Deck 21: The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Merrimack (the Virginia)

Answer 1

Student answers will vary.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Clement L.Vallandigham

Answer 2

Student answers will vary.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thomas J.Jackson

Answer 3

Student answers will vary.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Edward Everett Hale

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Copperheads

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Wilkes Booth

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Salmon P.Chase

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George B.Meade

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William T.Sherman

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thirteenth Amendment

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George B.McClellan

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
First Battle of Bull Run

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Robert E.Lee

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
David G.Farragut

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Andrew Johnson

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Monitor

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Emancipation Proclamation

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Ulysses S.Grant

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Union party

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Pickett

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Chancellorsville

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Gettysburg

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Gettysburg Address

Question 24

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Antietam

Question 25

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Fort Sumter

Question 26

At the beginning of the Civil War,President Abraham Lincoln favored

A) postponing military action as long as possible.
B) making the Civil War about ending slavery.
C) long-term enlistments for Union soldiers.
D) quick military action to show the folly of secession.
E) seizing control of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Question 27

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Gettysburg

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Second Battle of Bull Run

Question 29

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Atlanta

Question 30

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Richmond

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Antietam

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Ford's Theater

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Fredericksburg

Question 34

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Vicksburg

Question 35

Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run would

A) lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond.
B) bring an end to slavery.
C) destroy the economy of the South.
D) pull the Border states out of the Confederacy.
E) All of these

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Peninsula Campaign

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
The Man Without a Country

Question 39

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Montgomery

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Vicksburg

Question 41

The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because

A) Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback.
B) the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war.
C) "Stonewall" Jackson was killed.
D) it caused Lincoln to declare a war against slavery.
E) it allowed European powers the chance to intervene on behalf of the South.

Question 42

Britain did not protest too loudly against the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy because

A) Britain might want to use a similar blockade in a future war.
B) the British government clearly supported the Union.
C) it would have been useless to try to run the blockade.
D) profits were not high enough to justify the risk.
E) the blockade did not cut off cotton shipments.

Question 43

The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical because it

A) inflated an already dangerous overconfidence among Southerners.
B) ended Lee's plan of invading the North.
C) delayed Lincoln's plan to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) ensured the reelection of President Lincoln.
E) probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy.

Question 44

George B.McClellan,commander of the Army of the Potomac,is best described as

A) disliked by his own men.
B) aggressive.
C) overly cautious.
D) poorly prepared for military leadership.
E) poorly organized.

Question 45

After assuming command of the Army of the Potomac,General George McClellan made the mistake of

A) taking too many risks.
B) relying on Lincoln's military judgment.
C) being unconcerned about the morale of his troops.
D) not drilling his troops enough to prepare them for battle.
E) consistently believing that the enemy outnumbered him.

Question 46

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

A) Shiloh and Chancellorsville.
B) Bull Run and Vicksburg.
C) Gettysburg and Antietam.
D) Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg.
E) Mobile and Missionary Ridge.

Question 47

As a result of the Union loss in the Peninsula Campaign

A) Lincoln named George McClellan commander of the Union forces.
B) the North decided to fight a war of containment.
C) Lincoln began to draft the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) Lincoln decided that the key to the war was controlling the Mississippi River.
E) the Union commanders were left without an overall military strategy.

Question 48

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

A) Europe's refusal to help the South before the battle.
B) the Union's discovery of Robert E. Lee's battle plans.
C) Lincoln's removal of General McClellan from his command.
D) the use of the new repeating rifle for the first time.
E) the death of Stonewall Jackson during the battle.

Question 49

After the Peninsula Campaign,Union strategy included all of the following except

A) cutting the Confederacy in half by seizing the Mississippi River.
B) marching through Georgia and then the Carolinas.
C) blockading the Confederacy's coastline.
D) liberating the slaves to undermine the southern economy.
E) striking deep into the Confederacy via the Appalachian Mountain chain.

Question 50

In invading Maryland,one of Lee's key objectives was to

A) show northerners how polished and well-equipped the Confederate army was.
B) capture or destroy Union arsenals and railroad lines.
C) destroy McClellan's army.
D) capture Lincoln and his Cabinet.
E) inspire the Border States to rise up and join the Confederacy.

Question 51

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

A) British navy vessels on loan to the South.
B) swift blockade-running steamers.
C) the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors.
D) the Confederate cruiser Alabama.
E) the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia).

Question 52

A victory at Antietam probably would have won Confederate independence because

A) the Union armies were already heavily demoralized.
B) France and Britain were on the verge of recognizing the Confederate government.
C) the Republicans would have lost the subsequent congressional elections.
D) Lincoln would have been unable to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
E) the Border States would have joined the Confederacy.

Question 53

Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the

A) Union victory over the Confederates at Gettysburg.
B) surrender terms of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.
C) Emancipation Proclamation.
D) statutes of the individual states.
E) Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Question 54

As a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula Campaign

A) Robert E. Lee was named to command the entire Southern army.
B) Lincoln named Ulysses S. Grant as commander of the Union forces.
C) Lincoln delayed his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) the Union turned to a strategy of total war.
E) Lincoln abandoned the war in the West.

Question 55

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A)the Battle of Bull Run,(B)the Battle of Gettysburg,(C)Lee's surrender at Appomattox,and (D)the Battle of Antietam.

A) B, C, A, D
B) D, B, C, A
C) C, A, D, B
D) A, B, D, C
E) A, D, B, C

Question 56

After halting Lee's troops at Antietam,General George McClellan

A) retired from the military.
B) moved to confront Lee again at Gettysburg.
C) was appointed to command the main Western army.
D) marched his army toward Atlanta.
E) was removed from his field command.

