B)Jefferson Davis.
C)George McClellan.
D)Ulysses S. Grant.

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Emancipation Proclamation

Question 50

After taking control of the city of Atlanta, William T. Sherman:

A)began to negotiate with Jefferson Davis to find a peaceful end to the war.
B)announced that he was leaving the army and going into politics.
C)sent his troops into Georgia to look for the remaining Confederate troops.
D)launched a march to the sea that was designed to break the will of the southern people.

Question 51

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Josiah Gorgas

Question 52

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
George B. McClellan

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Battle of Antietam

Question 54

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
"anaconda plan"

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
New York City draft riots

Question 56

Why did southerners reject Lincoln's offer of amnesty in 1864?

A)They thought they could still win the war.
B)They claimed they had "committed no crime."
C)It involved freeing their slaves.
D)They had no intention of ever rejoining the Union.

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Vicksburg

Question 58

Lincoln's December 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction:

A)paroled Lee's men and sent them home.
B)agreed to suspend the Emancipation Proclamation.
C)required that Lee's men give up their horses and sidearms.
D)offered pardons to any Confederates who would take a loyalty oath.

Question 59

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Battle of Bull Run

Question 60

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Battle of Fredericksburg

Question 61

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
March to the Sea

Question 62

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Clara Barton

Question 63

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Andersonville

Question 64

Why were the Confederates unable to secure international assistance?

Question 65

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
copperheads

Question 66

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Chancellorsville

Question 67

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
"Twenty Negro Law"

Question 68

To what extent was Abraham Lincoln's conduct of the war an exercise in political management?

Question 69

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Appomattox Courthouse

Question 70

If you were to be an odds-maker right after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, whom would you have made the favorite in the upcoming battle between the Confederates and the Union. Why?

Question 71

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
typhoid fever

Question 72

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
John Wilkes Booth

Question 73

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
total war

Question 74

What role did women play in the Civil War?

Question 75

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Homestead Act

Question 76

Students should analyze how and why Confederate diplomacy with England failed.