Deck 8: Under a Scorching Sun: The Summer of 1863

Question 1

Which of these resulted in the Gettysburg Campaign?

A) the fall of Vicksburg
B) Lee's invasion of the North
C) the Peninsula Campaign
D) the Union attempt to take Richmond

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Lee had given up hope in which of these by summer 1863?

A) the loyalty of the border states to the Confederacy
B) the strength of the Confederate army
C) deliverance
D) the significance of the Copperheads in weakening the North

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Army of the Potomac faced off against the Army of Northern Virginia in ________ in late June 1863.

A) Virginia
B) Pennsylvania
C) Washington, D.C.
D) Maryland

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Looking at Map 2.1 Lee's push into Pennsylvania ________.

A) was a success
B) involved an extraordinarily long march
C) was encouraged by a string of victories
D) came close to capturing the Union capital

Question 5

The Union and Confederate armies converged on Gettysburg because the town was ________.

A) close to Washington,D.C
B) symbolically important
C) a Union armament depot
D) a transportation node

Question 6

Compared to the first day of fighting, the second day of fighting at Gettysburg ________.

A) brought the Union victory
B) reversed the course of the battle
C) was indecisive
D) disappointed the Union in spite of a stalemate

Question 7

Pickett's Charge can be characterized as ________.

A) a Confederate bloodbath
B) a disaster for the Union
C) victorious
D) partially successful

Question 8

Combined Union and Confederate losses at Gettysburg were ________ casualties.

A) 51,000
B) 89,000
C) 32,000
D) 17,000

Question 9

In May 1863 Grant began ________ Vicksburg.

A) an assault on
B) a siege of
C) approaching
D) to prepare to take

Question 10

Lee lost ________ of his generals at Gettysburg.

A) half
B) one-third
C) all
D) one-tenth

Question 11

What made the Louisiana Native Guards were unusual among Union forces in 1863?

A) They included black recruits
B) They were made up entirely of freedmen.
C) They included African American officers.
D) They included female officers.

Question 12

Which of these was most likely to find their opinions changed by the image of fighting at Port Hudson (Figure 8.4(in the text))?

A) Copperheads
B) Moderate Republicans
C) Radical Republicans
D) Peace Democrats

Question 13

The success of regiments like the 9th Louisiana had ________ impact on Confederate racism.

A) little
B) a surprisingly large
C) a moderate
D) no mitigating

Question 14

The siege of Vicksburg lasted for ________ days.

A) fifteen
B) seven
C) forty-seven
D) thirty-one

Question 15

Grant's terms of surrender at Vicksburg were most appreciated by ________.

A) the city's inhabitants
B) Northern audiences
C) Union soldiers
D) Pemberton's troops

Question 16

Which of these was most likely to have described Gettysburg as "sacrifices of our best and brightest . . . at the shrine of Absolutism"?

A) Radical Republicans
B) Moderate Republicans
C) War Democrats
D) Copperheads

Question 17

Which of these was implemented in July 1863?

A) The Habeas Corpus Act
B) The Enrollment Act
C) The Second Confiscation Act
D) The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 18

It is likely that rhetoric such as terming the Union army the "Abolition Army" helped to ________ the riots of July 1863.

A) end
B) calm
C) redirect
D) incite

Question 19

First- or second-generation immigrants made up about ________ percent of the Union's army.

A) 13
B) 71
C) 43
D) 29

Question 20

In Figure 8.7(in the text) , the participants in the draft riots are portrayed as ________ and their victims are ________.

A) hooligans; African Americans
B) the wealthy; the poor
C) Copperheads; Radical Republicans
D) blacks; whites

Question 21

Lincoln reacted to the draft riots by making overtures to ________.

A) his political opponents
B) wealthy Republicans
C) African Americans
D) Irish Americans

Question 22

As a result of the Combahee expedition ________.

A) the Confederacy lost its position on the Mississippi
B) the Union gained a foothold to South Carolina
C) Union forces gained the Sea Islands
D) the Confederacy began to withdraw from the Sea Islands

Question 23

Like the Combahee expedition Fort Wagner vindicated the use of ________ in the war.

A) gunboats
B) espionage
C) surprise attacks
D) black troops

Question 24

Which of these aspects of African American service men was applauded most, alongside their bravery?

A) morality
B) faith
C) leadership abilities
D) patriotism