Question 57

The South's victory at Bull Run in 1861

A) reduced enlistments in the South's army.
B) reduced the number of Confederate deserters.
C) demonstrated how difficult Confederate independence would be.
D) convinced the South of the need to prepare for a protracted conflict.
E) forced Lincoln to flee Washington.

Question 58

After defeating McClellan at the Second Battle of Bull Run,Robert E.Lee decided to

A) consolidate his forces to protect the Confederate capital.
B) send Jeb Stuart's calvary to raid northern lines.
C) invade the Union via Maryland.
D) call for a ceasefire and peace negotiations.
E) shift some of his troops to the Tennessee and Kentucky fronts.

Question 59

The Confederate blockade runner,the Merrimack,was

A) destroyed by Union troops to prevent its use as a slave ship.
B) captured and used by Union troops to help restore the Federal blockade.
C) destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops.
D) able to escape to British ports.
E) used to ferry both British and French troops across the ocean.

Question 60

The North's victory at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to

A) issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
B) seek military assistance from Great Britain.
C) force the Border States to remain in the Union.
D) keep General McClellan as commander of the Union forces.
E) suppress Copperhead opposition in the North.

Question 61

The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following reasons except

A) it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.
B) coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost.
C) it helped to quell Northern peace agitation.
D) it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana.
E) it was the last major battle of the Civil War.

Question 62

Robert E.Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

A) deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement.
B) force the Union to ease its blockade of the South.
C) cut Northern supply lines.
D) stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt.
E) seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Question 63

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

A) Lee's army was effectively shattered.
B) it guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864.
C) Philadelphia and New York were safe from attack.
D) Lee's military genius and right-hand man, Stonewall Jackson, was killed.
E) Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed.

Question 64

During the Civil War

A) blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
B) Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor.
C) thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines.
D) about one out of every four Union troops was black.
E) captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.

Question 65

Southern slaves ran away to Union camps at the rate of

A) one in three.
B) one in four.
C) one in five.
D) one in six.
E) one in seven.

Question 66

Northern soldiers became increasingly convinced of slavery's evils when

A) Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
B) abolitionists praised Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
C) slaves ran away to Union camps and persevered against all odds.
D) the South called Lincoln a "fiend."
E) None of these

Question 67

Aside from ending slavery,blacks enlisted into the Union Army because they

A) wanted to prove their manhood and increase their claim to full citizenship.
B) desperately needed the jobs that military service provided.
C) wanted revenge against abusive slave masters.
D) hoped to obtain military pensions.
E) None of these

Question 68

All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation except

A) mounting opposition in the North to an "abolition war."
B) sharp increases in Union desertions.
C) heavy congressional defeats for Lincoln's administration.
D) growing upper-class European support for the Union.
E) complaints from abolitionists that it did not go far enough.

Question 69

Slaves hindered the Confederacy's war efforts in all of the following ways except

A) work slowdowns and strikes that diminished productivity.
B) instilling a fear of insurrections.
C) creating the need for white men to guard slaves when they could have been on the warfront.
D) serving as spies, guides and scouts for the Union army.
E) poisoning military food supplies.

Question 70

In the 1864 election,Abraham Lincoln's running mate was

A) Salmon P. Chase.
B) Wendell Phillips.
C) William Tecumseh Sherman.
D) Stephen A. Douglas.
E) Andrew Johnson.

Question 71

African Americans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War

A) carried out reprisals against captured slaveowners.
B) served mainly in military support units.
C) served bravely and suffered extremely heavy casualties.
D) accounted for less than 1 percent of total Union enlistments.
E) refused to serve under white officers.

Question 72

One consequence of General William T.Sherman's style of warfare was

A) a longer war.
B) the loss of more lives.
C) fewer desertions on the Confederate side.
D) southern resignation to defeat.
E) a shorter war that saved lives.

Question 73

As a theorist of warfare,General William T.Sherman was

A) a master of the quick, surprising attack.
B) careful to avoid "collateral damage" to civilian lives and property.
C) a believer in siege warfare.
D) insistent on maintaining strict military discipline among his troops.
E) a pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian morale.

Question 74

When it was issued in 1863,the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in

A) the Border States.
B) slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
C) United States territories.
D) Conferate states still in rebellion against the United States.
E) areas controlled by the Union army.

Question 75

The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of

A) reducing desertions from the Union army.
B) strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union.
C) increasing popular support for the Republicans in the 1864 election.
D) quieting public opposition to Lincoln's war policies.
E) weakening Confederate morale.

Question 76

Clement L.Vallandigham,a Southern sympathizer and vocal opponent of the war,was derisively labeled a

A) Carpetbagger.
B) Contraband.
C) Copperhead.
D) Doughface.
E) Prince of Jesters.

Question 77

The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army

A) a month before the war ended.
B) at the beginning of the war.
C) as a response to the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) to help in the attack on Gettysburg.
E) in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong.

Question 78

In the l864 election,the Democratic party nominated ____ to oppose Lincoln's reelection.

A) George McClellan
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Andrew Johnson
D) Clement C. Vallandigham
E) Horace Greeley

Question 79

The group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the

A) Northern Peace Democrats.
B) Radical Republicans.
C) Northern War Democrats.
D) Union Party.
E) African Americans.

Question 80

In the election of 1864,the Republicans joined with the prowar Democrats and founded the ____ party.

A) Federal
B) Liberty
C) Union
D) National
E) Progressive