Deck 12: Malice Toward None: The Union Triumphant

Question 1

In 1865 Lee was forced to deny reinforcements to ________ to defend ________.

A) Charleston; Richmond
B) Savannah; Atlanta
C) Richmond; Petersburg
D) Savannah; Charleston

Answer 1

A

Question 2

As Grant's headquarters City Point Virginia became ________.

A) the Confederate capital
B) the target of a Confederate offensive
C) one of the world's busiest ports
D) the state's capital

Answer 2

C

Question 3

City Point became a hub for traffic ________.

A) to the North
B) to the South
C) between Richmond and Washington,D.C.
D) going both north and south

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of these statements is supported by Map 12.1?

A) The battle for Petersburg involved a concentrated Union assault.
B) The importance of Petersburg can be seen in the armies' defensive works.
C) Lee's position was badly chosen and vulnerable.
D) The battle lines shifted several times.

Question 5

Towards the end of the war Elizabeth Van Lew added intelligence about ________ in Richmond as well as military intelligence.

A) Davis' actions
B) Confederate Copperheads
C) the political mood
D) the Underground Railroad

Question 6

In the end conscripting slaves into the Confederate army proved to be ________.

A) disastrous
B) the army's salvation
C) unnecessary
D) negligible

Question 7

For African Americans in the North the Thirteenth Amendment ________.

A) confirmed their status as free but did not expand their rights
B) had no impact
C) greatly expanded their rights
D) was a step backwards

Question 8

In Figure 12.1(in the text) which of these is symbolized under the president's foot?

A) freedom
B) a Copperhead
C) education
D) slavery

Question 9

Which of these did NOT ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?

A) Virginia
B) Maryland
C) Missouri
D) Kentucky

Question 10

Which of these was deliberately avoided in Lincoln's second inaugural address?

A) regret
B) finger-pointing
C) exultation
D) revenge

Question 11

On March 25, 1865 Lee recommended that ________ be abandoned.

A) Richmond and Savannah
B) Petersburg and Richmond
C) Savannah and Petersburg
D) Richmond

Question 12

As in Columbia much of Richmond was destroyed when the departing Confederates ________.

A) used artillery on the approaching Union army
B) accidentally blew up warehouses
C) bombarded strategic areas of the city
D) set fire to warehouses

Question 13

The scene in Figure 12.4(in the text) represents all of these reactions to this event EXCEPT that of ________.

A) Confederates
B) white Unionists
C) Union soldiers
D) Southern African Americans

Question 14

Between the taking of Richmond and the Confederate surrender Lee ________.

A) opened negotiations with Grant
B) resorted to guerrilla fighting around Richmond
C) engaged in one more bloody battle with Grant
D) moved west with the Federals in pursuit

Question 15

Lincoln's instructions to Grant were to be lenient towards the Lee provided the Confederates accepted ________.

A) emancipation and the expansion of black rights
B) responsibility for the war
C) a military occupation
D) emancipation and US authority

Question 16

Lee's troops were allowed to go free if they promised ________.

A) to accept the Thirteenth Amendment
B) to denounce the Confederacy
C) to never again take up arms against the US
D) loyalty to the Lincoln administration

Question 17

Looking at Map 12.2 Lee's retreat was ________.

A) marked by sporadic fighting
B) uncontested
C) really a rout
D) costly for the Union

Question 18

In keeping with Lincoln's second inaugural address, Grant's treatment of the Confederates at Appomattox avoided expressions of ________.

A) penitence
B) triumph
C) vengeance
D) charity

Question 19

In the period leading up to the Confederate surrender Northern belief in the idea of deliverance ________.

A) disappeared
B) faltered
C) was at its height
D) was replaced by a desire for revenge

Question 20

At the US flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter Henry Ward Beecher reiterated Lincoln's terms for reconstruction:

A) loyalty to the US and emancipation
B) disarmament and emancipation
C) a military occupation
D) black civil rights

Question 21

Parole certificates issued by Grant at Appomattox created problems because they appeared to promise ________.

A) restoration of property
B) compensation
C) immunity
D) restoration of rights

Question 22

After the surrender at Appomattox ________ and ________ still faced off in North Carolina.

A) Grant; Lee
B) Sherman; Johnston
C) Sherman; Lee
D) Lee; Johnston

Question 23

John Wilkes Booth is infamous as ________.

A) a Copperhead leader
B) the last Confederate general to surrender
C) the originator of the "might over right" notion
D) Lincoln's assassin

Question 24

On April 1865 Lincoln promised ________.

A) limited black suffrage
B) repeal of the Thirteenth Amendment
C) compensation for Confederate generals
D) amnesty to the Confederacy

Question 25

In negotiations with Joseph Johnston, William Sherman ________.

A) promised amnesty and compensation
B) greatly overstepped his authority
C) gave the same terms as Grant had to Lee
D) imposed harsh terms for surrender