Deck 3: Sacred Soil: Virginia in the Summer of 1862

Question 1

The Peninsula campaign was a ________.

A) major Union defeat
B) large Union offensive
C) massive Confederate offensive
D) minor Union defeat

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the Yorktown phase of the Peninsula campaign, the Union and Confederate troops numbered ________ and ________ respectively.

A) 100,000; 17,000
B) 68,000; 57,000
C) 55,000; 65,000
D) 23,000; 47,000

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the Peninsula campaign Richmond ________.

A) fell to the Union
B) remained far from Union troops
C) came close to falling to the Union
D) was closely threatened by the Union

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Looking at Map 3.1, which of these was a key Confederate advantage in the final battles of the Peninsula campaign?

A) control of water routes
B) naval support
C) railway lines
D) McClellan's distance from his base

Question 5

The Shenandoah Valley was key to defending ________.

A) Richmond
B) Virginia
C) both national capitals
D) Washington, D.C.

Question 6

The Valley campaign set ________ Union troops against ________ Confederate troops.

A) 25,000; 47,000
B) 95,000; 45,000
C) 2,750; 5,500
D) 60,000; 17,000

Question 7

Looking at Map 3.2, which of these illustrates the challenges facing the opposing armies?

A) Fremont had to encircle Jackson's troops to cut off supplies.
B) Divided in two, Jackson's troops had to cover more ground.
C) Jackson's larger army was able to punch through Union lines.
D) Jackson's troops had to cover greater distances to counter larger Union forces.

Question 8

Why were Unionists in Winchester VA imprisioned by Confederates in March 1862?

A) as punishment for their political beliefs
B) in preparation for a Union advance
C) for their protection
D) to move them behind Union lines

Question 9

The principal commanders at the Seven Days' Battles were ________ and ________.

A) Lee and Grant
B) Jackson and Grant
C) Lee and McClellan
D) Jackson and McClellan

Question 10

Her facade as a ________ provided cover for the espionage of Elizabeth Van Lew?

A) Sanitary Commission worker
B) stereotypical Southern lady
C) preacher's wife
D) poor black woman

Question 11

For most of the Seven Days' Battles the Union army was ________.

A) cut off from a retreat
B) divided into disparate columns
C) in retreat
D) successful in pushing the Confederate troops back

Question 12

Looking at Map 3.3, McClellan's movements are best characterized as a(n) ________.

A) orderly retreat
B) catastrophe
C) well planned offensive
D) rout

Question 13

Like the great majority of previous battles, the Seven Days Battles ended with ________.

A) a Union rout but the Confederate army was destroyed
B) no decisive victor
C) the Union having achieved their objective
D) a clear victory but the victor unable to pursue and destroy the defeated army

Question 14

McClellan's military leadership made clear his ________ approach to the war.

A) bold
B) cautious
C) patriotic
D) Unionist

Question 15

Which of these was considered "sacred soil" by both armies?

A) Yorktown
B) Virginia
C) Washington, D.C.
D) the Shenandoah Valley

Question 16

The "Patriotic Covers" image portrayed the Union cause as one that reflected ________ American values.

A) progressive, innovative
B) moral, religious
C) peaceful, conciliatory
D) old, established

Question 17

On both sides, plunder was ________.

A) rare and against regulations
B) common and condoned by officers
C) rare but covertly condoned by officers
D) common but against regulations

Question 18

For Confederates and Union soldiers alike, Virginia's White House was a ________.

A) sign of the South's decay
B) reminder of Jefferson's Virginia
C) powerful symbol
D) symbol of the war's brutality

Question 19

In 1861 and 1862 which of these was true of black labor?

A) The numbers of runaway slaves gave the Union an advantage over the Confederacy.
B) Confederates were unwillingly to use the labor of slaves or freed slaves.
C) Both sides had begun black conscription
D) African Americans provided labor for both sides.

Question 20

The Second Confiscation Act amounted to a(n) ________ of the First Confiscation Act.

A) repetition
B) expansion
C) confirmation
D) retraction

Question 21

The Second Confiscation Act was supported by ________.

A) Radical Republicans
B) all Democrats
C) moderate Democrats
D) all Republicans

Question 22

The Second Confiscation Act was finally passed with ________.

A) presidential and widespread popular approval
B) a narrow margin but Lincoln's approval
C) overwhelming popular support but Lincoln's reluctant support
D) only the narrowest of margins and against Lincoln's opposition

Question 23

The stance of the border states concerning emancipation in 1862 pushed Lincoln to pursue policy of ________.

A) gradual emancipation in border and Confederate states
B) immediate emancipation in border and Confederate states
C) delayed emancipation in the border states
D) emancipation in the Confederacy

Question 24

Lincoln's public letter to Horace Greeley made clear his concerns for emancipation on what grounds?

A) Emancipation would destroy the Southern economy.
B) Freed slaves had no future in a restored US.
C) As president he believed his main duty was to save the Union.
D) He was personally opposed to emancipation.

Question 25

Unlike Lincoln, most African Americans were opposed to ________.

A) the Second Confiscation Act
B) colonization
C) gradual emancipation
D) immediatism